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Planetary Radio brings you the human adventure across our Solar System and beyond. We visit each week with the scientists, engineers, leaders, advocates, and astronauts who are taking us across the final frontier. Regular features raise your space IQ while they put a smile on your face. Join host Sarah Al-Ahmed and Planetary Society colleagues including Bill Nye the Science Guy and Bruce Betts as they dive deep into space science and exploration. The monthly Space Policy Edition takes you inside the DC beltway where the future of the US space program hangs in the balance. Visit planetary.org/radio for an episode guide and much more.

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science The Planetary Society

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    • 4.9 • 99 Ratings

Planetary Radio brings you the human adventure across our Solar System and beyond. We visit each week with the scientists, engineers, leaders, advocates, and astronauts who are taking us across the final frontier. Regular features raise your space IQ while they put a smile on your face. Join host Sarah Al-Ahmed and Planetary Society colleagues including Bill Nye the Science Guy and Bruce Betts as they dive deep into space science and exploration. The monthly Space Policy Edition takes you inside the DC beltway where the future of the US space program hangs in the balance. Visit planetary.org/radio for an episode guide and much more.

    Victory for VERITAS

    Victory for VERITAS

    Darby Dyar, the deputy principal investigator for NASA’s VERITAS mission to Venus, returns triumphantly to Planetary Radio to share the story of how space advocates helped save this mission.

    • 57 min
    The penguin, the egg, and the asteroid collision in Beta Pictoris

    The penguin, the egg, and the asteroid collision in Beta Pictoris

    We celebrate the second anniversary of the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) science operations with Christine Chen, associate astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Meet Roo-ver and The Planetary Society’s new board member

    Meet Roo-ver and The Planetary Society’s new board member

    Newton Campbell Jr., the director of the Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth (AROSE) Consortium, discusses his career journey, AI in space, and Australia's first lunar rover, the Roo-ver.

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Space Policy Edition: NASA and the American South

    Space Policy Edition: NASA and the American South

    Every major NASA center built after the agency’s inception is located in the American South. Why? Dr. Brian Odom, NASA’s chief historian, joins the show to discuss the cultural, political, and historical implications of NASA’s expansion into the South.

    • 58 min
    Fifty-five hundred worlds and counting: The astonishing diversity of exoplanets

    Fifty-five hundred worlds and counting: The astonishing diversity of exoplanets

    We dive into the stunning variety of exoplanets beyond our Solar System with Jessie Christiansen, the project scientist for the NASA Exoplanet Archive.

    • 1 hr 10 min
    An asteroid bash and an asteroid smash

    An asteroid bash and an asteroid smash

    We observe Asteroid Day with an update on NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission with the Asteroid Foundation’s Markus Payer and JHUAPL’s Terik Daly.

    • 59 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
99 Ratings

99 Ratings

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A must listen every week

This is great podcast from a marvellous organisation.
Brilliantly hosted by Mat Kaplan (who, sadly, has recently announced his retirement from hosting the show). The best and latest information on all matters related to Planetary Science and much much more every Wednesday, with a monthly Space Policy edition released on the first Friday of every month.
If you’re into Space this is the show for you!

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Great content 👎 audio quality

I love the content of this show but the audio quality is not up to scratch compared to the other podcasts I listen to. I end up listening to 5-10 mins and getting fed up with the bad audio so stop listening. Such a shame

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Top notch podcast for space enthusiasts!

Top notch podcast for space enthusiasts!

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