When he was growing up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Jeremiah Ostriker seldom got to see...
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When he was growing up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Jeremiah Ostriker seldom got to see...
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Mario Livio — Mysteries of an Expanding Universe [remix]
The Hubble Space Telescope, which turns 25 this year, has brought the beauty of the cosmos into...
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[Unedited] Mario Livio with Krista Tippett
This unedited conversation with astrophysicist Mario Livio comes from the produced show...
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Marilynne Robinson and Marcelo Gleiser — The Mystery We Are [remix]
What do a fiction writer and an astrophysicist have in common? Marilynne Robinson and Marcelo...
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[Unedited] Marilynne Robinson and Marcelo Gleiser with Krista Tippett
This is On Being’s unedited conversation with Marilynne Robinson and Marcelo Gleiser. She’s a...
01:20:27
Martin Rees — Cosmic Origami and What We Don't Know [remix]
Parallel realities and the deep structure of space-time sound like science fiction. These are...
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Lord Martin Rees with Krista Tippett [Unedited Interview]
Some of the biggest philosophical and ethical questions of this century may be raised on...
01:28:17
Natalie Batalha — Exoplanets and Love: Science That Connects Us to One Another [remix]
A mission scientist with NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, Natalie Batalha hunts for exoplanets —...
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[Unedited] Natalie Batalha with Krista Tippett
Natalie Batalha is a research astronomer at NASA Ames Research Center and a mission scientist...
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Episode 139 - New Horizons Pluto Encounter Conspiracies, Part 2
A look at many of the conspiracies related to the New Horizons mission through the Pluto-Charon...
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Episode 138 - New Horizons Pluto Encounter Conspiracies, Part 1
A look at many of the conspiracies related to the New Horizons mission through the Pluto-Charon...
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Episode 137 - Why Earth Is Old, Without Radiometric Dating
Most often when discussing the age of the Earth or the solar system, scientists refer to...
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Episode 136 (BONUS) - How Science Journalists Go from Scientists to the Public
I briefly spoke with two of the science journalists who are embedded within NASA's New Horizons...
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Episode 135 - How New Horizons Takes Photographs, Interview with Dr. John Spencer
I bring you an interview with Dr. John Spencer, head of the hazards search for NASA's New...
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The Big Bang is the model that is used to explain what happened just after the origin of the...
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Episode 132 - In Search Of Planet X (Live from Denver ComicCon)
On May 24, 2015, I presented a live talk at the Denver ComicCon modeled after Leonard Nimoy's "In...
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A lot of small threads are discussed in this episodes: The latest lunar eclipse and its relation...
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Episode 130 - Dealing with Pseudoscience at Scientific Conferences
Who can present at a scientific conference is often shrouded in mystery to non-scientists, and it...
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Episode 129 - The Saga of Comet Hale-Bopp and its Fugacious Companion, Part 3
Comet Hale-Bopp put on a fantastic display for Earth-bound skywatchers for over two years, often...
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Episode 128 - The Saga of Comet Hale-Bopp and its Fugacious Companion, Part 2
Comet Hale-Bopp put on a fantastic display for Earth-bound skywatchers for over two years, often...
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