AstronomyCast 363: Where Did Earth's Water Come From?

by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay

Where on Earth did our water come from. Well, obviously not from Earth, of course, but from space. But did it come from comets, or did the water form naturally right here in the Solar System, and the Earth just scooped it up?

It hard to think of a more influential modern planetary scientist than Carolyn Porco, the leader of the imaging team for NASA’s Cassini mission exploring Saturn. But before Cassini, Porco was involved in Voyager missions, and she’ll be leading up the imaging team for New Horizons.

AstronomyCast 362: Carolyn Porco

by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay

Maria Zuber is one of the hardest working scientists in planetary science, being a part of six different space missions to explore the Solar System. Currently, she’s the lead investigator for NASA’s GRAIL mission.

AstronomyCast 361: Maria Zuber

by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay

Jocelyn Bell Burnell is an Irish astronomer, best known for being part of the team that discovered pulsars, and the following controversy when she was excluded from the Nobel Prize winning team.

AstronomyCast 360: Jocelyn Bell Burnell

by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay

Margaret Geller is best known for her work on the large scale structure of the Universe, helping us understand the large clusters, super clusters and cosmic filaments that matter clumps into.

AstronomyCast 359: Margaret Geller

by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay