Scientists have been chasing methane on Mars for years. It’s a slippery little molecule that doesn’t stick around very long and has several biological (as well as non-biological) sources. The armada of spacecraft at Mars…
Category: Space Exploration
We are joined by asteroid expert and “b” quark Dr. Zoe Landsman to discuss the remarkable discovery by the OSIRIS-REx mission that the asteroid it is orbiting, Bennu, is spitting pebbles and rocks out into…
Science Fiction great Joe Haldeman (“The Forever War”, “Marsbound”, “The Hemingway Hoax”, “Worlds”) joins the astroquarks for a wide-ranging discussion from microwave-plasma-grapes to cosmic rays, science in science fiction, and the latest space news including…
The astroquarks welcome Professor Mohamed Noor from Duke University, author of “Live Long and Evolve” to talk about evolution of humans and aliens, interspecies sex, and what we can learn about the big questions of…
Space Reporter Brendan Byrne from WMFE 90.7, home of NPR in Central Florida, joins the Astroquarks to look at NASA’s new exploration programs for the Moon and Mars. We have our first listener contribution with…