Spacepod
By Carrie Nugent
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Subscribers: 246
Reviews: 4
Episodes: 232
Matt B
Oct 28, 2020
Just needing to bring down the average ratings. Not everything is political and doing so actually has a tendency to turn away voters. I can provide research if needed Carrie
Jonathan
Aug 7, 2019
Best astronomy podcast out there. Great interviews with active astronomers sharing their knowledge and passion. Carrie is a great interviewer!
Jul 15, 2019
Matt B
Nov 17, 2018
This has become one of my favorite space podcasts. The episodes are just the right length, and the host, Carrie Nugent, does a really good job getting a variety of guests to talk about interesting science (and themselves).
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229: What do asteroids smell like?
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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228: Do other planets really have diamond rain?
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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227: What is the fastest asteroid?
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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226: The intersection of computer science and astronomy with Dr. Kubica
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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225: A newly discovered Martian volcano with Dr. Lee
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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224: Aurora borealis with Tina Ibsen
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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223: Preparing for something we haven't seen yet with Dr. Holt
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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222: Measuring the emptiness of space with Dr. Becker
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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221: The queens of heaven with Prof. Tauris
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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220: Walking on the roof of hell with Prof. Stanley
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May 19, 2024 |
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219: Breaking the models with Dr. Merrison
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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218: Anything we try is new with Dr. Cable
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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217: A beautiful experience with Dr. Villanueva
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Bonus: Carrie's research update
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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216: Right and wrong theories in planetary science with Prof. McKinnon
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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215: Naming asteroids with Dr. Williams
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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214: Astronauts on the moon with Dr. Denevi
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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213: The Six with Loren Grush
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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212: A scientific legacy with Dr. Blaney
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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211: The Sparkler Galaxy with Prof. Mowla
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Bonus episode: The upcoming American total solar eclipse
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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210: Wonders of the Night Sky with Prof. Prinja
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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209: Mission to the largest moon in the solar system with Dr. Witasse
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May 21, 2023 |
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208: Cosmic tug of war with Dr. Plazas Malagón
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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207: One of the stranger surfaces in the solar system with Dr. Cartwright
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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206: Every asteroid observation ever taken with Dr. Veres
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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205: The moon's right to exist with Dr. Prem
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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204: Light Pollution with Kelly Beatty
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Dec 25, 2022 |
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203: 11 hours and 23 minutes with Dr. Chabot
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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202: Making atmospheres with Prof. Telus
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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201: International space law with Cordula Panosch
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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200: Pluto is a planet, and so is its moon with Dr. Runyon
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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199: Why can't we find Planet Nine with Prof. Lawler
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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198: Dragonfly with Dr. Turtle
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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197: A massive asteroid hit at tremendous speed with Prof. Richardson
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May 22, 2022 |
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196: Spinning universe with Dr. Cheng
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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195: Dark and quiet skies with Dr. Rawls
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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194: Exoplanet next door with Prof Whitten
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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193: Orbital parking spots with Larissa Markwardt
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Jan 23, 2022 |
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192: Craters on Titan with Prof. Neish
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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191: Back to Venus with Dr. Getty
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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190: Millions of observations with Dr. Spoto
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Oct 24, 2021 |
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189: Long Range Planning with Prof. Barmby
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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188: Failing is the most important part of science with Tyler Linder
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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187: You doubt your own existence with Prof. Méndez
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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186: What's more powerful than a dinosaur with Dr. Noviello
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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185: Solar system snapshots with Kevin Gill
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May 23, 2021 |
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184: Samples are forever with Prof. Snead
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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183: The solar wind with Dr. Jian
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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182: Radar polarization with Dr. Hickson
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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181: Young Stellar Objects with Dr. Smith
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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180: Space Advocacy with Casey Dreier
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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179: Not just a telescope with Dr. Virkki
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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178: Light reverberations from supermassive black holes with Dr. Gorjian
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Oct 25, 2020 |
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177: Preventable disasters with Prof. Nugent
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Sep 20, 2020 |
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176: Getting curious with Dr. Fraeman
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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175: Three lunar water mysteries with Prof. Ehlmann
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Jul 19, 2020 |
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174: How NASA funding works with Dr. Throop
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Jun 21, 2020 |
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173: Last alert system with Dr. Denneau
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May 24, 2020 |
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172: The whole world to a microbe with Prof. Levy
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Apr 26, 2020 |
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171: Astronauts on starship Earth with Dr. Gifford
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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170: Searching for outer solar system objects with Dr. Schwamb
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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169: The flattest structures in the solar system with Dr. Tiscareno
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Feb 16, 2020 |
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168: Meteorite strength with Prof. Cotto Figueroa
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Jan 12, 2020 |
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167: Far out with Dr. Sheppard
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Dec 29, 2019 |
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166: Why we went to the moon with Lillian Cunningham
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Dec 15, 2019 |
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165: Exploring Titan with Dr. Soderblom
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Dec 01, 2019 |
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164: Postcards to the cosmos with Dr. Bannister
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Nov 17, 2019 |
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163: Modeling millions of asteroids with Dr. Dotson
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Nov 03, 2019 |
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162: Charon's surprises with Dr. Beyer
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Oct 20, 2019 |
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161: Dusty mysteries with Prof. Hartzell
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Oct 06, 2019 |
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160: Going back in time with Dr. Bottke
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Sep 22, 2019 |
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159: Constellations and coordinates with Dr. Rich
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Sep 08, 2019 |
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158: Planetary Defense Mission with Dr. Ernst
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Aug 25, 2019 |
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157: Modeling impacts with Dr. Boslough
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Aug 11, 2019 |
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156: Measuring a collision with Dr. Thomas
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Jul 28, 2019 |
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155: Interstellar visitor with Dr. Knight
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Jul 14, 2019 |
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154: High speed impacts with Dr. Daly
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Jun 30, 2019 |
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153: Stories behind the science with Sarah Kaplan
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Jun 16, 2019 |
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152: Mysterious iron meteorites with Dr. Chabot
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Jun 02, 2019 |
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151: Game-changing asteroid images with Dr. Marsset
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May 19, 2019 |
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150: Undersea grippers and in-space assembly with Dr. Backus
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May 05, 2019 |
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149: Ballooning on Venus with Dr. Izraelevitz
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Apr 21, 2019 |
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148: Solving an Apollo mystery with Dr. Curren
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Apr 07, 2019 |
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147: Searching for extraterrestrial life with Dr. Seager
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Mar 24, 2019 |
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146: Our place the universe with Dr. Lanz
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Mar 10, 2019 |
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145: Backyard Worlds with Prof. Allers
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Feb 24, 2019 |
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144: Deflecting asteroids with Brent Barbee
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Feb 10, 2019 |
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143: Telescope robots with Dr. Ramirez
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Jan 27, 2019 |
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142: The biggest clock with Rob Seaman
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Jan 13, 2019 |
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141: Eyes on the back of your head with Dr. Tholen
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Dec 30, 2018 |
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140: A brand new telescope with Dr. Kartaltepe
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Dec 16, 2018 |
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139: The missing mantle problem with Dr. DeMeo
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Dec 02, 2018 |
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138: Transiting Exoplanets with Dr. Payne
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Nov 18, 2018 |
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137: Documenting rapid change with Dr. Carey
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Nov 04, 2018 |
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136: Would sailboats work on Titan? With Dr. Soto
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Oct 21, 2018 |
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135: Linking asteroid observations with Dr. Holman
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Oct 07, 2018 |
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134: Spinning stars with Dr. Rebull
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Sep 23, 2018 |
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133: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Mercury with Dr. Padovan
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Sep 09, 2018 |
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132: Introducing people to the reach of infinity with Tim Thompson
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Aug 26, 2018 |
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131: Inside the red planet with Dr. Daubar
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Aug 12, 2018 |
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130: Quantum entanglement with Dr. Ghose
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Jul 29, 2018 |
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129: A new type of galaxy with Dr. Mutlu-Pakdil
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Jul 15, 2018 |
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128: Sleeping on a Glacier with Dr. Koppes
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Jul 01, 2018 |
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127: Black hole pairs with Dr. McGurk
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Jun 17, 2018 |
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126: Supercities of the Universe with Dr. Connor
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Jun 03, 2018 |
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125: Oceans, oceans everywhere with Dr. Keane
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May 20, 2018 |
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124: Searching Antarctica for meteorites with Dr. Cohen
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May 06, 2018 |
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123: Our favorite planet's future with Dr. Marvel
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Apr 22, 2018 |
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122: How to make a comet with Dr. Michel
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Apr 08, 2018 |
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121: Solar storms with Dr. Janvier
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Mar 25, 2018 |
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120: Archeology for everyone with Chase Childs
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Mar 11, 2018 |
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119: Archeology from space with Dr. Parcak
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Feb 25, 2018 |
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118: The stuff between the stars with Dr. Rich
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Feb 11, 2018 |
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117: Guardians of (a very small part of) the galaxy with Dr. Fast
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Jan 28, 2018 |
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116: Extraterrestrial Seismology with Dr. Panning
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Jan 14, 2018 |
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115: Detector detective with Mario Cabrera
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Dec 31, 2017 |
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114: The densest stuff in the universe slamming together at the speed of light with Dr. Kanner
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Dec 17, 2017 |
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113: Belt and suspenders spacecraft with Julie Webster
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Dec 03, 2017 |
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112: Cassini Family with Dr. Cable
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Nov 19, 2017 |
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111: Dust hazard with Dr. Throop
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Nov 05, 2017 |
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110: 492 roughly hexagonal mirrors with Dr. Liu
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Oct 22, 2017 |
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109: To attack that darkness once again with Dr. Hunt
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Oct 08, 2017 |
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108: End of mission blues with Dr. Storrie-Lombardi
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Sep 24, 2017 |
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107: Loose rocks and soft bots with Dr. McMahon
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Sep 10, 2017 |
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106: Sample the mantle with Dr. Peterson
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Aug 27, 2017 |
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105: Tectonic fabric with Dr. Donnellan
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Aug 13, 2017 |
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104: Occultation vacation with Dr. Kramer
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Jul 30, 2017 |
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103: Meteor showers and "broom stars" with Dr. Ye
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Jul 16, 2017 |
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102: A thrilling tale of discovery with Dr. Christiansen
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Jul 02, 2017 |
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101: The best geologist on Mars with Dr. Francis
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Jun 18, 2017 |
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100: The gauntlet is thrown- explain the ammonia! with Dr. Ehlmann
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Jun 04, 2017 |
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99: Photons from exoplanets with Dr. Meshkat
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May 28, 2017 |
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98: A place on Earth as dry as Mars with Dr. Azua-Bustos
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May 21, 2017 |
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97: If a glacier falls in a fjord… with Dr. Koppes
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May 14, 2017 |
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96: Vega, dust, and a giant inflatable bumblebee with Dr. Ciardi
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May 07, 2017 |
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95: Asteroid hunting software with John Dailey
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Apr 30, 2017 |
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94: Seven hundred new craters on Mars with Dr. Daubar
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Apr 23, 2017 |
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93: Companionable Jupiters with Marta Bryan
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Apr 16, 2017 |
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92: When there's dust there's planets with Dr. Patel
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Apr 09, 2017 |
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91: Tectonic hazard on Phobos with Dr. Curren
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Apr 02, 2017 |
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90: The universe is full of water with Dr. Paladini
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Mar 26, 2017 |
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89: Underwater Flying Objects with Prof. Thompson
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Mar 19, 2017 |
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Bonus episode: I wrote a book!
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Mar 14, 2017 |
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88: Designing earthquake alarms with Dr. Burkett
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Mar 12, 2017 |
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87: Visions of interstellar travel with Dr. Hurt
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Mar 05, 2017 |
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86: Celestial cinematography with Dr. Kasliwal
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Feb 26, 2017 |
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85: Risk, hazard, and threat: the importance of language with Dr. Billings
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Feb 19, 2017 |
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84: Saturn's siren song with Dr. Burton
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Feb 12, 2017 |
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83: Why we archive with Dr. Rebull
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Feb 05, 2017 |
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82: Searching the sky for asteroids with Eric Christensen
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Jan 29, 2017 |
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81: The era of precision astronomy with Dr. Rich
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Jan 22, 2017 |
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80: Places where people can have adventures with Br. Consolmagno
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Jan 15, 2017 |
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79: LIGO's high quality (factor) fibers with Dr. Robertson
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Jan 08, 2017 |
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78: Signals traveling through the fabric of spacetime with Dr. Kanner (Part 2)
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Jan 01, 2017 |
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77: Signals traveling through the fabric of spacetime with Dr. Kanner (Part 1)
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Dec 25, 2016 |
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76: Mars' teenage robot with Dr. Fraeman
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Dec 18, 2016 |
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75: Looking for trouble with Eric Rice
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Dec 11, 2016 |
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74: Asteroid families with Dr. Masiero
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Dec 04, 2016 |
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73: Earthquake early warning systems with Dr. Weiser
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Nov 27, 2016 |
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72: Perturbing the Earth with Dr. Weiser
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Nov 20, 2016 |
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71: Rovers on an asteroid with Dr. Takir
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Nov 13, 2016 |
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70: Every crater tells a story with Dr. Scully
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Nov 06, 2016 |
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69: Pinging passing asteroids with Dr. Naidu
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Oct 30, 2016 |
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68: Building a new instrument with Dr Hosseini
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Oct 23, 2016 |
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67: The most ambitious measurement ever made, with Dr. Reitze (Part 2)
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Oct 16, 2016 |
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66: The most ambitious measurement ever made, with Dr. Reitze (Part 1)
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Oct 09, 2016 |
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65: Black holes don't suck with Dr. Gorjian
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Oct 02, 2016 |
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64: Hubble's Tuning Fork with Dr. Seidel
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Sep 25, 2016 |
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63: Deciphering dark matter with Dr. Benson
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Sep 18, 2016 |
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62: Exoplanets and the fate of Earth with Dr. Schlaufman
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Sep 11, 2016 |
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61: Catching a photonic breeze with Dr. Betts
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Sep 04, 2016 |
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60: Data you can see, touch, and lick with Dr. Hunt
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Aug 28, 2016 |
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59: Where the universe was discovered with Dr. Mulchaey
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Aug 21, 2016 |
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58: The case of the missing Moon ice with Dr. Siegler
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Aug 14, 2016 |
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57: Voyaging to the edge of the Solar System with Suzy Dodd
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Aug 07, 2016 |
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56: Fiction Science with Mika McKinnon
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Jul 31, 2016 |
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55: Space is a team effort with Jan Chodas
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Jul 24, 2016 |
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54: The granite planet with Dr. Economos
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Jul 17, 2016 |
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53: How big? How far? How fast? with Dr. Beaton
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Jul 10, 2016 |
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52: Eternal sunshine of the Galactic Center with Dr. Ramirez
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Jul 03, 2016 |
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51: When Mars was the "Pink Planet" with Dr. Smith
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Jun 26, 2016 |
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50: Ganymede and Iapetus with Dr. Singer
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Jun 19, 2016 |
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49: Every known object in the Solar System with Jon Giorgini
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Jun 12, 2016 |
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48: Threading an asteroid through the eye of a keyhole with Dr. Chodas
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Jun 05, 2016 |
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47: Punching an asteroid with Dr. Walsh
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May 29, 2016 |
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46: Spacecraft no bigger than a breadbox with Dr. Asphaug
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May 22, 2016 |
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45: A glimpse of the Pluto system with Dr. Ennico Smith
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May 15, 2016 |
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44: Atmospheres in our solar system with Dr. Soto
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May 08, 2016 |
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43: The Ice Giants with Dr. Soderlund
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May 01, 2016 |
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42: Finding exoplanets with Dr. Christiansen
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Apr 24, 2016 |
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41: The last of the "great observatories" with Dr. Storrie-Lombardi
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Apr 17, 2016 |
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40: Keeping an eye on asteroids with Dr. Yeomans
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Apr 10, 2016 |
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39: A day in the life of a Mars rover with Dr. Litchtenberg
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Apr 03, 2016 |
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38: Mysterious icy travelers with Dr. Fernández
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Mar 27, 2016 |
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37: Exploring Pluto with Dr. Singer
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Mar 20, 2016 |
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36: Using artwork to explain the Universe with Dr. Hurt
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Mar 13, 2016 |
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35: Geology at a distance with Dr. Rivkin
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Mar 06, 2016 |
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34: Keeping track of asteroids with Dr. Sphar
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Feb 28, 2016 |
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33: Why do we look for water when we look for life? With Dr. Cable
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Feb 21, 2016 |
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32: How to build a planet with Dr. Kretke
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Feb 14, 2016 |
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31: If we could put Mars in a bottle… with Paulo Younse
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Feb 07, 2016 |
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30: Space weathering with Dr. Kaluna
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Jan 31, 2016 |
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29: Keeping the James Webb Space Telescope cool with Dr. Stone
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Jan 24, 2016 |
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28: Building experiments for the International Space Station with Dr. White
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Jan 17, 2016 |
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27: Searching Iceland's lava fields for life on Mars with Dr. Cable
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Jan 10, 2016 |
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26: Old, volatile, and gassy: Why comets would make unpleasant but interesting dinner guests with Dr. Bauer
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Jan 03, 2016 |
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25: Why couldn't New Horizons orbit Pluto?
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Dec 27, 2015 |
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24: Engineering the Galileo Probe, Pt 2.
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Dec 20, 2015 |
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23: Engineering the Galileo Probe, Pt 1.
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Dec 13, 2015 |
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22: Merging galaxies with Dr. Privon
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Dec 06, 2015 |
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21: The fascinating, hidden world of isotopes in water with Dr. Dan Petrizzo
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Nov 29, 2015 |
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20: Tuning in to comet radio stations with Prof. Lovell
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Nov 22, 2015 |
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19: Where to land on Mars, and where to look for Martian microbes with Prof. Ehlmann
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Nov 15, 2015 |
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18: Pluto's big mystery with Dr. Buratti
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Nov 08, 2015 |
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17: Landslides on Mars with Dr. Watkins
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Nov 01, 2015 |
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16: The strange surfaces of asteroids with Dr. Busch
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Oct 25, 2015 |
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15: Finding Europa in our Antarctic backyard with Dr. Schmidt
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Oct 18, 2015 |
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14: We are all made of star stuff... or are we? With Dr. Rich
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Oct 11, 2015 |
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13: Cassini explores Saturn and its moons with Dr. Spilker
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Oct 04, 2015 |
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12: Exploring planets from your living room with Emily Lakdawalla
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Sep 27, 2015 |
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11: How many asteroids are out there? With Dr. Mainzer
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Sep 20, 2015 |
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10: Craters on the moon with Dr. Cohen
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Sep 13, 2015 |
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9: NASA high jinks with Dr. Paddack
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Sep 06, 2015 |
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8: Accessible asteroids with Brent Barbee
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Aug 30, 2015 |
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7: Exploring Mercury with Dr. Chabot
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Aug 23, 2015 |
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6: Hubble sees a collision with Rob Landis
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Aug 16, 2015 |
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5: The coldest stars with Dr. Kirkpatrick
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Aug 09, 2015 |
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4: LADEE explores the moon with Dr. Noble
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Aug 02, 2015 |
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3: The moons of Mars with Dr. Fraeman
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Aug 02, 2015 |
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2: Polarized light with Dr. Masiero
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Aug 02, 2015 |
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1: Titan's Lakes with Dr. Cable
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Aug 02, 2015 |