Jun 28, 20193 min#139 - David Fairhead - Armstrong“I cannot expect to make astronomers, but I do expect that you will invigorate your minds by the effort at healthy modes of thinking....
Jun 21, 201911 min#138 - Surfing Star Stuff Seeding Solar SystemThe scenery was very beautiful. But I did not see The Great Wall of China. Yang Liwei Well of course you can’t. You can just about see...
Jun 14, 20198 min#137 - David Baker - FRBThe Earth was small, light blue, and so touchingly alone, our home that must be defended like a holy relic. The Earth was absolutely...
Jun 7, 20194 min#136 - Interplanetary FestivalWe’ll all go on and make the place safe. Roads, cities. New sky, new soil. Until it’s all some kind of Siberia or Northwest Territories,...
Jun 1, 201914 min#135 - Neptune SpecialAlthough Uranus and Neptune are superficially twin planets, they are different enough to remind us - as do Venus and Earth - that we...
May 23, 20199 min#134 Titan SpecialFor it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study. Nicolaus Copernicus...
May 17, 20196 min#133 - Harriet Brettle - Roman GodI wondered had I really oversold the Hubble. I have to admit that, since, I have been convinced that I didn't. Nancy Roman Old Favourite,...
May 10, 20195 min#132 - Celia Payne-Gaposhkin - Orbits"The reward of the young scientist is the emotional thrill of being the first person in the history of the world to see something or...