Dr. Matthew Knight tells us about a discovery that excited astronomers all around the world. 'Oumuamua is the first minor planet from outside our solar system that we have found. Dr. Knight describes what it was like to observe this speedy object, and explains how it compares to local asteroids and comets.
184: Samples are forever with Prof. Snead
183: The solar wind with Dr. Jian
182: Radar polarization with Dr. Hickson
181: Young Stellar Objects with Dr. Smith
180: Space Advocacy with Casey Dreier
179: Not just a telescope with Dr. Virkki
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178: Light reverberations from supermassive black holes with Dr. Gorjian
177: Preventable disasters with Prof. Nugent
176: Getting curious with Dr. Fraeman
175: Three lunar water mysteries with Prof. Ehlmann
174: How NASA funding works with Dr. Throop
173: Last alert system with Dr. Denneau
172: The whole world to a microbe with Prof. Levy
171: Astronauts on starship Earth with Dr. Gifford
170: Searching for outer solar system objects with Dr. Schwamb
169: The flattest structures in the solar system with Dr. Tiscareno
168: Meteorite strength with Prof. Cotto Figueroa
167: Far out with Dr. Sheppard
166: Why we went to the moon with Lillian Cunningham
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