The solar system's most overlooked bodies are home to magical things. Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace – Buil

Episode 11: Pluto and Planet Nine

Apr 7th, 2016 21m 12s

"Way out beyond Neptune. Tagging bashfully behind its brothers."Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace – Build it B

Episode 10: Neptune

Mar 31st, 2016 21m 19s

The Frontier PlanetToday’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace – Build it Beautiful.Today's episode is also sponsored b

Episode 9: Uranus

Mar 24th, 2016 20m 1s

The sideways planet--and that's the least of its problems.Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace – Build it Beautif

Episode 8: Saturn

Mar 17th, 2016 19m 47s

The story of the world too beautiful to exist.Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace – Build it Beautiful.Today's

Episode 7: Life in Space

Mar 10th, 2016 22m 15s

It's Here, It's Real, Get Used to ItToday’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace – Build it Beautiful.Today's episode is

Episode 6: Jupiter: A Grand Planet; A Failed Star

Mar 3rd, 2016 23m 40s

There’s a good case to make that without the huge planet Jupiter standing guard 483 million miles from the sun, life on Earth — or even Earth itself — might never have gotten started.Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start buildin

Episode 5: Mars, The Broken Planet

Feb 25th, 2016 22m 41s

The little world that fell apart may still be home to life.Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace – Build it Beauti

Episode 4: Earth, The Garden Planet

Feb 18th, 2016 21m 6s

It took countless near-misses, dodged bullets and lucky breaks to wind up with the remarkable world we've got.Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at che

Episode 3: Venus, The Greenhouse Planet

Feb 11th, 2016 20m 24s

Here's what happens when everything that could possibly go wrong with a planet does go wrong.Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to get 10%

Episode 2: Mercury, the Roasted Planet

Feb 4th, 2016 19m 48s

Living so close to the fires of the sun makes for a terrible—and strangely wonderful—world.Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to get 10% of

Episode 1: Why We Explore

Jan 28th, 2016 17m 15s

Space is the most dangerous place a human being can tread—and yet we find it irresistible. Here's why.Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to