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This Week In Space podcast: This Week In Space podcast: Episode 121 —An Exploding Star Near You!

July 27, 2024 NeRD

An Exploding Star Near You! – A Nova is Coming with Carlos Badenes – YouTube Watch On On Episode 121 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss a star about to go nova with astrophysicist Dr. Carlos Badenes. A nova is a star that periodically sheds mass in a huge flare-up of light and energy. This nova will be visible in the night sky for about 6-7 days! T Corona Borealis (TCrB) is a binary system comprising two stars in the constellation Corona Borealis that bursts…

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 120 —Remembering Apollo 11 & Looking Ahead

July 20, 2024 NeRD

Remembering Apollo 11 & Looking Ahead – Plus Artemis II and Starship 5 – YouTube Watch On On Episode 120 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik dive into the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, discussing the mission’s highlights, challenges, and historical significance. They also cover recent space news, including Elon Musk’s plans to move SpaceX‘s headquarters to Texas, the Falcon 9 upper stage failure, and the cancellation of NASA‘s VIPER rover mission. Looking ahead, the hosts speculate on the future of the Artemis…

‘The Last Starfighter’ at 40: Director Nick Castle on making his sci-fi fantasy classic (exclusive)

July 13, 2024 NeRD

“Greetings Starfighter, you have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada. Get ready! Prepare for blast off!” The summer of 1984 was a banner year for Hollywood, with a bounty of A-list releases that included such iconic titles as “Ghostbusters,” “Gremlins,” “Star Trek III: The Search For Spock,” “Conan the Destroyer,” “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” “The Karate Kid,” “Purple Rain,” “Red Dawn,” “The Company of Wolves.” “The Neverending Story,” and “Revenge of the Nerds.” Added to that esteemed…

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 119 —Junkyard in Space

July 13, 2024 NeRD

Junkyard in Space – The Dangers of Orbital Debris – YouTube Watch On On Episode 119 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Dr. John Crassidis from the University of Buffalo about orbital debris and its dangers. If you saw the movie “Gravity,” you have a sense of the dangers of orbital debris—and the risk is very real. More than 25,000 objects over four inches in diameter are tracked by the US Space Force, and millions of others are smaller or untracked—everything from derelict satellites…

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 118 —Understanding the Darkness

July 6, 2024 NeRD

Understanding the Darkness – Dark Matter and Dark Energy – YouTube Watch On On Episode 118 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest co-host Isaac Arthur talk with Alina Kiessling and Jason Rhodes, both research scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, about the concepts of dark matter and dark energy and their broader implications for cosmology, exoplanet research, and more. For many of us, dark matter and dark energy are two of the least understood areas of cosmology and astrophysics. Both Kiessling and Rhodes are working on major…

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 117 —A Home on the Moon

June 29, 2024 NeRD

On Episode 117 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest co-host Isaac Arthur talk with Evan Jensen of ICON Build about 3D printing habitats on the moon and one day Mars. For decades we’ve seen images of huge glass domes on the moon and Mars, but the reality of building settlements off-Earth is likely to look much different. This week we’re joined by Evan Jensen of ICON Build, a company that, in just a few years, has created housing across Texas via 3D printing. Now, in association with…

Watch Scarlett Johansson fake a moon landing in new ‘Fly Me To The Moon’ trailer (video)

June 24, 2024 NeRD

Standing against the phony backdrop of a simulated lunar landscape, Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson, the two stars of Apple Original Films and Columbia Pictures’ new period-placed NASA comedy, welcome viewers into the space-based hijinks of a new “Fly Me To The Moon” release trailer. Directed by “Arrowverse’s” Greg Berlanti (“Dawson’s Creek,” “Everwood,” “Riverdale”) and blasting off on July 12, 2024, this lighthearted drama takes us back to the heady days of NASA’s Apollo 11 lunar landing mission with all the authentic period detail, roaring muscle cars, and pastel fashions…

‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ warps into Season 2 with new Netflix trailer (video)

June 23, 2024 NeRD

Resurrected by Netflix and zooming onto their streaming platform starting on July 1, 2024, the award-winning animated children’s series, “Star Trek: Prodigy,” is cleared for launch and CBS Studios has just revealed the thrilling first trailer and key art for its next 20-episode mission. This highly underrated project was developed by Emmy Award winners Kevin and Dan Hageman (“Trollhunters,” “Ninjago”) in collaboration with Alex Kurtzman to be the first all-ages “Star Trek” show out of spacedock, “Star Trek: Prodigy” premiered on Paramount+ in the fall of 2021 hauling a 20-episode…

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 116 —Spreading the Good Word

June 22, 2024 NeRD

On Episode 116 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with the team behind the Space and Things podcast. In the world of space podcasts, the Space and Things podcast is a keeper (along with ours, of course). The brainchild of Emily Carney, founder of the Space Hipsters on Facebook, and singer/songwriter Dave Giles, Space and Things brings us some premiere guests in the space sector. Subjects are always compelling, and as we well know, that takes work. We’ll dive into the intricacies of creating–and maintaining–a…

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 115 —Our Friendly Mr. Sun

June 15, 2024 NeRD

On Episode 115 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk about the sun and solar activity cycles. We see the sun every day as it rises and sets… it’s one of the few constants in life. But it’s a very dynamic body, throwing minor temper tantrums regularly. As it happens, we’re at the peak of its 11-year cycle of activity and there’s a lot going on! Dr. Alex Young, the Associate Director for Science in the Heliophysics Science Division at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, joins…