Star Stuff

Star Stuff

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Star Stuff episodes

  • 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 may imagine a better future for our species. Listen as we explore ideas about how imagining the future of space exploration may help change our future for the better. Ed Finn is the featured speaker for the April 16 special event in the ongoing program, "Lowell42."
    41 min
  • 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 the world. In this episode: Ursa Major, Boötes, Virgo, Corvus, Leo, Coma Berenices, Cancer, and Gemini.
    50 min
  • Life on Mars (Human and … Otherwise)
    On this episode of Star Stuff, the crew and Lowell Cosmologist Dr. Kyler Kuehn sits down with Dr. Roedolph Opperman to talk about what life in outer space may look like — and what NASA is really looking for on Mars.
    1 hr 1 min
  • Life On Other Planets, In Art And In Our Universe: We Talk to Dr. Dan Durda
    In this episode of Star Stuff, the crew talks to Dr. Dan Durda about his art, his research, and life on other planets. Dr. Dan Durda has a biography that is too long for our character count in this description, but in summary he is an astronomer, artist, and the 2015 recipient of the “Carl Sagan Medal” for excellence in public communication in planetary science. We talk about his interest in astronomy, his research crashing asteroids together, his incredible art, and what he thinks about life on other planets.
    47 min
  • Clyde Tombaugh, From The Eyes of His Son: We Talk to Alden Tombaugh
    Historians, gather ’round! In this episode of Star Stuff, the crew sits down with Alden Tombaugh and discuss his father, Clyde Tombaugh, and what it was like being the son of the man who discovered Pluto. We talk about his father’s early life, crow puns, Clyde’s favorite planet (spoilers: it wasn’t Pluto!), and why Alden pursued a career outside of astronomy.
    Star Stuff is made possible by Lowell Observatory members and donors.
    45 min
  • 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 it all discovered the Lucy hominid fossil. This real-life Indiana Jones shares his incredible stories and discoveries with the Star Stuff crew, ahead of his appearance in Flagstaff at The Orpheum for Lowell Observatory’s “Night of Discovery” evening event.

    This episode was made possible thanks to Lowell Observatory members and donors.

    53 min
  • 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 Asteroids as the Deputy Principal Investigator of the Lucy Mission. Join the Star Stuff crew as we delve into her stories of incredible adventures and space exploration.

    This podcast is a part of our celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and annual I Heart Pluto Festival, and was made possible by Lowell Observatory members.

    58 min

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Star Stuff is a top astronomy podcast by Lowell Observatory. Learn about the wildest parts of our universe, from black holes to mad scientists, through the eyes of our hosts!