Category: Space Exploration

May 12, 2021 / Episodes

How many licks does it take to get to the center of Saturn? We don’t know, but when you get there you will find a gooey surprise. Saturn’s core is more massive than previously thought,…

February 3, 2021 / Episodes

Three missions, including two rovers, are arriving at Mars this month. We preview some of the unique aspects of the Mars Perseverance rover, and we explore the curious case of a giant galaxy with, apparently,…

January 27, 2021 / Black Holes
January 13, 2021 / Episodes

We welcome special guest Heather Archuletta, a NASA pillownaut, who tells us what it’s like to spend weeks simulating space travel in a slightly inverted bed. While time may have seemed to slow down last…

December 21, 2020 / Cosmology

A planetary explorer in deep space turns its eyes outward and faints a brighter glow from distant galaxies than expected, while an alternative theory to dark matter suffers a blow. (Natural) radio emissions from an…

November 4, 2020 / Episodes

Charm quark Addie Dove is over the Moon about the announcement that water molecules have been found in minerals all over the lunar surface. We also take a look back at our friend the Philae…