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Dark Energy’s Co-Discoverer and the Leader of Chinese Space Science
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This large scale simulation of galaxies represents the large-scale light distribution in the Universe., Credit: Max Planck Institute
It has been 20 years since we learned the expansion of the universe is accelerating due to the mysterious force called dark energy. Saul Perlmutter...

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Diving Into That Lake on Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This beautiful image of Mars’ south pole was captured by the Mars Express orbiter in 2015. Now there’s good evidence for liquid water 1.5 kilometers below it., Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/Bill Dunford
Our world was rocked by last week’s announcement of good radar evidence for a liquid water “lake” under the Red Planet’s south pole. Senior Edito...

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  • Added: Jul 31, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Hayabusa2 Reaches a Dark Diamond in Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Asteroid Ryugu imaged by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, Credit: JAXA
Japan’s Hayabusa2 is just 6 kilometers from asteroid Ryugu as it prepares to snatch samples of the space rock for return to Earth. Mission Project...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
An African Observatory Hunts Killer Asteroids
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: A view of Oukaïmeden Observatory, with the Morocco Oukaïmeden Sky Survey (MOSS) dome in the foreground., Credit: Morocco Oukaïmeden Sky Survey
One of the Planetary Society’s 2018 Shoemaker Near-Earth Object grants has gone to the astronomers searching the sky from a mountaintop in the Nort...

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  • Added: Jul 18, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Something Old and Something New: Exciting Research on the International Space Station
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst learns how to use a sextant in the ISS cupola., Credit: NASA
Sextants have helped sailors find their way across oceans for centuries. Now one is onboard the International Space Station so that astronauts can ...

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  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Daily Tweet Cycle
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Can tweets reveal how thoughts and moods shift throughout the day?

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Kathryn Sullivan and More at the International Space Development Conference
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Kathryn Sullivan receives the National Space Society’s Space Pioneer Award, Credit: National Space Society
Freeman Dyson wasn’t the only space star at the ISDC. Mat talks with former astronaut and NOAA Administrator Kathryn Sullivan and leaders of the C...

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
A Conversation with Freeman Dyson
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Freeman Dyson speaks at the 2018 International Space Development Conference after receiving the National Space Society’s Heinlein Award., Credit: National Space Society
There’s so much more to Freeman Dyson than the Dyson Sphere. The mathematician, scientist and author is one of the greatest and most original mind...

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
It’s Rocket Science: Testing PlanetVac in the Mojave Desert
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Masten Space Systems’ Xodiac in flight with PlanetVac as one of its feet, Credit: Bruce Betts
Join Mat Kaplan in California’s Mojave Desert for special coverage of not one but two rocket flights and a real world test of PlanetVac, the innova...

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
A Sacred Place: The National Air and Space Museum with Ellen Stofan
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Mat Kaplan and National Air & Space Museum Director Ellen Stofan, Credit: Mat Kaplan
Planetary geologist Ellen Stofan has just become Director of the most popular museum in the United States. The NASM protects and shares the greate...

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  • Added: May 29, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Why Mars? We’ve Got the Answers
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: “Why Mars?” closing panel at the 2018 Humans to Mars Summit. (l. to r.) Mat Kaplan, Saralyn Mark, Jeff Bingham, Jim Garvin, Keri Kukral, Janey Ivey, Nicholas Agnew, “Astronaut Abby,” Artemis Westenberg, Credit: ©CherylNemazie.com
The great adventure awaits! Mat Kaplan hosts an entertaining panel discussion at the 2018 Humans to Mars Summit in Washington DC. Eight guests pro...

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  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Amy Mainzer: Asteroid Hunter
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of NEOWISE spacecraft in Earth orbit, Credit: NASA/JPL
After taking over 10 million images of more than 30,000 solar system objects, the NEOWISE mission is finally in its last months. Principal Investi...

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  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
All Shook Up: The InSight Mission to Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: InSight PI Bruce Banerdt in the cleanroom with the Planetary Society's Emily Lakdawalla and the spacecraft., Credit: The Planetary Society
No mission to Mars has done what InSight will do. The lander’s spectacularly sensitive instruments will use the Red Planet’s heat and marsquakes t...

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  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Planetary Radio Live! – Celebrating Curiosity on Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The cover of Emily Lakdawalla's new and fascinating book about Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Credit: Springer Praxis
Join us for an utterly fascinating live conversation with Emily Lakdawalla about her brand new book, The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How t...

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  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Yuri’s Night 2018!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Yuri’s Night founder Loretta Whitesides presents an award to Anousheh Ansari, Credit: Mat Kaplan
Host Mat Kaplan once again attends the worldwide party for space. Join him at the Los Angeles celebration under Space Shuttle Endeavour. You’ll h...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Visiting the Earth-Like Worlds of TRAPPIST-1
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of the planets circling the star known as Trappist-1, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
We have begun to understand the composition of worlds that are hundreds of trillions of kilometers from Earth. Astronomer Nikole Lewis is co-leader...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
AI, Space, and Humanity’s Future—A Conversation with David Brin
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Author and futurist David Brin, Credit: Cheryl Brigham
The multi-award winning science fiction author, futurist and speaker returns to Planetary Radio for a wide-ranging conversation about robots and hu...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
A Space Station Crashes to Earth
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of the Tiangong-1 space station, Credit: CMSA
By the time you hear this week’s episode, China’s Tiangong-1 may have spectacularly re-entered our planet’s atmosphere, raining metal on an unpredi...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Stephen Hawking: Spaceflight Pioneer!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Physicist Stephen Hawking enjoys zero gravity during a flight aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp. (Zero G), Credit: Jim Campbell/Aero-News Network
He is known for his breakthrough physics and popularizing of science, but Dr. Hawking also wanted to fly in space. Erik Viirre led the medical team...

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Amateur Astronomers Work To Save Earth From Asteroids!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Australian astronomer Julian Oey has just been awarded a second Shoemaker Near Earth Object grant., Credit: Blue Mountains Observatory
Seven astronomers have been selected to receive Shoemaker NEO (Near Earth Object) grants from the Planetary Society. They and their observatories ...

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  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Visiting the Birthplace of PlanetVac
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: 3D-printed PlanetVac prototypes at Honeybee Robotics., Credit: Bruce Betts
Space is hard. Sample collection and return is harder still. That’s why the radically-simplified PlanetVac system from Honeybee Robotics is so in...

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
The Eyes of a New Mars Rover: Mastcam-Z
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist Concept of the Mars 2020 Rover, with Mastcam-Z, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Mat Kaplan attended a meeting of the science team for the zoom lens camera that will be atop the Mars 2020 rover mast. Planetary Scientist Jim Bel...

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  • Added: Feb 21, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Space, SETI, the Singularity and Shostak
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array in northern California searches the sky for radio signals from an alien intelligence., Credit: The SETI Institute
Where is everybody? That was the question physicist Enrico Fermi asked when he wondered why we hadn’t yet met ET. What will happen if we do? Will ...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Going to Sea to Sail Through Space: Orion Ocean Recovery Testing
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: US Navy divers assist NASA and the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD-23) in recovery of a mock-up capsule designed to roughly simulate the size, shape, mass and center of gravity of the Orion crew module., Credit: US Navy
Join Mat Kaplan on a visit to Naval Base San Diego and the USS Anchorage, the amphibious ship that has just completed a round of Orion spacecraft r...

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  • Added: Jan 30, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Living in Space!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Will humans in the distant future build and live in tremendous space habitats like the one picture here? The first steps are being taken by NASA, SpaceX and many other organizations., Credit: Skyframe Research & Development/Peter Rubin, Iron Rooster Studios
Mat Kaplan talks with participants in the National Space Society’s recent Space Settlement Summit about human destiny in space. There’s a consensus...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8