Join Dean Regas, astronomer, author, and space expert on a journey through the stars! New episodes every two weeks✨🔭💫
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On a special episode of Looking Up, @DeanRegas investigates the mysterious 1601 death of astronomer Tycho Brahe. Science writer Dava Sobel, comedian and actor Thomas Lennon, and WVXU newsroom members join the search for answers wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/…
When NASA and other releases sounds from space, what are we actually hearing? The answer: data sonifications. @DeanRegas talks with Mara Helmuth, from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, about how to turn cosmic data into music wvxu.org/podcast/cincinnati-…
The Sun is our closest laboratory for understanding how stars work.@DeanRegas with Dr. Joe Westlake, heliophysics division director at NASA Headquarters, about what we're learning from humanity's closest approach to a star wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/…
Astronomers say the new Vera C. Rubin Telescope will be able to map the entire universe in no time. Already, it has located tens of thousands of asteroids close to home. @DeanRegas chats with Dr. Mario Jurić, the solar system lead scientist wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/…
Total Eclipse of @DeanRegas' Heart. Join Dean as talks with an expert in Icelandic mythology ahead of the Aug 12 total eclipse, and pays tribute to the song he's come to love wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/…
Still buzzing with excitement from the #ArtemisII launch, @DeanRegas waxes poetic about that special view of our home planet that only astronauts get to see. A chat with NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson is the closest experience to the real thing wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/…
Tonight on Looking Up: What is a potentially hazardous asteroid like? @DeanRegas chats with NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission's image processing lead scientist, Dr. Daniella Mendoza DellaGiustina, to learn more. Let’s go to the #asteroid #Bennu wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/…
How do you feel about the universe? Is it scary big? There are lots of people out there who have made it their mission to bring the universe down to Earth. @DeanRegas chats with @kuiperkat project coordinator for the @AstroSocietyPac to learn more wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/…
Dark matter and dark energy. Few in the field question their existence, but could there be alternatives? @DeanRegas chats with Professor Stacy McGaugh from the Department of Astronomy at Case Western Reserve University to learn more wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/…
FROM THE ARCHIVES: With the recent release of the "Project Hail Mary" movie, we are revisiting a favorite episode of "Looking Up." @DeanRegas chats with @andyweirauthor about The Martian and before the film adaptation of Andy's books: "Project Hail Mary" wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/…
Last fall, @NASA announced that it found something incredible in a rock on Mars. A core sample obtained by the Mars Perseverance rover discovered a potential biosignature. @DeanRegas chats with Katie Stack Morgan, Perseverance project scientist @NASAJPL wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/…
What was the planet Mars like in the past? Was it a dry desolate world like the one we see today, or was it a watery oasis filled with oceans, lakes, and rushing rivers? Was it Earthlike? @DeanRegas chats with Dr. Andy Czaja, to find out more wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/…
Somewhere over the Moonbow: What is a moonbow, and what does it take to get a picture of one? @DeanRegas chats with Jeff Pfaller, astro-photographer and author of "Dark Skies: Rare Phenomena in America’s Public Lands" to learn more wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/…
What's it like to watch an alien spacecraft fall from the sky? Residents of Ava, Ohio, in 1925 experienced something close. @DeanRegas chats with Ohio News Room journalist, Kendall Crawford about the USS Shenandoah wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/…
How do you eat in space? I mean you're weightless and floating. @DeanRegas is joined by Mark Borison, Host of @JungleJimsPod and, in a Looking Up first, doing a space food taste test.
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Should we use cameras to help with astronomical research? Well, of course. Why wouldn’t we? @DeanRegas chats with Anika Burgess, author of Flashes of Brilliance: The Genius of Early Photography and How it Transformed Art, Science, and History wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/…
Dean says Look Up Tonight for the Moon-Jupiter Conjunction
What's that bright "star" next to the Moon tonight (January 30)? It's not a star. It's the planet Jupiter. Check it out among the stars of Gemini and just to the left of Orion #conjunction
Planet-hunters need to be extra picky in their search for habitable worlds. @DeanRegas chats with Dr. Néstor Espinoza, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute who has his eye on one specific star system, Trappist-1. wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/…
Mars and Martians. They go together in the public's mind. The Earthling fascination with "alien invaders" goes back a long time. @DeanRegas explores this cultural phenomenon with David Baron, author of The Martians. wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/…
Revisiting a favorite from 2025: @DeanRegas with Inspiration4 astronaut and artist, Dr. Sian Proctor about seeing Earth from outer space, and her book, "Earthlight, The Power of Earthlight and the Human Perspective." wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/…
