Episodios

  • Space reading recommendations and moving AI off the planet

    Space reading recommendations and moving AI off the planet
    Jul 8 2025
    Catching up on your summer reading list? How about adding one more -- a science fiction thriller series set in space? Plus, a new company is taking their design process off Earth and designing sneakers in space using AI designers and 3D printing.
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  • A Chilean observatory comes online. Two rovers explore the watery past of Mars

    A Chilean observatory comes online. Two rovers explore the watery past of Mars
    Jul 1 2025
    A new observatory in Chile, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, is searching the skies for things like asteroids, dark matter and dark energy. What new things might it uncover about the cosmos? Plus, the rovers on Mars are exploring two craters that have evidence of past water. Could they also be home to ancient life? lead scientists closer to finding out if Mars had water flowing on its surface.
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  • How to have an out of this world summer

    How to have an out of this world summer
    Jun 24 2025
    With warmer weather and more free time for some, summer is a time to relax, unwind and to stargaze. Plus, another way to unwind is by reading space books like Star Bound: A Beginner's Guide to the American Space Program, from Goddard's Rockets to Goldilocks Planets and Everything in Between
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  • A puzzling, pulsing cosmic phenomenon. Plus, how astronauts deal with delays

    A puzzling, pulsing cosmic phenomenon. Plus, how astronauts deal with delays
    Jun 18 2025
    Astronomers have discovered an object light-years away that’s emitting timely pulses like nothing ever seen before. Plus, the next private space crew is grounded. How are they dealing with the delay?
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  • Death in space

    Death in space
    Jun 6 2025
    From our cells to our universe, everything comes to an end.
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  • Slashed budget, uncertain leadership. What’s ahead for NASA?

    Slashed budget, uncertain leadership. What’s ahead for NASA?
    Jun 3 2025
    A budget proposal from the White House would cut about a quarter of NASA’s budget and cut key science missions if approved by Congress. Plus, President Trump withdrew his nomination of Jared Isaacman for NASA administrator and SpaceX once again launched its massive Starship rocket.
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  • Varda's hat trick and Earth’s twin Venus

    Varda's hat trick and Earth’s twin Venus
    May 27 2025
    Varda Space is sending "huggable" capsules into low-Earth orbit for autonomous research and just recently, it returned its third successful mission. Plus, often nicknamed Earth’s twin, Venus didn’t evolve like Earth at all.
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  • Artemis II is closer to flight and Voyager’s thrusters get a deep space fix

    Artemis II is closer to flight and Voyager’s thrusters get a deep space fix
    May 20 2025
    Lockheed Martin delivered the Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis II mission. Now, the agency is preparing the vehicle for the more than ten-day flyby of our moon—with a crew of four. Plus, Voyager's thrusters are back online after over two decades.
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