The Cosmic Companion - Astronomy, Space, Technology Advancing Humanity

This week on The Cosmic Companion, we look at Making Space Sustainable, talking with Daniel Bock from Morpheus Space. We’ll be looking at how we can move into the inner solar system while protecting …

We look at the future of living on Mars, talking with James Burk, executive director of The Mars Society

This week on The Cosmic Companion, we look at our shared future, living on the surface of the R…

This week on The Cosmic Companion, we look at the Apollo and Artemis programs, discussing how these first missions to the Moon set the stage for the next step in human evolution — becoming an interpl…

This week on The Cosmic Companion, we look at Teaching Kids About Space, as we welcome astronomer Dean Regas to the show. He is the author of a new book, 1,000 Facts About Space from National Geograp…

This week on The Cosmic Companion, we imagine PREDATORS FROM SPACE!!! as we welcome Shark Week regular Paul de Gelder to the show. We will be talking about his new book, Shark: Why We Need to Save th…

Welcome to our premiere of season seven of The Cosmic Companion!

To kick off the new year, we’ll be looking at our collective future in space, as seen through the new tools of interactive 3D environme…

This week on The Cosmic Companion, we wrap up season six with a look at… SPACE: 2023.

In the year 2023, a massive nuclear explosion will rip the Moon from its orbit, sending more than 300 inhabitants…

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This week on The Cosmic Companion, we explore the winter skies using telescopes! But don’t fret — we’ll be talking with Michael Petrasko from Insight Observatory learning how to see th…

This week on The Cosmic Companion, we begin a two-part series, exploring the winter sky.

We are going to take a look at what you can see using just your eyes. We'll welcome Andrew Fazekas back to the…

This week on the Cosmic Companion, we take a look at Exoplanets in Your Backyard! Or, at least how you can get a small idea of what it might be like to visit these worlds, and you know… Survive. 

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This week on The Cosmic Companion, we look at the future of cities in space. We will discuss how the urban areas many of us live in today will lead to cities of the future, placed in orbit around Ear…

Welcome back to The Cosmic Companion! This week, we kick off a new series, Why Explore Space? As we discuss how space travel and exploration are essential to help monitor and cure the effects of glob…

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My apologies for being a day late - but this one is worth it! (You might say… IT ROCKS!)

This week on The Cosmic Companion, we explore one of the most-interesting asteroids known, Ryugu…

Happy Halloween!

For our Spppooooky Halloween episode of The Cosmic Companion, we’re going to look at Death in Space! 

Nearly 600 people have launched into space since Yuri Gagarin’s first journey beyo…

This week on The Cosmic Companion, we look at lil' baby planets, discussing the birth of solar systems.

Later in the episode, we will be joined by University of Arizona astrophysicist Feng Long. She h…

This week on The Cosmic Companion, we examine what the oddities of life here on Earth can teach us about life on other worlds. 

Later in the show, we will welcome Stephanie Drimmer from National Geogr…

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This week on The Cosmic Companion, we journey just 40 light years from our home, examining the TRAPPIST-1 family of planets, one of the most interesting families of worlds yet discover…

We talk about how the human body reacts to space travel, with astronaut and physician Dave Williams and science writer Elizabeth Howell, authors of Why am I Taller?

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We look at the future of food in the final frontier, talking with Lenore Newman and Evan Fraser, authors of Dinner on Mars!

This week on The Cosmic Companion, we look at The Future of Food in Space. W…

The Moons of Jupiter have upended history and science for hundreds of years. We look in on these planetary troublemakers with Stephen Kane of UC Riverside.

This week on The Cosmic Companion, we examin…