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Thank you to all my fantastic listeners in joining me for four years on our weekly journey through the Universe. While Space Radio is over, the adventure is not…
About the Host
Paul M.Sutter is a research professor in astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced Computational Science at Stony Brook University and the Flatiron Institute in New York City. He is also known around the world as the host of several shows, such as How the Universe Works on Science Channel, Space Out on Discovery, and his hit Ask a Spaceman podcast. He is the author of two books, Your Place in the Universe and How to Die in Space, as well as a regular contributor to Space.com, LiveScience, and more. Journalists frequently seek his expert advice, especially in his role as the Weather Channel's Official Space Specialist. In addition to his traditional science outreach, Paul also explores innovative science and art collaborations, such as his work with Syren Modern Dance in Ticktock, a performance exploring the nature of time through movement and narration.
Produced by Nancy Graziano.
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Logo design by Sarah Winegar, video graphics by Spacetime Labs.
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All Episodes
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September 2021
- Sep 25, 2021 SR 156: The Last Adventure Sep 25, 2021
- Sep 18, 2021 SR 155: On the Launch Pad with Christian Ready Sep 18, 2021
- Sep 10, 2021 SR 154: This is What Happens When Black Holes Eat Too Much Cheese Sep 10, 2021
- Sep 3, 2021 SR 153: Hycean Habitable Worlds Sep 3, 2021
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August 2021
- Aug 20, 2021 SR 152: Turning the Tables on Fraser Cain, Publisher of Universe Today! Aug 20, 2021
- Aug 6, 2021 SR 151: JWST Update with Paul Geithner, Deputy Project Manager — Technical Aug 6, 2021
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July 2021
- Jul 31, 2021 SR 150: Seeing Behind a Black Hole Jul 31, 2021
- Jul 9, 2021 SR 149: An Impromptu Discussion about the Science of JWST, and Much More Jul 9, 2021
- Jul 3, 2021 SR 148: FINE, We'll Talk About the UFO Report Jul 3, 2021
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June 2021
- Jun 11, 2021 SR 147: Simulating Mars Habitats with Kai Staats Jun 11, 2021
- Jun 4, 2021 SR 146: The Dark Energy Survey Surveys… The Dark Jun 4, 2021
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May 2021
- May 28, 2021 SR 145: Hunting for Exoplanets with Dr. Jessie Christiansen May 28, 2021
- May 1, 2021 SR 144: Astronomers vs SpaceX: FIGHT May 1, 2021
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April 2021
- Apr 24, 2021 SR 143: SETI with Dr. Jason Wright, Penn State University Apr 24, 2021
- Apr 3, 2021 SR 142: The BEST April Fool's Physics Papers of 2021 – Cheese Radio Live! Apr 3, 2021
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March 2021
- Mar 20, 2021 SR 141: How Politics Shaped Project Apollo with Teasel Muir-Harmony Mar 20, 2021
- Mar 13, 2021 SR 140: Giant Death Beams in the Ancient Universe! Mar 13, 2021
- Mar 6, 2021 SR 139: That Time Astronomers Lost a Black Hole! Mar 6, 2021
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February 2021
- Feb 27, 2021 SR 138: The Future of Gravitational Waves with Dr. Brittany Kamai Feb 27, 2021
- Feb 20, 2021 SR 137: Everybody is Going to Mars! Feb 20, 2021
- Feb 5, 2021 SR 136: "Dream Big!" with Abigail "Astronaut Abby" Harrison Feb 5, 2021
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January 2021
- Jan 29, 2021 SR 135: Is 'Oumuamua Alien Tech, and Is Science Anti-Alien?? Jan 29, 2021
- Jan 22, 2021 SR 134: A Conversation with Moiya McTier: Astrophysicist, Folklorist, & Science Communicator Jan 22, 2021
- Jan 15, 2021 SR 133: Do We Really Know the Age of the Universe? Jan 15, 2021
- Jan 8, 2021 SR 132: Are Aliens Calling Us from Proxima Centauri? No. Jan 8, 2021
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December 2020
- Dec 18, 2020 SR 131: Space Elevators with Tim Chrisman and the Foundation for the Future Dec 18, 2020
- Dec 11, 2020 SR 130: New Physics with the Cosmic Microwave Background? No. Dec 11, 2020
- Dec 4, 2020 SR 129: Arecibo Collapses! Dec 4, 2020
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November 2020
- Nov 19, 2020 SR 128: Astronomers without Borders Nov 19, 2020
- Nov 12, 2020 SR 127: Have we Finally Solved Furbies? Nov 12, 2020
- Nov 7, 2020 SR 126: NASA Has a Lunar Gateway, and You're Not Invited Nov 7, 2020
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October 2020
- Oct 30, 2020 SR 125: Water on the Moon...in Broad Daylight!? Oct 30, 2020
- Oct 3, 2020 SR 124: Wet Mars for Real? Oct 3, 2020
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September 2020
- Sep 19, 2020 SR 123: Is there really life on Venus? Sep 19, 2020
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August 2020
- Aug 29, 2020 SR 122: The Election Day Asteroid is Lame Aug 29, 2020
- Aug 1, 2020 SR 121: Helicopters on Mars Aug 1, 2020
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July 2020
- Jul 25, 2020 SR 120: I Took a Photo-Graph of an Exo-Planet Jul 25, 2020
- Jul 18, 2020 SR 119: Supernova vs. White Dwarf: Who Wins? Jul 18, 2020
- Jul 11, 2020 SR 118: Look Ma, I Got a Comet! Jul 11, 2020
- Jul 4, 2020 SR 117: That's a Big Black Hole! Jul 4, 2020
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June 2020
- Jun 24, 2020 SR 116: The Sun is on Fire!!! Jun 24, 2020
- Jun 13, 2020 SR 115: Close but no cigar Jun 13, 2020
- Jun 6, 2020 SR 114: We sent humans into space...again! Jun 6, 2020
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May 2020
- May 30, 2020 SR 113: Better Luck Next Time, SpaceX May 30, 2020
- May 9, 2020 SR 112: An Uncomfortably Close Black Hole May 9, 2020
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April 2020
- Apr 25, 2020 SR 111: Proxima c peek-a-boo Apr 25, 2020
- Apr 11, 2020 SR 110: The Lumpy Universe Apr 11, 2020
- Apr 4, 2020 SR 109: Gary the Galaxy Apr 4, 2020
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March 2020
- Mar 28, 2020 SR 108: The Science Behind #FlattenTheCurve Mar 28, 2020
- Mar 21, 2020 SR 107: Coronavirus can't stop astronomy! Mar 21, 2020
- Mar 14, 2020 SR 106: Iron Rain of Awesomeness Mar 14, 2020
- Mar 7, 2020 SR 105: Freeman no more Mar 7, 2020
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February 2020
- Feb 29, 2020 SR 104: We've Got a Mini-moon! Feb 29, 2020
- Feb 22, 2020 SR 103: Secrets of Arrokoth Feb 22, 2020
- Feb 8, 2020 SR 102: The Death of Spitzer Feb 8, 2020
- Feb 1, 2020 SR 101: Crashing Satellites over Pittsburgh! Feb 1, 2020
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January 2020
- Jan 11, 2020 SR 100: The Origin of Furbies Jan 11, 2020
- Jan 4, 2020 SR 99: Launching into 2020 Jan 4, 2020
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December 2019
- Dec 21, 2019 SR 98: The Best Space This Decade Dec 21, 2019
- Dec 14, 2019 SR 97: Enceladus Has Stretch Marks Dec 14, 2019
- Dec 7, 2019 SR 96: No Cheese for Boeing Dec 7, 2019
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November 2019
- Nov 23, 2019 SR 95: Is Starlink ruining astronomy? Nov 23, 2019
- Nov 9, 2019 SR 94: Update from beyond the solar system Nov 9, 2019
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October 2019
- Oct 26, 2019 SR 93: How to Make a Magnetar (Maybe) Oct 26, 2019
- Oct 19, 2019 SR 92: Why I Didn't Win the Nobel Prize Oct 19, 2019
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September 2019
- Sep 14, 2019 SR 91: A Very Moist Exoplanet Sep 14, 2019
- Sep 7, 2019 SR 90: A Magical Color-Changing Asteroid! Sep 7, 2019
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August 2019
- Aug 31, 2019 SR 89: Hopping around the Galaxy Aug 31, 2019
- Aug 24, 2019 SR 88: Gas Moons and the Betterment of Humanity Aug 24, 2019
- Aug 17, 2019 SR 87: Super-Earth? Over-rated. Aug 17, 2019
- Aug 3, 2019 SR 86: Throwing Shade on the Lightsail Aug 3, 2019
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July 2019
- Jul 15, 2019 SR 85: Goodbye Voyager 2 Jul 15, 2019
- Jul 6, 2019 SR 84: Turtles Breathe from their Butts Jul 6, 2019
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June 2019
- Jun 24, 2019 SR 83: Will James Ever Make It To Space? Jun 24, 2019
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May 2019
- May 30, 2019 SR 82: Delicious White Salmon May 30, 2019
- May 25, 2019 SR 81: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Telescope May 25, 2019
- May 18, 2019 SR 80: The First Stars Were Weird May 18, 2019
- May 11, 2019 SR 79: The Universe is Kind of Big, I Guess May 11, 2019
- May 4, 2019 SR 78: Titan is Weird May 4, 2019
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April 2019
- Apr 27, 2019 SR 77: Who Farted on Mars? Apr 27, 2019
- Apr 13, 2019 SR 76: Yup It's a Black Hole Alright Apr 13, 2019
- Apr 6, 2019 SR 75: Hey Let's All Look at a Black Hole Apr 6, 2019
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March 2019
- Mar 30, 2019 SR 74: Nobody Likes You, Neptune Mar 30, 2019
- Mar 9, 2019 SR 73: Rumble in the Jungle Mar 9, 2019
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February 2019
- Feb 23, 2019 SR 72: Kiss My Asteroid Feb 23, 2019
- Feb 16, 2019 SR 71: Let's Not Go To Mars After All Feb 16, 2019
- Feb 2, 2019 SR 70: Earth Earth Earth Moon Earth Feb 2, 2019
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January 2019
- Jan 26, 2019 SR 69: High Noon On Saturn Jan 26, 2019
- Jan 19, 2019 SR 68: Who made the universe? Jan 19, 2019
- Jan 12, 2019 SR 67: Dirty Space Bugs Jan 12, 2019
- Jan 5, 2019 SR 66: You are not a hologram Jan 5, 2019
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December 2018
- Dec 29, 2018 SR 65: Stupid Red Dust Dec 29, 2018
- Dec 22, 2018 SR 64: Astronomy for Ancients Dec 22, 2018
- Dec 15, 2018 SR 63: The Altiplano Dec 15, 2018
- Dec 8, 2018 SR 62: The Stars Are Out Tonight! Dec 8, 2018
- Dec 1, 2018 SR 61: What's Brewing? Science. Dec 1, 2018
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November 2018
- Nov 24, 2018 SR 60: Bad Science Nov 24, 2018
- Nov 17, 2018 SR 59: Dark Matter Livestream Nov 17, 2018
- Nov 10, 2018 SR 58: Big, Dumb Rock Nov 10, 2018
- Nov 3, 2018 SR 57: Goodnight, Sweet Prince Nov 3, 2018
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October 2018
- Oct 27, 2018 SR 56: Merde Oct 27, 2018
- Oct 20, 2018 SR 55: Collective Woah Oct 20, 2018
- Oct 13, 2018 SR 54: Europa or Bust! Oct 13, 2018
- Oct 6, 2018 SR 53: We're on a Boat Oct 6, 2018
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September 2018
- Sep 22, 2018 SR 52: Oxygen Blowtorch Sep 22, 2018
- Sep 1, 2018 SR 51: Cosmic Crossroads Sep 1, 2018
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August 2018
- Aug 25, 2018 SR 50: One Moon, On the Rocks Aug 25, 2018
- Aug 18, 2018 SR 49: A Bad Space Joke Aug 18, 2018
- Aug 11, 2018 SR 48: Feel My Magnet Aug 11, 2018
- Aug 4, 2018 SR 47: What's wrong with your face? Aug 4, 2018
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July 2018
- Jul 28, 2018 SR 46: Martian Pool Party Jul 28, 2018
- Jul 21, 2018 SR 45: The Heart of the Galaxy Jul 21, 2018
- Jul 14, 2018 SR 44: Neuchitos...With Dip! Jul 14, 2018
- Jul 7, 2018 SR 43: Trailer Parks on Mercury Jul 7, 2018
- Jul 1, 2018 Copy of SR 81: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Telescope Jul 1, 2018
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June 2018
- Jun 30, 2018 SR 42: The Drake Anti-Equation Jun 30, 2018
- Jun 23, 2018 SR 41: Black Hole Binge-Watch Jun 23, 2018
- Jun 16, 2018 SR 40: Let's Play Marsball! Jun 16, 2018
- Jun 9, 2018 SR 39: Fake Neutrinos!!1! Jun 9, 2018
- Jun 2, 2018 SR 38: Spaced to the Nines Jun 2, 2018
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May 2018
- May 26, 2018 SR 37: The Octopode Project May 26, 2018
- May 19, 2018 SR 36: Sky Radio May 19, 2018
- May 12, 2018 SR 35: It's Full of Black Holes!!! May 12, 2018
- May 5, 2018 SR 34: Bezos Uber Alles May 5, 2018
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April 2018
- Apr 28, 2018 SR 33: Uranus Jokes Never Get Old Apr 28, 2018
- Apr 7, 2018 SR 32: A Light in the Void Apr 7, 2018
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March 2018
- Mar 31, 2018 SR 31: Space Elevator Muzak Mar 31, 2018
- Mar 24, 2018 SR 30: Why Hello, Steve Mar 24, 2018
- Mar 17, 2018 SR 29: Exit the Hawkman Mar 17, 2018
- Mar 10, 2018 SR 28: I Got 99 Problems but a Magnetic Field Ain't One Mar 10, 2018
- Mar 3, 2018 SR 27: Wake Up, Universe, You're Late Mar 3, 2018
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February 2018
- Feb 24, 2018 SR 26: Light at the End of the Black Hole Feb 24, 2018
- Feb 10, 2018 SR 25: My Little Icelandic Pony Feb 10, 2018
- Feb 3, 2018 SR 24: Quantum Space Computers Feb 3, 2018
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January 2018
- Jan 27, 2018 SR 23: Very Large Objects! Jan 27, 2018
- Jan 20, 2018 SR 22: Guess What, It's Dust Jan 20, 2018
- Jan 13, 2018 SR 21: Cheese, Space, & Beyond Jan 13, 2018
- Jan 6, 2018 SR 19: Megamaser vs. Bomb Cyclone Jan 6, 2018
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December 2017
- Dec 30, 2017 SR 18: Kilobossanova Dec 30, 2017
- Dec 23, 2017 SR 17: Blue Holes and Black Moons Dec 23, 2017
- Dec 16, 2017 SR 16: I Missed the Voyager Dec 16, 2017
- Dec 9, 2017 SR 15: Water on Mars? Not so fast! Dec 9, 2017
- Dec 2, 2017 SR 14: Wormholes are not a thing Dec 2, 2017
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November 2017
- Nov 25, 2017 SR 13: Please Don't Pick a Goofy Name Nov 25, 2017
- Nov 18, 2017 SR 12: Let's Make a Telescope...But Bigger Nov 18, 2017
- Nov 11, 2017 SR 11: Muons, the Keys to the Pyramids Nov 11, 2017
- Nov 4, 2017 SR 10: Making Science Hard Nov 4, 2017
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October 2017
- Oct 28, 2017 SR 9: Sight unseen Oct 28, 2017
- Oct 21, 2017 SR 8: We should've checked the couch cushions Oct 21, 2017
- Oct 14, 2017 SR 7: There's no silver medal in science Oct 14, 2017
- Oct 11, 2017 SR 6: We won't crash you into Saturn, we promise Oct 11, 2017
- Oct 8, 2017 SR 5: Let's blow up some stars Oct 8, 2017
- Oct 1, 2017 SR 4: Reawakening in the dark Oct 1, 2017
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September 2017
- Sep 21, 2017 SR 3: Sometimes it's good to be second-fastest Sep 21, 2017
- Sep 21, 2017 SR 2: Black holes are overrated Sep 21, 2017
- Sep 20, 2017 SR 1: Pilot Sep 20, 2017