Podcasts
Podcast: The Search for Water on Mars
With the successful touchdown of the Phoenix Lander, NASA is continuing its quest to find evidence of past and present…
Podcast: The Scientific Method
You've heard me say it 90 times: "How we know what we know." But how do we know how we…
Podcast: Adaptive Optics
Since the dawn of humanity, astronomers have wished to destroy the atmosphere. Oh sure, it's what we breathe and all,…
Podcast: The Hubble Space Telescope
Our understanding of the cosmos has been revolutionized by the Hubble Space Telescope. The breathtaking familiar photos, like the Pillars…
Podcast: The End of the Universe Part 2: The End of Everything
Hopefully you've all recovered from part 1 of this set, where we make you sad about the future of the…
Podcast: The End of the Universe Part 1: The End of the Solar System
This is a show we wanted to do since we started Astronomy Cast but we always thought it was too…
Podcast: Detectors
Our senses can only detect a fraction of the phenomena happening in the Universe. That's why scientists and engineers develop…
Podcast: Getting Around the Solar System
Have you ever wondered what it takes to get a spacecraft off the Earth and into space. And how managers…
Podcast: Wave Particle Duality
Have you ever heard that photons behave like both a particle and a wave and wondered what that meant? It's…
Podcast: Space Junk
We're polluting every corner of our own planet, so it only makes sense that we'll take our trashy habits out…