In this episode of Looking Up , reminiscences of visits to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and hosts Dean Regas and Anna Hehman welcome the museum's new director, and former chief scientist at NASA, Ellen Stofan .

Ohioan John Glenn, the first man to orbit the earth, will be honored with the opening of the John Glenn Astronomy Park inside the Hocking Hills State Park in southeastern Ohio.

It might not be the first kind of pollution you think of when you hear the word, but there are serious environmental hazards associated with light pollution.

In this episode of Looking Up , it's been the subject of books, movies, TV shows, and a myriad of urban legends and country myths. Is there life beyond the planet Earth? Our hosts, Dean Regas and Anna Hehman from the Cincinnati Observatory, delve in to the facts, science, and pop culture of alien life.

In this episode of Looking Up , hosts Dean Regas and Anna Hehman talk about Neil Armstrong - the Ohio native, NASA astronaut, first man on the moon, UC professor – who will soon be the subject of a major Hollywood biopic starring Ryan Gosling. The movie is based on the biography First Man written by this episode's guest, James R. Hansen .

In this episode of Looking Up , there are a myriad of ways to try and explain scientific concepts and answer questions about science. Adam Cole , a reporter for the NPR Science Desk and host/animator of their video series Skunk Bear , joins Dean Regas and Anna Hehman to explain exactly what Skunk Bear is and the unique ways it tries to convey science to its viewers.

In this episode of Looking Up , hosts Dean Regas and Anna Hehman talk about the growing number of exoplanets being discovered, thanks to advance telescopes like the Keppler and Hubble. The TRAPPIST-1 system is the closest to our solar system and Sean Carey , the manager of the Spitzer Science Center which has the Spitzer Telescope in space, is the special guest.

In this episode of Looking Up , hosts Dean Regas and Anna Hehman are talking space exploration and the Mars Rover with Emily Lakdawalla , senior editor and blogger for The Planetary Society and planetary.org, and author of the soon-to-be-released book The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job .

In this episode of Looking Up , the man who makes science sexy every Friday afternoon. Ira Flatow , the host of public radio's "Science Friday," joins hosts Dean Regas and Anna Hehman to talk about his long-running show, some of his favorite topics, and most importantly, his favorite constellation.

In this episode of Looking Up , the important contributions of women in science have long been understood within the scientific community, but the public's awareness was raised by the best selling book and movie "Hidden Figures." Now, another group of women scientists are being spotlighted in the book "The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars" and the author, Dava Sobel , joins Dean Regas and Anna Hehman.