Category: Space Exploration

May 30, 2019 / Astrophysics

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…

May 30, 2019 / Episodes

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…

March 19, 2019 / Astrophysics

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…

February 7, 2019 / Aliens

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…

January 20, 2019 / Astrophysics

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…

January 20, 2019 / Episodes

The astroquarks look back on a momentous year for space exploration and look ahead at what to expect in 2019. Strange and Charm will have payloads flying to space, and Saturn’s rings will still be…