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Sol’s Planets – We Talk To Two Lowell Planetary Scientists

In this episode of Star Stuff, the crew talks all about planets with two of Lowell’s planetary scientists, Dr. Amanda Bosh and Dr. Jennifer Hanley. Learn about our solar system’s […]

  This is an automated transcript from Star Stuff Podcast Episode 17: Exploring Dark Skies with Grand Canyon “Dark Sky Ranger” Rader Lane. You can listen to the audio of […]

Comets, Asteroids, and Centaurs

A comet, an asteroid, and a centaur walk into a bar(red spiral galaxy)… If you want to be cool and get this joke, listen in on this episode of Star […]

What Does It Mean To Imagine? We Talk To Ed Finn of ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination

Star Stuff joins Todd Gonzales (Lowell Education Manager) and Ed Finn of ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination to talk about what it means to imagine, and how we […]

The $10 Billion Origami Project: We Review the Basics of the James Webb Space Telescope

Join the Star Stuff Crew as we talk about the basics of the James Webb Space Telescope, including what it will help us discover, why it took so long to […]

The Life of Stars: We Talk to Lowell Astronomer Gerard van Belle

Star Stuff sits down with Lowell Astronomer Dr. Gerard van Belle to talk about the life cycle of stars. Find out why Gerard lovingly refers to our sun as a […]

Star Stories (The Constellations Of Spring)

In this episode of Star Stuff, we talk about what constellations are in the Northern Hemisphere’s night sky right now, how to find them, and their stories throughout cultures around […]

Capturing Dark Energy On Camera: We Talk to Dr. Kyler Kuehn

Hear from Lowell Observatory Cosmologist Dr. Kyler Kuehn about his project to capture Dark Energy “on camera.” We do a deep dive on what Dark Energy is and how it […]

The Real Indiana Jones: We Talk to Dr. Johanson, the Lucy Discoverer

Hear about Dr. Donald Johanson — the man who traversed Africa in his late 20s, slept with the lions, narrowly escaped helicopter crashes and a bout of Malaria, and through […]

The Adventures of a Shadow Chaser and Asteroid Hunter: We Talk to Dr. Cathy Olkin

In Episode 6 of Star Stuff, we sit down with famous planetary scientist Dr. Cathy Olkin, who has done everything from chasing occultations of Pluto in Switzerland to chasing Trojan […]

“My Other Vehicle Explored Pluto” – We Talk To Dr. Alan Stern

Famous engineer and planetary scientist Dr. Alan Stern joins the Star Stuff crew to share his experience leading the New Horizons mission to Pluto and beyond. Listen as we discuss […]

What Would “Armageddon” Really Be Like?

Star Stuff discusses “Armageddon” — the movie from 1998 and a potential real-life asteroid that could hypothetically threaten Earth. Learn what a life-threatening asteroid may actually look like, what perfect […]