Chatting with a science star and catching dust from stars with solid smoke episode artwork

EPISODE · Aug 26, 2015

Chatting with a science star and catching dust from stars with solid smoke

from Lost in Science · host Maggie Aderin-Pocock

That stuff pictured above is aerogel, aka "solid smoke", which was used on NASA's Stardust probe to capture dust from comet Wild 2 and return it to Earth—along with a handful of precious samples of interstellar dust, giving a rare glimpse of material from outside our Solar System.In this show, Stu also talks to British scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock, host of the long-running astronomy TV show The Sky at Night, and who's also known for answering important questions like, do we really need the Moon?

Episode metadata supplied by the publisher feed · Published Aug 26, 2015

Embed this episode

NOW PLAYING

Chatting with a science star and catching dust from stars with solid smoke

0:00 0:00

No transcript for this episode yet

We transcribe on demand. Request one and we'll notify you when it's ready — usually under 10 minutes.

No similar podcasts found.

Frequently Asked Questions

When was this Lost in Science episode published?

This episode was published on August 26, 2015.

Can I download this Lost in Science episode?

Yes. Use the download control on the episode player to save the publisher-provided media file.
URL copied to clipboard!