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Star Stuff
Star Stuff is a top astronomy podcast by Lowell Observatory. Learn about the wildest parts of our universe, from black holes to mad scientists, through the eyes of our hosts!
Episodes
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How The James Webb Space Telescope Will Change The Way We Look At The Cosmos
In this very special episode of Star Stuff, our hosts sit down with NAU assistant professor Dr. Cristina Thomas to discuss the ways in which the James Webb…
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Star Stories (the Constellations of Summer)
In this episode of Star Stuff, we talk about what constellations are in the Northern Hemisphere’s night sky right now, how to find them, and their stories…
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Talking With Grown-Ups About Pluto (And Other Fun Controversies) | We Talk To Dean Regas
Star Stuff hangs out with public speaker, author, television host, and astronomer Dean Regas in the Clyde Tombaugh apartment, where they talk about distant…
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The Lowell Iceberg: Strange Sightings, Observatory Lore, and Clown Man
The Star Stuff crew goes through the Lowell Iceberg, created and explained by Lowell educators Hannah Zigo and Jacob Irish. We go through each layer of our…
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Car Trouble and the Rings of Uranus
Star Stuff sits down with Lowell astronomer Dr. Larry Wasserman to hear about his amazing discovery of Uranus' rings, and how running low on gas almost changed…
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Finding Your Unicorn Career in STEM: We Talk To Alaina Levine
Star Stuff sits down with Alaina Levine, an award-winning professional speaker, STEM career coach, science writer, TEDX speaker, and entrepreneur. Hear…
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The Sound of Science in Movies: We Review Sci-Fi Scores
Star Stuff is joined by Nate Nise, Kevin White, and Dr. Scott Barrows of Lowell Observatory to talk about a few of our favorite sci-fi scores. To listen along…
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The Career Path of an Astronomer
Star Stuff chats with Lowell research scientists Dr. Joe Llama and Dr. Kyler Kuehn about how they got into astronomy, where their studies took them, and why…
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Uncovering 50-Year-Old Moon Rock: We Talk to Dr. Chip Shearer
In this episode of Star Stuff, Dr. Chip Shearer talks about his project with NASA to finally open a capsule of Moon rock collected in the early 1970s during…
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The Total Lunar Eclipse: Myth, Lore, and History
Learn about how eclipses have been represented in history and in lore, and find out some fun facts about the moon.
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Sol’s Planets – We Talk To Two Lowell Planetary Scientists
In this episode of Star Stuff, the crew talks all about planets with two of Lowell’s planetary scientists, Dr. Amanda Bosh and Dr. Jennifer Hanley. Learn about…
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Exploring Dark Skies with Grand Canyon “Dark Sky Ranger” Rader Lane
In this episode of Star Stuff, we talk to Grand Canyon “Dark Sky Ranger” Rader Lane about International Dark Sky Week (April 22 - 30) and how our neighbors at…
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Comets, Asteroids, and Centaurs
A comet, an asteroid, and a centaur walk into a bar(red spiral galaxy)... If you want to be cool and get this joke, listen in on this episode of Star…
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What Does It Mean To Imagine? We Talk To Ed Finn of ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination
Star Stuff joins Todd Gonzales (Lowell Education Manager) and Ed Finn of ASU's Center for Science and the Imagination to talk about what it means to imagine…
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The $10 Billion Origami Project: We Review the Basics of the James Webb Space Telescope
Join the Star Stuff Crew as we talk about the basics of the James Webb Space Telescope, including what it will help us discover, why it took so long to launch…
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The Life of Stars: We Talk to Lowell Astronomer Gerard van Belle
Star Stuff sits down with Lowell Astronomer Dr. Gerard van Belle to talk about the life cycle of stars. Find out why Gerard lovingly refers to our sun as a…
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Star Stories (The Constellations Of Spring)
In this episode of Star Stuff, we talk about what constellations are in the Northern Hemisphere's night sky right now, how to find them, and their stories…
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Life on Mars (Human and … Otherwise)
On this episode of Star Stuff, the crew and Lowell Cosmologist Dr. Kyler Kuehn sits down with Dr. Roedolph Opperman to talk about what life in outer space may…
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Capturing Dark Energy On Camera: We Talk to Dr. Kyler Kuehn
Hear from Lowell Observatory Cosmologist Dr. Kyler Kuehn about his project to capture Dark Energy “on camera.” We do a deep dive on what Dark Energy is and how…
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Life On Other Planets, In Art And In Our Universe: We Talk to Dr. Dan Durda
In this episode of Star Stuff, the crew talks to Dr. Dan Durda about his art, his research, and life on other planets. Dr. Dan Durda has a biography that is…
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Clyde Tombaugh, From The Eyes of His Son: We Talk to Alden Tombaugh
Historians, gather ’round! In this episode of Star Stuff, the crew sits down with Alden Tombaugh and discuss his father, Clyde Tombaugh, and what it was like…
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The Real Indiana Jones: We Talk to Dr. Johanson, the Lucy Discoverer
Hear about Dr. Donald Johanson — the man who traversed Africa in his late 20s, slept with the lions, narrowly escaped helicopter crashes and a bout of Malaria…
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The Adventures of a Shadow Chaser and Asteroid Hunter: We Talk to Dr. Cathy Olkin
In Episode 6 of Star Stuff, we sit down with famous planetary scientist Dr. Cathy Olkin, who has done everything from chasing occultations of Pluto in…
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“My Other Vehicle Explored Pluto” – We Talk To Dr. Alan Stern
Famous engineer and planetary scientist Dr. Alan Stern joins the Star Stuff crew to share his experience leading the New Horizons mission to Pluto and beyond…
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What Would “Armageddon” Really Be Like?
Star Stuff discusses “Armageddon” — the movie from 1998 and a potential real-life asteroid that could hypothetically threaten Earth. Learn what a…
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The Secrets of Lowell Observatory
Star Stuff – Episode 03: “The Secrets of Lowell Observatory” Star Stuff discusses the “Secrets of Lowell” — all the best stories and lore you…
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A Case For The Sky Egg
Cody Half-Moon, Madi Mooney, and guest John Compton discuss the Moon. John's background of geology and theoretical physics (or, as he says, he's just…
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Black Holes, Spacetime, and Bread
"Star Stuff Episode 01: Black Holes, Spacetime, and Bread" is now available wherever you get your podcasts! Listen in as Cody Half-Moon, Hailey Osborn, and…
Star StuffIntroducing Star Stuff: A Space Poddity
This is an intro to our new podcast, Star Stuff. Our first episode will be published on January 4, 2022, and will air weekly every Tuesday. Send questions…
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May Closures- Exhibit Hall
Starting May 10th the main exhibit hall at Lowell will be closed. This closure will last until May 22nd The reason for the closure is to allow us ample time to…