Adam Frank, professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester, joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss the many ways scientists are searching for life in space.
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If aliens visited, would we even know?
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb joins host Krys Boyd to discuss identifying and having contact with an extraterrestrial and the implications it would have for humankind.
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Studying the universe before there was light
Emma Chapman, a Royal Society research fellow at the University of Nottingham, discusses the 100 million years missing from the timeline of the universe, and efforts to uncover the secrets of the stars.
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When real life pulled an astrophysicist back to Earth
Astrophysicist Sara Seager talks about becoming a widow and feeling immense grief while searching for exoplanets that might sustain life light years away.
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Is Anyone Out There?
Astrophysicist Adam Frank joins us to talk about the theory that over-population and climate change are actually the natural demise of civilizations – possibly even ones that existed on other planets.
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The Expanding Universe
Yale University professor of astronomy and physics Priyamvada Nataraja joins us to talk about current scientific thinking about our ever-expanding universe.
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From Oops To Outer Space
Scientists have found the birthplace of stars and planets, begun to understand dark energy and found black holes — all using information from the Hubble Telescope. However, it almost didn’t make it off the ground due to an engineering error. This hour, we’ll talk about how five astronauts risked their lives to repair the telescope.
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