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🚀 Ever wondered what it feels like to be in space? 👩🏼‍🚀 Join us and guest reporter Jason Strother for a trip to zero-gravity with scientist Sheri Wells-Jensen, and a “dream team” of astronauts with disabilities on Astro Access ! Discover the incredible feeling of weightlessness and how scientists are working to make space more accessible for everyone 🌌 Learn more about Sheri and how she would communicate with aliens in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! 🎧 Listen to

Where and how do scientists protect Earth from asteroids ☄️? Tune into our latest episode with Edgard Rivera-Valentin to learn about planetary defense and the moving story behind Arecibo Observatory 🔭 Learn more about Arecibo in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🔎About The Featured Expert Dr. Edgard Rivera-Valentín is a planetary radar scientist at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. They use radar technology to research planetary defense stra

Let’s dive into the mysteries of black holes with astronomer Maura McLaughlin 🌌 We’ll learn what black holes are, how we find them, and how scientists are setting off on an intergalactic search for the biggest black holes in the universe  🔭 Tune in to our latest episode for a stellar adventure! Learn more about Maura and pulsar stars in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🔎About The Featured Expert Maura McLaughlin is a professor of physics an

Excited for the upcoming April 8 US eclipse? Listen to our new eclipse special! Eclipse expert, Vivian White, tells us the how, the why, and the feeling of seeing the moon block out the sun. It’s gonna be SO-lar fun! 🌑🌕☀️ Learn more about Vivian and her sky stories in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🔎About The Featured Expert Vivian White is the Director of Free Choice Learning for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Vivian administer

Going on a summer trip? Check out our Life Lab Road Trip! This special episode has all five parts of our Life Lab special series 🔬 Join us as we discover the world of synthetic biology, where problems are solved and questions arise! 🦠 If you'd like to learn more about these Life Lab stories, check out their blog posts below! You'll find transcripts, videos, articles, and more science fun on each page! More Cheese, Please - Life Lab, Part 1 Moving to Mars? - Life Lab, Part

How can we touch the stars? 🌌 Hear from Yuma Antoine Decaux, a computer engineer who is on the frontier of astronomy to make sky-watching accessible to all. Join us as we take an interstellar trip with technology. 🚀 Learn more about Yuma's journey in accessible technology in our bonus interview episode, available on Patreon ! This episode is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number # 2148711 - Engaging Blind, Visually Impaired, and Sig

How big is space? Who helped discover this? 🌌 Join us as we talk to astronomer Karen Masters. She introduces us to Henrietta Leavitt, a “computer” before computers who helped scientists rethink the size of our universe. ⭐ Learn more about how Karen uses Henrietta's work in our bonus interview episode, available on Patreon ! 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🔎About The Featured Expert Dr. Karen Masters is a professor of astronomy and physics at Haverford College. She researches gala

Are we the only ones out there? How likely is it that we’ll find intelligent alien life on other planets? And if we do, what will it be like? With help from astrobiologist Dr. Kaitlin Rasmussen and zoologist Dr. Arik Kershenbaum, we’ll uncover the secrets of the universe! 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🔎About The Featured Experts Dr. Kaitlin Rasmussen is an astrobiologist at the University of Washington/Virtual Planet Laboratory , and author of forthcoming book, Life in Seven Nu

Should we make the move to Mars? And how would we live there? Join us as we pack our bags for Mars with the help of synthetic biology. We’ll find out how astronauts could grow their own food, medicine, and even building materials on the Red Planet. But when Lindsay and Marshall start to disagree about moving to another planet, some tricky questions threaten the mission… This is the second part of our five part series about how tiny life can change our world. In Life Lab, we