10 Podcast Episodes
The Science in "Don't Look Up" with Adam McKay and Dr. Amy Mainzer
The Science in "Don't Look Up" with Adam McKay and Dr. Amy Mainzer
Is a comet coming to destroy Earth? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice talk about the science b... Read more
15 Feb 2022
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1hr 8mins
Amy Mainzer and a New Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope
Amy Mainzer and a New Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope
We may finally get the powerful telescope we’ve needed to find almost all of the near-Earth objects that are big enough ... Read more
21 Jul 2021
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49mins
Amy Mainzer, From Dust Motes to Icy Mountains: Asteroids and Comets
Amy Mainzer, From Dust Motes to Icy Mountains: Asteroids and Comets
Our solar system teems with asteroids and comets, which range in size from tiny dust particles to gigantic mountains tha... Read more
10 Feb 2020
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44mins
Cosmic Queries: Space Probes with Dr. Amy Mainzer
Cosmic Queries: Space Probes with Dr. Amy Mainzer
JPL astrophysicist Dr. Amy Mainzer is back as guest host for this week’s podcast, and together with comic co-host Chuck ... Read more
8 Feb 2020
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37mins
Amy Mainzer: Asteroid Hunter
Amy Mainzer: Asteroid Hunter
After taking over 10 million images of more than 30,000 solar system objects, the NEOWISE mission is finally in its last... Read more
9 May 2018
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36mins
Extended Classic: Cosmic Queries: Space Probes with Dr. Amy Mainzer
Extended Classic: Cosmic Queries: Space Probes with Dr. Amy Mainzer
JPL astrophysicist Dr. Amy Mainzer and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore your questions about space probes from WISE to N... Read more
1 Jul 2016
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51mins
267: Directing Our Eyes to the Skies with Stellar Infrared Images of Asteroids, Comets, and Stars - Dr. Amy Mainzer
267: Directing Our Eyes to the Skies with Stellar Infrared Images of Asteroids, Comets, and Stars - Dr. Amy Mainzer
Dr. Amy Mainzer is a Senior Research Scientist and the Principle Investigator for the Near Earth Object Wide-field Infra... Read more
5 Jun 2015
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40mins
Cosmic Queries: Comets and Asteroids with Dr. Amy Mainzer
Cosmic Queries: Comets and Asteroids with Dr. Amy Mainzer
Curious about comets? Anxious about near-Earth asteroids? Join us as guest host Dr. Amy Mainzer from NASA/JPL answers yo... Read more
4 May 2014
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37mins
Science Insider with David Freeman: Dr. Amy Mainzer
Science Insider with David Freeman: Dr. Amy Mainzer
Amy Mainzer is the Principal Investigator for NEOWISE at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Her research interests include a... Read more
8 Feb 2014
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29mins
Amy Mainzer Is Hunting Asteroids With NEOWISE
Amy Mainzer Is Hunting Asteroids With NEOWISE
Take a spacecraft that can no longer survey the realm of galaxies and repurpose it to discover thousands of much nearer ... Read more
30 Dec 2013
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34mins