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Astronomy Cast Ep. 399: Women in Science
Science is typically a male dominated profession, mostly dudes, not a lot of ladies. From researchers to professors, to law…
Moisture Vaporators, Death Star Construction and Other Real Star Wars Tech
Since we all certainly have Star Wars on the brain today (The Force Awakens opens tonight), let’s take a look…
Weekly Space Hangout – Sept 25, 2015: Maggie Scholtz, Mars Rover Drill System Engineer
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guests: Maggie Scholtz (@martianmagster), who is a Mechanical Engineer working at JPL. She worked on…
Ride Along with New Horizons on its Pluto Flyby
On July 14, 2015, after nine and a half years journeying across the Solar System, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made its historic…
What About a Mission to Europa?
Europa’s water exists in a layer around the planet, encased in a layer of ice. Could there be life down…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 376: The Miller-Urey Experiment
Evolution explains how life adapts and evolves over eons. But how did life originate? Chemists Miller and Urey put the…
Book Review and Giveaway: Know It All: 132 Head-Scratching Questions About the Science All Around Us
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” -- Benjamin Franklin One of the greatest qualities we possess as…
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CATS Out of The Bag, Crawling Around ISS for Science Down Below
The Japanese robotic arm installs the CATS experiment on an external platform on Japan’s Kibo lab module. The SpaceX Dragon…
All About That Space
The Pathways Interns of NASA's Johnson Space Center have been working very hard lately with the successful Orion launches. They…
Is Phobos Doomed?
What fate awaits Phobos, one of the moons of Mars? “All these worlds are yours except Europa, attempt no landing…