comets

Explore "comets" with insightful episodes like "Twinkle, Twinkle, Shooting Star", "Twinkle, Twinkle, Shooting Star . . .", "Sinkholes, Part 2", "#872 - Graham Hancock & Randall Carlson" and "StarTalk Live! at the Beacon (Part 1): Chasing Comets" from podcasts like ""Short Wave", "Short Wave", "Stuff To Blow Your Mind", "The Joe Rogan Experience" and "StarTalk Radio"" and more!

Episodes (11)

Twinkle, Twinkle, Shooting Star

Ahead of the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, we're re-airing our first episode with Scientist in Residence Regina G. Barber. In it, Regina and planetary scientist Melissa Rice explore all things shooting star. They talk about the different types, where they come from and what they actually are (hint: not stars).

Learn more about viewing the Persieds in the next few days here: Get ready to look up in the night sky at all those meteor showers.

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en-usAugust 10, 2022

Twinkle, Twinkle, Shooting Star . . .

One of the video games that Short Wave's Scientist in Residence has been playing a lot in the pandemic is Animal Crossing, in which bits of stars fall along the beach. It got Regina thinking — what ARE shooting stars? For answers on all things asteroid, meteoroid and comet, she turns to planetary scientist Melissa Rice.

Haven't had any luck Googling to learning more about a cool phenomenon? Shoot us an email shortwave@npr.org, and we'll dig up some answers.

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Short Wave

en-usFebruary 25, 2022

Sinkholes, Part 2

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the science and history of sinkholes. How have these impressive geographic features impacted our world, and what can they reveal about the past?

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Stuff To Blow Your Mind

enJanuary 19, 2021

comets

spaceexploration

ancientcivilizations

intergenerationalconnections

mayaculture

#872 - Graham Hancock & Randall Carlson

Graham Hancock is an English author and journalist, well known for books such as "Fingerprints Of The Gods" & his latest book "Magicians of the Gods" is available now. Randall Carlson is a master builder and architectural designer, teacher, geometrician, geomythologist, geological explorer and renegade scholar. Comet Research Group Crowdfunding: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/killer-comets-are-coming/ Magicians of the Gods: http://grahamhancock.com/magicians/ Graham Hancock website: http://grahamhancock.com/ Randall Carlson websites: http://sacredgeometryinternational.com/ & http://geocosmicrex.com/

The Joe Rogan Experience

en-usNovember 15, 2016

ancient civilizations

graham hancock

open-mindedness

randall carlson

StarTalk Live! at the Beacon (Part 1): Chasing Comets

Neil deGrasse Tyson and Eugene Mirman explore the early solar system and go chasing comets with the help of cosmochemist Dr. Natalie Starkey (ESA Rosetta Mission) and comedians Ilana Glazer and Scott Adsit. Recorded live at the Beacon Theatre in NYC.

StarTalk Radio

en-usJune 03, 2016

comets

extraterrestrial life

solar system

asteroids

space dust

Cosmic Queries Potpourri

It’s time for another episode of Cosmic Queries. This week, Neil deGrasse Tyson answers an eclectic mix of fan questions selected by Chuck Nice, from gravity waves and the Great Attractor, to dark matter and nuclear fusion.

en-usMay 17, 2015

Cosmic Queries: Rocket Science Is Hard

Find out why “rocket science is hard” when Neil deGrasse Tyson answers fan questions about Antares, Rosetta, Philae, SpaceShipTwo, the Space Shuttle and more with the help of Bill Nye and Chuck Nice.

StarTalk Radio

en-usFebruary 06, 2015

StarTalk Live! Water World (Part 1)

Dive into the world of water, on Earth and in the cosmos, when Neil deGrasse Tyson and Eugene Mirman host Robert F. Kennedy Jr., The Gyalwang Drukpa, Dr. Tess Russo and Jason Sudeikis at the Beacon Theater.

StarTalk Radio

en-usJanuary 24, 2015

Season 5 Time Capsule (Part 2)

You asked the questions, you chose the episodes: Join us for your favorite Cosmic Queries of Season 5, answered by your own personal astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and guest hosts Bill Nye and Dr. Amy Mainzer.

StarTalk Radio

en-usJanuary 03, 2015

Into the Mouth of Thanksgiving

While your stomach may rumble at the thought of Thanksgiving's bounty, your mouth is trembling in fear. Join Robert and Julie as they discuss the oral health battle that takes place between Streptococcus mutans and teeth enamel and find out why our distant ancestors may have had better chompers than ours.

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Stuff To Blow Your Mind

enNovember 26, 2013

Cosmic Queries: Asteroids, Comets and Meteor Storms

Can’t tell the difference between asteroids, comets, meteoroids, meteors and meteorites? Never fear… Neil deGrasse Tyson explains them all in this episode of Cosmic Queries.

en-usMay 05, 2013