After Hours: Launching the small(er) things with Exolaunch CEO Robert Sproles
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As commercial space becomes a more and more mature industry, we're seeing new needs emerge. Front and the center is the need for someone - or some company - to make it easy for folks in need of a launch to find the right ride share for their satellite, no matter how small. Enter ExoLaunch. In this episode we talk with ExoLaunch CEO Robert Sproles about what their company is accomplishing as the shipping company to the stars (or at least Earth Orbit).
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To Artemis, With Love
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This is EVSN's love letter to the Artemis II mission.
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Supervolcanoes: Erupt, Refill, Repeat
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This week, in the first of our new shorter and more frequent episodes, we are going to take a look at the interplay of plate tectonics, geology, climate, and life. Specifically, we’re looking at the interplay between super volcanoes and us! Did you know Naples is on a supervolcano? Also, in this episode: human sperm get lost in space.
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Science in Pairs & Moon Plans Redux
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Once again, we’re going to attempt to get you up to date with what is going down at NASA. In addition to NASA updates, we have stories of science that comes in twos. From 2 planets forming in a disk to 2 stars coming together to shine brightly, to two asteroids that together orbit the Sun a bit faster, to two planets that collided, … it is a week for pairs.
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On Background - Comets, the basics
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In this special episode, funded by the National Science Foundation, we’re taking a break from the headlines to share the background story of comets. Today, we’ll focus on the origin of comets and their basic anatomy, and in future episodes, we’ll dive deep into how comets are discovered, what we can learn from them, and how they can literally and figuratively impact our world.
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Pretty Pictures & Ugly Artemis News
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This episode went through a lot of rewrites as breaking news kept breaking our hearts. Artemis is still on, but there are delays and cancellations. Before we face that, let’s look at some pretty pictures and remember the universe is pretty even when our Earthly-timeline is not.
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Glaciers: Going, Going…Gone
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The glaciers are melting, the volcanoes are erupting, and earthquakes are shaking things up. Let’s discuss.
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The sky is falling! Space Junk 411
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In this episode, we take a closer look at how the increasing number of rockets and satellites going up mean there is also an unfortunate increase in the space junk coming down. We also cover dramatic weather, stars dying and disappearing, and update you on Maven and Paranal Observatory.
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JWST Makes Sense of the Early Universe
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In this episode we look at highlights from the latest American Astronomical Society Meeting. An accidental theme came out: with each new telescope and each improved instrument we can look more closely at our universe - we can and do learn more and understand more even about the things we thought we knew best. In this episode, Rubin Observatory brings rapidly rotating asteroids, and JWST peers at objects thriving in the first 2 billion years of our universe. Observatory after observatory brings us new science.
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Astronomy Answers: What’s that light?
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In this episode, we’re pleased to say we get to focus on science, as we bring you hot Jupiters, a tear-drop shaped Jupiter massed… something…? - and news of objects getting torn apart and other objects getting merged together as our universe lights up our night.
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