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A Return to Asteroid Mining, and Digging Into Space Ethics with Joel Sercel
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist impression of TransAstra spacecraft., Credit: TransAstra Corporation
Joel Sercel believes we are entering an era in which asteroid mining and other commercial development of space are imminent, but he’s concerned abo...

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  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
529: Rituals Of Fear / 530: Even Stranger Things, 10/31/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Rituals Of Fear" - The dread, the fear, the horror of it all. Maybe it's good for you? This hour, why we need Halloween. HOUR TWO: "Ev...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
A Deep Dive into Asteroid Bennu With Dante Lauretta
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: TOUCHDOWN ON ASTEROID BENNU! Rocks fly off asteroid Bennu after NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft touched the surface to collect a sample on 20 October 2020. The sample head touched Bennu's surface for 6 seconds while a bottle of nitrogen gas stirred rocks and, Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
The leader of the OSIRIS REx asteroid sample return mission shares more details of last week’s encounter in an exclusive interview, while we also l...

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  • Added: Oct 27, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
We Have Sampled an Asteroid! And the Search for Life Above Venus
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: That's asteroid Bennu on the left. It's actually far smaller than Venus, revealed on the right by radar., Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft appears to have collected its first sample from asteroid Bennu, while a team led by Jane Greaves has discovered what coul...

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Beyond Earth’s Edge: A Celebrity Space Poetry Jam!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The moon and Earth's edge, photgraphed from the International Space Station., Credit: NASA
Creators of an outstanding new collection of poems about spaceflight and exploration join Mat Kaplan to talk about the book as Bill Nye and other n...

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  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
Protectors of Earth! (and Other Worlds)
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: In this image taken on May 20, 2020 at the Kennedy Space Center, engineers and technicians insert 39 sample tubes into the belly of the Perseverance Mars rover. Each tube is sheathed in a gold-colored cylindrical enclosure to protect it from contamination, Credit: NASA/JPL-CALTECH
NASA’s planetary protection officer joined Mat Kaplan’s Humans to Mars summit panel for a great conversation about protecting worlds throughout the...

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
Exploring the Cosmos With Heidi Hammel and AURA
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: An artist's impression of the fully-deployed James Webb Space Telescope, planned for launch in 2021., Credit: NASA
Astronomer and planetary scientist Heidi Hammel’s AURA shines bright across our solar system and beyond.

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  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
A Fond Farewell: Solar System Specialist Emily Lakdawalla
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Planetary Society's Emily Lakdawalla in the JPL clean room as Perseverance, the Mars 2020 rover, was being readied for launch., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Planetary Society Solar System Specialist Emily Lakdawalla makes a big announcement, and share stories from her long history with the organization.

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  • Added: Sep 23, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
517: Secrets Of Alchemy / 518: In The Company Of Wolves, 9/19/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Secrets Of Alchemy" - The leading science of the 17th century was alchemy, the transformation of matter. What was it really? Could we st...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
Have We Found Evidence of Life on Venus?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's impression of Venus, with an inset showing a representation of the phosphine molecules detected in the high cloud decks., Credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser / L. Calçada & NASA / JPL / Caltech
It could be a profound and historic discovery made on Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor.

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  • Added: Sep 16, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
A Planetary Mystery is Solved
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Dwarf planet Ceres is shown in these false-color renderings, which highlight differences in surface materials., Credit: NASA/JPL-CalTech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Former Dawn mission director Marc Rayman of JPL reveals the secrets of the bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres, and we celebrate his 10 years as Pla...

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
The Sirens of Mars Call to Us
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: A mosaic of 102 Viking orbiter images of Mars, showing a hemisphere of the planet centered on the immense Valles Marineris canyon system. Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey. , Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS
Georgetown University planetary scientist Sarah Stewart Johnson chronicles the long history of our fascination with Mars and the possibility of lif...

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
511: Up All Night / 512: The Secret Language Of Trees, 8/29/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Up All Night" - One in three people have trouble sleeping. One in ten has debilitating insomnia. What happened to our sleep? Can we get ...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
Katie Mack and The End of Everything
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The detailed, all-sky picture of the infant universe created from nine years of WMAP data. The image reveals 13.77 billion year old temperature fluctuations (shown as color differences) that correspond to the seeds that grew to become the galaxies., Credit: NASA/WMAP Science Team
How will the universe end? That’s the question explored by cosmologist Katie Mack in her very entertaining new book.

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
2020 Fall Fundraiser: Empathizing With Nature / Bubbles To Barrel-Aging
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To The Best of Our Knowledge Fundraisers
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In this special fundraising edition of "To the Best of Our Knowledge," host Anne Strainchamps samples some of our best interviews about humans in n...

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:19:32
  • Purchases: 8
Make Room! Worlds May Crowd Some Habitable Zones
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jupiter's south pole, captured by the Juno orbiter., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
New research reveals why Earth is on its own in this solar system’s habitable zone where liquid surface water flows, but the same isn’t true across...

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Another Ray Gun Heads for Mars. We Hear It Working.
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The two parts of the SuperCam instrument are shown mounted on an optical bench. The units are connected by electronic cables and an optical fiber., Credit: Los Alamos National Lab
SuperCam principal investigator Roger Wiens shares how his new and improved laser-based spectrometer will help look for past life in Jezero Crater,...

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
Crew Dragon Triumphant, and a Planetary Society Founder Remembers
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Sunda, Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Splashdown! An astronaut and former leader of Dragon capsule development at SpaceX is back to celebrate the spacecraft’s successful mission, as a P...

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  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Hope Leads the Way to Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Emirates Mars Mission Hope spacecraft undergoes testing., Credit: UAE Space Agency
Our special guests are the leaders of the Emirates Mars Mission whose Hope spacecraft is now headed for the Red Planet.

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
501: Mysteries Of Migration / 502: Born, Again, 7/25/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Mysteries Of Migration" - We think we can find anywhere with GPS. But that's nothing compared to what animals can do. This hour, the art...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
A Mars Mission Begins and a Comet Exits
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of the UAE Hope spacecraft in orbit above Mars., Credit: UAE Space Agency
The United Arab Emirates is headed for Mars as comet NEOWISE speeds back to the outer reaches of the solar system.

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
3 Billion Years Ago: Was Mars Alive?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Perseverance, NASA's 2020 Mars rover, explores Jezero crater in this artist's concept., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Join a Perseverance mission deputy project scientist to learn how the rover will search for past life on the Red Planet.

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
To Pluto and Beyond with Alan Stern
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: False color image of Pluto taken by the New Horizons spacecraft., Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Principal Investigator Alan Stern returns on the 5th anniversary of the New Horizons encounter with Pluto to tell us about the wealth of knowledge ...

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  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Jim Bell Sends New Eyes to Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Mastcam-Z in the Malin Space Science Systems Clean Room, Credit: Briony Horgan
The leader of the Mastcam-Z team talks about how the best cameras ever on the surface of Mars will help us explore a region that could once have su...

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  • Added: Jul 01, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
China on the Final Frontier
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: China's Yutu-2 rover on the Moon., Credit: CNSA
China has big plans for a space station, exploration of the Moon and Mars, and possibly a mission that will follow Voyager beyond the edge of the s...

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9