Eleven Things Everyone Should Know About Hubble, Courtesy of a 15-Year-Old...
This month, the Hubble Telescope celebrates twenty years in space. Why should we care? And does an orbiting telescope matter to those of us who aren't scientists?Caroline Moore became the youngest...
View ArticleScientists: Universe Holds Three Times As Many Stars
Using powerful instruments at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, astronomers recently discovered that the universe stretched much further than originally thought. Between 50 and 300 million light years...
View ArticleNew Study Says Plants on Distant Planets May Be Black
According to new research, planets with multiple suns may host trees and shrubs that are black or gray instead of the more familiar green, depending on the particulars of light available for...
View ArticleNew Research Suggests Gold on Earth a Result of Crashing Stars
The really spectacular explosions in the universe involve the creation of black holes, the explosion of gas giants and pulsars.Those fireworks are spectacular, but they only produce hydrogen, helium,...
View ArticleSearching for Meaning and Order in The Stars
Is there life up in the cosmos? It's a question that humans have grappled with since the beginning of time.Physicist John Learned was looking for life up in space and wound up discovering a new pattern...
View ArticleHerbie Hancock, Iphigenia, Stars
Geeks and Greeks. Jazz legend Herbie Hancock tells us how starting out as a science geek led him to his radical musical experimentation. Playwright Charles Mee says the ancient Greeks built their plays...
View ArticleStars
The Canadian invasion strikes again. Stars hails from Montreal and this week, they release In Our Bedroom After the War. Band members Torquil Campbell and Amy Millan explain how they balance their dark...
View ArticleMurakami, Big Eyes, Stars
Studio 360 considers the strange force of cuteness, and our biological urge to say, “awww!” or sometimes “ugggh” when we encounter the cute. And in Japan, anxieties about the atomic bomb may be masked...
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest Bronze Ball of Regret Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner are smitten with the new indie romance Weekend. Next, Gabfesters watch the perennial television favorite...
View ArticleREBROADCAST: Space
Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the launch of Voyager 2 (it rocketed off Earth on 8/20/77 carrying a copy of the Golden Record), and tip your hat to the Mars rover Curiosity as it kicks off its third...
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[Unedited] Margaret Wertheim with Krista Tippett
Margaret Wertheim is the co-creator and curator of the Institute for Figuring in Los Angeles. She is the author of "Pythagoras’ Trousers," "The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space from Dante...
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Margaret Wertheim — The Grandeur and Limits of Science
A passionate translator of the beauty and relevance of scientific questions, Margaret Wertheim is also wise about the limits of science to tell the whole story of the human self. Her Institute for...
View ArticleStoryCorps 439: Space Men
Stories about people who all have their eyes on the stars, from a street-corner astronomer to an astronaut.
View Article12.12.15 Chasing Celebrity
This week on Innovation Hub, we're all about fame. We'll look at how Internet stars have upended our culture, and we'll find out that people in the 19th century were just as obsessed with celebrities...
View ArticleSo You Want To Be An Internet Star
The Internet has rewritten the rules of celebrity. Variety’s Andrew Wallenstein and Tubular Labs’ Allison Stern say it's shaking up how people become famous - and how they stay in the spotlight. The...
View ArticleThe Dawn of the Age of Celebrity
Picture the Kardashian sisters in the 1800s. Professor Sharon Marcus explains why their celebrity might not have been too out of place. Picture the Kardashian sisters in the 1800s. Professor Sharon...
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How a photographer captured these stunning views of space
Video produced by Eric Keato.Travis Rector photographs the far-flung corners of space that are normally undetectable to the human eye.Rector, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of...
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[Unedited] Craig Minowa with Krista Tippett
Craig Minowa is the founder, singer, and songwriter of the alternative rock band Cloud Cult, whose albums include "Light Chasers," the acoustic live album "Unplug," and "The Seeker," released in...
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Craig Minowa — Music and The Ritual of Performance
The band Cloud Cult is hard to categorize — both musically and lyrically — though it's been called an "orchestral indie rock collective." Less in question is the profound and life-giving force of its...
View ArticleRedefining the GOP, Mercury in Transit, The Origins of Life
Coming up on today's show:House Speaker Paul Ryan will meet with Donald Trump today, just days after the billionaire businessman and presumptive Republican nominee said that he's not interested in...
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Stargazers Hope to Spot Mercury in Transit
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Members of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York, along with stargazers across the country, are gathering to watch Mercury appear as...
View ArticleBad News, Stargazers: The Night Sky is Disappearing Before Our Eyes
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.A new study published in the journal Science Advances finds that one third of the world's population, and 80 percent of Americans, are unable to...
View ArticleDavid Means Reads Sherman Alexie
David Means joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Sherman Alexie’s “The Toughest Indian in the World,” from a 1999 issue of the magazine.
View ArticleHunting For the Solar System's Biggest Threats
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. Millions of rocky and metallic leftovers from the formation of the universe orbit the same sun as us, many of them found between Mars and...
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This poet explores the high-flying realms of space — but also the earthly...
The Milky Way is seen in the night sky around telescopes in May 2015. Credit: REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshWhen Adrian Matejka and his family moved to Indianapolis in the 1980s, he says he was not a very...
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Einstein’s theory and ‘bent light’ reveal a way to weigh stars for first time
A picture of the Hubble Space Telescope, which was used to make the findings reported on Wednesday in the journal Science. Photo by NASAIt’s been a busy month for Einstein’s legacy.Coming hot off the...
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Craig Minowa — Music and the Ritual of Performance
The band Cloud Cult is hard to categorize — both musically and lyrically — though it's been called an "orchestral indie rock collective." Less in question is the profound and life-giving force of its...
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Margaret Wertheim — The Grandeur and Limits of Science
A passionate translator of the beauty and relevance of scientific questions, Margaret Wertheim is also wise about the limits of science to tell the whole story of the human self. Her Institute for...
View ArticleA Year in Space
Scott Kelly, former military fighter pilot and test pilot, an engineer, a retired NASA astronaut, a retired U.S. Navy captain and the author of Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery...
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Want to Revolutionize Music? Introduce Equality Into the Studio
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. Amy Millan is a member of the bands Broken Social Scene and Stars, whose latest album “There Is No Love In Fluorescent Light” came out last...
View ArticleU.S. Gets its First International Dark Sky Reserve in Idaho
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentThe International Dark Sky Association designated first Dark Sky Reserve in the United States, and it's in Idaho.The reserve — just one of 12 in...
View ArticleThe State of The Union: Our New American Moment
Coming up on today's show:On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress and to the nation. Here to help us understand how the...
View ArticleStars at the Milky Way's Edge Could be Remnants of "Galactic Invasions"
Out on the fringes of the Milky Way are clusters of stars that drift in a region of space astronomers call the galaxy's "halo." For years, researchers believed that these stars were the remains of...
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