Ep 341: There’s something on the wing!
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There’s something on the wing!
High winds, a segmented ring and other oddities confound us as we take a trip to Neptune.
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Ep 340: Uranus, as a whole
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Uranus, as a whole
Jokes aside, we take a more complete look at Uranus, the sideways planet.
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Ep 339: A brief probed toward Uranus
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A brief probed toward Uranus
Unexpected issues caused a very short episode about the seventh planet. Gave us a chance to go ahead and snicker at its name.
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Ep 338: Why is that moon spewing?
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Why is that moon spewing?
We finish up with the planet Saturn with a look at her moon, Enceladus. It is spewing forth giant guizers of water and other chemicals, hinting at its subsurface salty ocean and even the possibility of life.
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Ep 337: Saturn’s invisible ring, and two faced moon
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Saturn’s invisible ring, and two faced moon
The largest ring in the solar system is nearly impossible to see. Not even the Cassini mission, which spent 13 years orbiting Saturn, was able to see it. Just to make things more interesting, Saturn also has a now-you-see-it-now-you-don’t moon. As it happens, these two oddities are related, so we relate them.
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Ep 336: Saturn’s strangest moon is such a gas
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Saturn’s strangest moon is such a gas
The second largest moon is arguably the strangest. From lakes of liquid natural gas, to its thick atmosphere, to magic islands that come and go, join us for a look at Saturn’s moon Titan.
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Ep 335: Saturn’s rings and things
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Saturn’s rings and things
You can’t look at Saturn without noticing the rings. So, we take a closer look at Saturn’s rings. The episode ended up a bit longer than usual as the closer you look at them, the more complicated they become.
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Ep 334: Saturn spins me right round baby, right round
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Saturn spins me right round baby, right round
We get started with the second largest planet in the solar system with a look at strangely spinning strange things.
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Ep 333: Jupiter’s turn
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Jupiter’s turn
In previous episodes, we talked of Jupiter’s rings, moons, and magnetic field. This time, we finally talk about the actual planet.
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Ep 332: It’s just like the ocean, under the moon
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It’s just like the ocean, under the moon
We’ve save the best of Jupiter’s moons for last. Europa, which has a subsurface ocean that could hold twice the water as all of Earth’s oceans combined. What, if any, kind of life might we find there?
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