
The Tale of the Interstellar Visitor
What happened when astronomers discovered the first alien from another solar system? This is a true story! In 2017, a telescope in Hawaii...

How to Become an Astronaut
How do you become an astronaut? That’s what Tumble listener Margaret wants to know. We go straight to the source to get an answer: A NASA...

The Launch of the Irish Satellite
How does a country start its own space program? Come with us to Ireland to find out, and meet one of the students whose childhood dreams...

The Tale of the High School Astronomer
Meet Ana Humphrey. She hasn’t graduated from high school yet, but she’s already discovered 560 places outside our solar system where we...

The Search at Edge of the Solar System
Is there a hard edge to the solar system? The question led to a big, breakthrough discovery that changed the way we picture the solar...

Pluto and the Planetary Pandemonium
It’s a scientific controversy of planetary proportions! Is Pluto a planet, or not? In this episode, you decide, after we present two...

The Road Trip to Outer Space
Got a long trip coming up? Turn it into an adventure into outer space! Marshall’s headed out on an intergalactic journey. He’s lined up...

What Would Happen If There Was No Moon?
What if there was no moon? In this episode, we find out that there's a lot of fascinating lunar science that goes into answering that...

Mission CO2 to Mars: Engineering Design Challenge!
In this episode, our listener Ilan shares his brilliant plan to stop climate change in its tracks, and make Mars a place we can live. He...

The Solar System’s Wild Ride with Stefanie Milam
Do solar systems move or do they just stay there? Listener Levan had this question. In this episode, we learn that our solar system - and...