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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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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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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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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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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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The exploding, electrified moon This time we spend time with IO—the most volcanically active body in the solar system; and how it interacts with Jupiter’s magnetic field.

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Jupiter’s rings and things We talk of Calisto, the inner moons, Jupiter’s rings and irregular satellites.

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A song of Ganymede The biggest moon orbits the biggest planet. We talk of Ganymede, how it may harbor life, and listen to the giant moon sing.

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Jupiter’s magnetic personality After geeking out over space hardware, we turn an eye toward Jupiter and talk about the most massive planet’s massive magnetic field.

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The Martian robotic invasion As of yet, no humans have made it to Mars. However, many of our spacecraft, landers and rovers have. Join us as we take a little look at a few missions, and a large look at what we’ve learned about our neighbor, the red planet.