Star Stuff

Crew Members of Spaceship Earth with Nicole Stott

Astronaut Nicole Stott has spent 104 days in space, orbited Earth over 1,600 times, and even painted with watercolors aboard the International Space Station. In this epis

Planetary Defense with Rusty Schweickart

In this episode of Star Stuff, retired NASA astronaut and B612 Foundation co-founder Rusty Schweickart joins Lowell Mission Scientist Dr. Melodie Kao and Lowell Historian

Sol’s Planets – We Talk To Two Lowell Planetary Scientists

In this episode of Star Stuff, the crew talks all about planets with two of Lowell’s planetary scientists, Dr. Amanda Bosh and Dr. Jennifer Hanley. Learn about our solar

Exploring Dark Skies with Grand Canyon “Dark Sky Ranger” Rader Lane

In this episode of Star Stuff, we talk to Grand Canyon “Dark Sky Ranger” Rader Lane about International Dark Sky Week (April 22 - 30) and how our neighbors at the Grand C

Comets, Asteroids, and Centaurs

A comet, an asteroid, and a centaur walk into a bar(red spiral galaxy)... If you want to be cool and get this joke, listen in on this episode of Star Stuff—we'll let you

What Does It Mean To Imagine? We Talk To Ed Finn of ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination

Star Stuff joins Todd Gonzales (Lowell Education Manager) and Ed Finn of ASU's Center for Science and the Imagination to talk about what it means to imagine, and how we m

The $10 Billion Origami Project: We Review the Basics of the James Webb Space Telescope

Join the Star Stuff Crew as we talk about the basics of the James Webb Space Telescope, including what it will help us discover, why it took so long to launch, what happe

The Life of Stars: We Talk to Lowell Astronomer Gerard van Belle

Star Stuff sits down with Lowell Astronomer Dr. Gerard van Belle to talk about the life cycle of stars. Find out why Gerard lovingly refers to our sun as a "lump of screa

Star Stories (The Constellations Of Spring)

In this episode of Star Stuff, we talk about what constellations are in the Northern Hemisphere's night sky right now, how to find them, and their stories throughout cult

Life on Mars (Human and … Otherwise)

On this episode of Star Stuff, the crew and Lowell Cosmologist Dr. Kyler Kuehn sits down with Dr. Roedolph Opperman to talk about what life in outer space may look like —

Capturing Dark Energy On Camera: We Talk to Dr. Kyler Kuehn

Hear from Lowell Observatory Cosmologist Dr. Kyler Kuehn about his project to capture Dark Energy “on camera.” We do a deep dive on what Dark Energy is and how it differs

Life On Other Planets, In Art And In Our Universe: We Talk to Dr. Dan Durda

In this episode of Star Stuff, the crew talks to Dr. Dan Durda about his art, his research, and life on other planets. Dr. Dan Durda has a biography that is too long for

Clyde Tombaugh, From The Eyes of His Son: We Talk to Alden Tombaugh

Historians, gather ’round! In this episode of Star Stuff, the crew sits down with Alden Tombaugh and discuss his father, Clyde Tombaugh, and what it was like being the so

The Real Indiana Jones: We Talk to Dr. Johanson, the Lucy Discoverer

Hear about Dr. Donald Johanson — the man who traversed Africa in his late 20s, slept with the lions, narrowly escaped helicopter crashes and a bout of Malaria, and throug

The Adventures of a Shadow Chaser and Asteroid Hunter: We Talk to Dr. Cathy Olkin

In Episode 6 of Star Stuff, we sit down with famous planetary scientist Dr. Cathy Olkin, who has done everything from chasing occultations of Pluto in Switzerland to chas

“My Other Vehicle Explored Pluto” – We Talk To Dr. Alan Stern

Famous engineer and planetary scientist Dr. Alan Stern joins the Star Stuff crew to share his experience leading the New Horizons mission to Pluto and beyond. Listen as w

What Would “Armageddon” Really Be Like?

Star Stuff discusses “Armageddon” — the movie from 1998 and a potential real-life asteroid that could hypothetically threaten Earth. Learn what a life-threatening asteroi

The Secrets of Lowell Observatory

Star Stuff – Episode 03: “The Secrets of Lowell Observatory” Star Stuff discusses the “Secrets of Lowell” — all the best stories and lore you wouldn’t normally hear on a

A Case For The Sky Egg

Cody Half-Moon, Madi Mooney, and guest John Compton discuss the Moon. John's background of geology and theoretical physics (or, as he says, he's just "theoretically a phy

Black Holes, Spacetime, and Bread

"Star Stuff Episode 01: Black Holes, Spacetime, and Bread" is now available wherever you get your podcasts! Listen in as Cody Half-Moon, Hailey Osborn, and Wesley Sonnema