All Episodes

239: What will happen when the sun explodes?

238: When will the universe stop expanding?

237: Why does an asteroid hit the Earth? And why so big?

236: Are there rainbows on other planets? (Part II)

235: Why is the sun hot?

234: How many stars are there in space?

232: Are there rainbows on other planets?

232: How many potholes are on an asteroid?

231: How big is space?

230: What is the fastest planet?

229: What do asteroids smell like?

228: Do other planets really have diamond rain?

227: What is the fastest asteroid?

226: The intersection of computer science and astronomy with Dr. Kubica

225: A newly discovered Martian volcano with Dr. Lee

224: Aurora borealis with Tina Ibsen

223: Preparing for something we haven't seen yet with Dr. Holt

222: Measuring the emptiness of space with Dr. Becker

221: The queens of heaven with Prof. Tauris

220: Walking on the roof of hell with Prof. Stanley

219: Breaking the models with Dr. Merrison

218: Anything we try is new with Dr. Cable

217: A beautiful experience with Dr. Villanueva

Bonus: Carrie's research update

216: Right and wrong theories in planetary science with Prof. McKinnon

215: Naming asteroids with Dr. Williams

214: Astronauts on the moon with Dr. Denevi

213: The Six with Loren Grush

212: A scientific legacy with Dr. Blaney

211: The Sparkler Galaxy with Prof. Mowla

Bonus episode: The upcoming American total solar eclipse

210: Wonders of the Night Sky with Prof. Prinja

209: Mission to the largest moon in the solar system with Dr. Witasse

208: Cosmic tug of war with Dr. Plazas Malagón

207: One of the stranger surfaces in the solar system with Dr. Cartwright

206: Every asteroid observation ever taken with Dr. Veres

205: The moon's right to exist with Dr. Prem

204: Light Pollution with Kelly Beatty

203: 11 hours and 23 minutes with Dr. Chabot

202: Making atmospheres with Prof. Telus

201: International space law with Cordula Panosch

200: Pluto is a planet, and so is its moon with Dr. Runyon

199: Why can't we find Planet Nine with Prof. Lawler

198: Dragonfly with Dr. Turtle

197: A massive asteroid hit at tremendous speed with Prof. Richardson

196: Spinning universe with Dr. Cheng

195: Dark and quiet skies with Dr. Rawls

194: Exoplanet next door with Prof Whitten

193: Orbital parking spots with Larissa Markwardt

192: Craters on Titan with Prof. Neish

191: Back to Venus with Dr. Getty

190: Millions of observations with Dr. Spoto

189: Long Range Planning with Prof. Barmby

188: Failing is the most important part of science with Tyler Linder

187: You doubt your own existence with Prof. Méndez

186: What's more powerful than a dinosaur with Dr. Noviello

185: Solar system snapshots with Kevin Gill

184: Samples are forever with Prof. Snead

183: The solar wind with Dr. Jian

182: Radar polarization with Dr. Hickson

181: Young Stellar Objects with Dr. Smith

180: Space Advocacy with Casey Dreier

179: Not just a telescope with Dr. Virkki

178: Light reverberations from supermassive black holes with Dr. Gorjian

177: Preventable disasters with Prof. Nugent

176: Getting curious with Dr. Fraeman

175: Three lunar water mysteries with Prof. Ehlmann

174: How NASA funding works with Dr. Throop

173: Last alert system with Dr. Denneau

172: The whole world to a microbe with Prof. Levy

171: Astronauts on starship Earth with Dr. Gifford

170: Searching for outer solar system objects with Dr. Schwamb

169: The flattest structures in the solar system with Dr. Tiscareno

168: Meteorite strength with Prof. Cotto Figueroa

167: Far out with Dr. Sheppard

166: Why we went to the moon with Lillian Cunningham

165: Exploring Titan with Dr. Soderblom

164: Postcards to the cosmos with Dr. Bannister

163: Modeling millions of asteroids with Dr. Dotson

162: Charon's surprises with Dr. Beyer

161: Dusty mysteries with Prof. Hartzell

160: Going back in time with Dr. Bottke

159: Constellations and coordinates with Dr. Rich

158: Planetary Defense Mission with Dr. Ernst

157: Modeling impacts with Dr. Boslough

156: Measuring a collision with Dr. Thomas

155: Interstellar visitor with Dr. Knight

154: High speed impacts with Dr. Daly

153: Stories behind the science with Sarah Kaplan

152: Mysterious iron meteorites with Dr. Chabot

151: Game-changing asteroid images with Dr. Marsset

150: Undersea grippers and in-space assembly with Dr. Backus

149: Ballooning on Venus with Dr. Izraelevitz

148: Solving an Apollo mystery with Dr. Curren

147: Searching for extraterrestrial life with Dr. Seager

146: Our place the universe with Dr. Lanz

145: Backyard Worlds with Prof. Allers

144: Deflecting asteroids with Brent Barbee

143: Telescope robots with Dr. Ramirez

142: The biggest clock with Rob Seaman