Science journalist Rebecca Boyle joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why the partnership between the Earth and the Moon is so critical for life on our planet.
Read moreAn update on the search for alien life
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.
Read moreElon Musk basically owns space
New York Times reporter Cade Metz discusses Starlink, the satellite internet company Musk runs that accounts for more than 50 percent of all active satellites, and the issues it’s raising for global security.
Read moreWhat our quest for alien life says about humanity
Writer Jaime Green discusses the science, even science fiction, that inspires astronomers to look for life in the cosmos and what it means for those of us living back on Earth.
Read moreStudying 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.
Read moreNew ways to detect alien technology
Writer Jon Gertner talks about the search for traces of machines throughout the universe, and what happens if we actually find them.
Read moreWhat could we do on the moon that we couldn’t 50 years ago?
Research Professor Joseph Silk discusses what lunar exploration looks like more than 50 years since the first moon landing, from new powerful telescopes to potential mining.
Read moreWhat would interstellar travel look like?
Physicist Les Johnson discusses space propulsion and robotics, goals for reaching exoplanets and lessons in physics, all with the aim of traveling to the great unknown.
Read moreNew ways to detect alien technology
Writer Jon Gertner talks about the search for traces of machines throughout the universe, and what happens if we actually find them.
Read moreNeil deGrasse Tyson on why we should think more like scientists
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson joins us to make a case for the rationality of science—and to help us look at global challenges in new ways.
Read moreWhat do we really know about spacetime?
Adam Becker joins us to discuss theories about the space-time continuum and why they are important if we want to achieve a much deeper understanding of how the universe works.
Read moreWhat Deep Space Can Teach Us About Earth
Michael Greshko of National Geographic joins us to talk about asteroids, comets, dwarf planets and other space objects that researchers are studying to better understand how life as we know it started. His article is headlined “Mysteries of the Solar System.”
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