Space Show
How NASA’s Rovers Seek Answers About Past Life on Mars
Abigail Fraeman, deputy project scientist for the Curiosity rover, shares stories from Mars in a new episode of Motherboard’s Space Show.
The Largest Radio Telescope Ever Built Will Search for Alien Life
Radio astronomers Philip Diamond and Shari Breen talk about the ground-breaking Square Kilometer Array on Motherboard’s Space Show.
We Are in a Golden Age of Asteroid Discoveries
Bill Bottke, a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, talks about exciting emerging research into asteroids on Motherboard’s Space Show.
The World’s Biggest Optical Telescope Will Search for Alien Life
Suzanne Ramsay and Michele Cirasuolo, scientists with the Extremely Large Telescope, talk about the observatory’s unprecedented abilities on Motherboard’s Space Show.
How Scientists at the SETI Institute Look for Alien Life
Ann Marie Cody, a research scientist at NASA Ames and the SETI Institute, describes the ongoing search for alien life on Motherboard’s “Space Show.”
The Voyager Mission Is Still a Powerhouse Four Decades Later
Alan Cummings, Todd Barber, and Stella Koch talk about the past and future of the incredible Voyager probes in an episode of Motherboard’s “Space Show.”
How the View of Earth From Space Is Changing Humanity
Frank White, a space philosopher, and Rachel Lyons, executive director of Space for Humanity, discuss the Overview Effect on Motherboard’s “Space Show.”
Arecibo’s Legacy Lives On, a Year After Its Collapse
Space scientists Abel Méndez, Génesis Ferrer, and Arianna Colón Cesaní spoke with Motherboard about the incalculable impact of Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory.
How ‘Outer Wilds’ Developers Mobius Digital Made Space Physics Fun
Alex Beachum and Loan Verneau from Mobius Digital join Motherboard to talk about 'Outer Wilds' and the new expansion 'Echoes of the Eye.'
Scientists Are Hunting for ‘Ghost’ Particles from Space Under the South Pole
Physicists Marcos Santander and Lu Lu discuss IceCube (not the rapper) in a new episode of Motherboard’s “Space Show.”
How One Spacecraft Is Creating the Largest and Most Precise Star Map Ever
Timo Prusti of the European Space Agency talks to Motherboard about the Gaia mission’s unprecedented catalog of more than one billion astronomical objects.
Meet the Scientists Investigating a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid
OSIRIS REx scientists talk about asteroid Bennu, one of the most hazardous known space rocks, in the latest episode of Motherboard’s “Space Show.”