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How Webb Illuminates Stars’ Cloudy Origins
In the space between stars, dark clouds of gas, dust, and ice mingle in a chemical laboratory unlike any on Earth. Ewine van Dishoeck, an astronomer who studies molecules in space and who helped develop an instrument aboard NASA’s James Web…
MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Awarded To Inventor Of Eatin’ Shirt
CHICAGO—In effort to honor the extraordinarily talented and creative individual, a MacArthur ‘genius grant’ was awarded Wednesday to Arkansas man Dale Huggins for his invention of the eatin’ shirt, a big ol’ shirt he puts on before supper s…
232: Please Stop Walking
[KHN003] jaQ` and Earl walk through the third episode of the podcast Star Trek: Khan, Do Your Worst, and try to figure out whose whom among all the machinations and danger on Ceti Alpha V.
On a Desert Island with the 2025 Class of Astronaut Candidates
NASA’s all-American 2025 astronaut candidates share a little about themselves by playing a fun icebreaker game. HWHAP 402.
Not 200 Yards Away From The Dog Park
Listen, no one’s trying to broadcast private details about your life to the whole world, but you should know that living here would absolutely violate the terms of your plea agreement. Reference #18793 The post Not 200 Yards Away Fro…
231: Wonderberries
[KHN002] The Let’s Talk About Treks coverage of Star Trek: Khan continues with jaQ` and Earl’s coverage of episode two, Sheherazade. The exposition here is overwhelming, but we toughed it out and found the talky points. Enjoy the show!
What Webb Is Teaching Us About Our Solar System
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is hard at work answering our biggest questions about the birth of our universe and faraway galaxies. But some astronomers are pointing its powerful eyes much closer to home. In this episode, Caltech astron…
Randy Faber
Randy Faber, 49, died Saturday after a horn impaling his chest confirmed his severe rhino allergy. The post Randy Faber appeared first on The Onion.