Ep. 713: Solar System Volcanoes – An Update from LPSC 2024

Last week was one of the most exciting meetings we’ve seen from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, with hundreds of announcements and discoveries from various missions. One theme kept coming up, the Solar System is more volcanically active than we thought. Today, we’ll explore volcanism on other worlds.

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Ep. 712: How Peer Review Fails

Ep. 712: How Peer Review Fails

You’ve probably heard that the best kind of science is peer-reviewed research published in a prestigious journal. But peer review has problems of its own. We’ll talk about that today.

Ep. 711: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)

Ep. 711: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)

NASA works on many missions using tried and true technology, but they also invest in creative ideas that could drive the future of space exploration. It’s called NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts or NIAC.

Ep. 709: Space Weapons

Ep. 709: Space Weapons

Last week we learned that Russia might be planning nuclear weapons to take out satellites in space. What is the current and future possibility of weapons in space and what are the treaties designed to prevent them?

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Ep. 713: Solar System Volcanoes – An Update from LPSC 2024

https://youtube.com/live/_ADUzATkS9g?feature=share Last week was one of the most exciting meetings we’ve seen from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, with hundreds of announcements and discoveries from various missions. One theme kept coming up, the Solar...

Ep. 712: How Peer Review Fails

https://youtube.com/live/JfeKfMQUrYw You’ve probably heard that the best kind of science is peer-reviewed research published in a prestigious journal. But peer review has problems of its own. We’ll talk about that today. Download

Ep. 711: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)

https://youtube.com/live/Wx0ome_rtUU?feature=share NASA works on many missions using tried and true technology, but they also invest in creative ideas that could drive the future of space exploration. It’s called NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts or NIAC. Download...

Ep. 709: Space Weapons

https://youtube.com/live/jLdReWGjF5c?feature=share Last week we learned that Russia might be planning nuclear weapons to take out satellites in space. What is the current and future possibility of weapons in space and what are the treaties designed to prevent them?...

Ep. 706: China’s Space Program

https://youtube.com/live/RfV2xMyUoI0?feature=share We’re so familiar with NASA’s exploration efforts in space, but you might be surprised to learn that China launches almost as many rockets as the US. They’ve got their own space exploration program that could soon...

Ep. 705: Water Worlds – Looking for Life Beyond Earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjmoCuwcMHY Wherever we find liquid water on Earth, we find life, so it makes sense to search for water across the Universe, and hopefully we can find evidence of life. But what about worlds which are completely covered in water, oceans...

Ep. 704: NASA’s Juno Releases New Images

https://youtube.com/live/g05RzSxUHZE?feature=share NASA’s Juno spacecraft has completed dozens of flybys of Jupiter, seeing the planet from many angles and delivering some of the most beautiful images we’ve ever seen of the Jovian world. Now it’s focusing in on Io,...

Ep. 703: Solar Maximum of Doom? Maybe

https://youtube.com/live/olavaQ0F-UY?feature=share Solar cycle 25 is shaping up to be a doozy, with plenty of flares and coronal mass ejections blasting off the Sun. As the solar activity continues to rise, how are things shaping up? Download MP3 | Show Notes |...

Ep. 702: Moonshot 2024 – Go or No Go?

https://www.youtube.com/live/T8AMwefVKWM?si=an7KhTQJgRIXZvTG With Artemis 1 completing its robotic flight around the Moon, we know that the SLS works. Next comes Artemis 2, with a crew of astronauts flying past the Moon. If that’s successful, we could see humans set...

Ep. 700: Things We Got Wrong

https://youtube.com/live/l1wyLzFEz2Q?feature=share Astronomers talk about all the amazing discoveries they’re making but sometimes, it turns out, they were wrong. After decades and centuries of discoveries, how have they changed their minds? This episode was made...

Ep. 699: Holiday Gift Giving Ideas for Astronomy and Space Fans

https://youtube.com/live/wKbcQk2rDpM?feature=share Just a warning, the holidays are rapidly approaching. It’s time, once again, to think about what to buy all the space nerds on your lists. Here’s what we like. Download MP3 | Show Notes | Transcript Show Notes Coming...

Ep. 698: Insights into the Universe, featuring JWST Results

https://youtu.be/6tYp1u4ZoD4 How the time flies. It’s been over a year since JWST went operational, with other missions joining the fun. What new insights have we gained about the Universe thanks to these powerful new tools? Recorded live during the CosmoQuestX 2023...

Ep. 697 – Mission Roll Call Part 6: Outer Solar System

https://youtu.be/COkfhE2gkFI Finally, we reach the end of our tour through the missions in the Solar System. Out beyond Mars, to Jupiter the Kuiper Belt and Beyond. Recorded live during the CosmoQuestX 2023 Hangout-a-Thon. Download MP3 | Show Notes | Transcript Show...

Ep. 696 – Mission Roll Call Part 5: Science at Mars

https://youtube.com/live/cGPS4kv3QoI?feature=share Another week, another review of space missions in the Solar System. Today we set our sights on the red planet. What are all the active missions at Mars today? Download MP3 | Show Notes | Transcript Show Notes Coming...

Ep. 695 – Mission Roll Call Part 4: Lunar Exploration

https://youtube.com/live/iTA_aUI79do?feature=share Our journey through missions continues, this time we focus on the Moon. There are many nations on the Moon, near the Moon, around the Moon, travelling to the Moon. It’s a lot. We’ll talk about it today. Download MP3 |...

Ep. 694 – Mission Roll Call Part 3: Sun, Mercury, and Venus

https://youtube.com/live/3sTwlc1ELTA?feature=share Our journey through space missions continues. Now we move away from the Earth to the rest of the solar system. What’s out there orbiting, roving and flying on other worlds and in interplanetary space. Today we look...