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Episode 506: 376 - The New Planet Hunters. Who Will Find Earth 2.0? Apr 09, 2019

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We now know of thousands of confirmed exoplanets, with many more candidates. And there are now dozens of planet hunting telescopes on Earth and in space, using a range of techniques to find tens of thousands more. There’s a new class of instruments and missions in the works that’ll give us an incredible understanding about the planets orbiting other stars. One of these will be the one to find Earth 2.0.

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Episode 505: Open Space 33: Live QA with Dr. Brian Keating (Losing the Nobel Prize) Apr 08, 2019

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My guest today will be Dr. Brian Keating, a professor of physics and the author of the recent book "Losing the Nobel Prize". Brian was on the BICEP2 team that announced the discovery of primordial gravitational waves; a discovery that turned out to be dust.

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Episode 504: QA 82: Could There Be Galactic Panspermia? And More... Apr 03, 2019

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In this QA episode, I wonder if there could be a galactic panspermia, why I'm always stealing articles from Fraser Cain from Universe Today, and where the Universe came from.

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Episode 503: Open Space 32: Live QA with Dr. Ian O'Neill Apr 01, 2019

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My guest today will be Dr. Ian O'Neill. Ian is an astrophysicist and journalist, and has been covering space and astronomy news for more than a decade.

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Episode 502: Open Space 31: The Cosma Hypothesis with Frank White Mar 25, 2019

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This week I'm joined by Frank White, author of the Overview Effect. His new book is the Cosma Hypothesis, which talks about humanity's role in the larger cosmos.

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Episode 501: 374: Soaring Above Mars. Airplanes, Helicopters and Balloons on the Red Planet Mar 25, 2019

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Aircraft make some of the best platforms for science here on Earth. From weather balloons to study the high atmosphere to aircraft that fly into the hearts of hurricanes. From surveys of Antarctic ice sheets to drones.

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Episode 500: QA 81: Did Life Evolve Only Once? And More... Featuring Science Mom Mar 24, 2019

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In this week's QA, we discuss infecting Mars with diarrhea, if life evolved more than once, and why other countries don't help explore space.

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Episode 499: 374: The Incredible Challenge of Landing Heavy Payloads On Mars Mar 20, 2019

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It’s too bad Mars is such an interesting place, because it’s actually one of the most difficult places to visit in the Solar System, especially if you want to bring along a lot of luggage. That planet is a graveyard of missions that didn’t quite make it.

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Episode 498: Open Space 30: Searching for Exoplanets with Dr. Jessie Christiansen Mar 18, 2019

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This week's guest is Dr. Jessie Christiansen, aka the Aussie Astronomer. Jessie is an exoplanet researcher working at NASA's Exoplanet Science Institute at Caltech. We'll talk all things exoplanets.

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Episode 497: Space Junk Podcast: Conspiracy Theories With Fraser Cain Mar 12, 2019

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I was a guest on the Space Junk Podcast from Oceanside Photo and Telescope. Subscribe to their podcast! When it comes to end of the world theories, NASA conspiracies or astronomy hoaxes Fraser has seen or heard them all. This episode picks apart those ideas and we talk about whether anything should or could be done to combat them.

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