FROM THE ARCHIVES: With the recent release of the "Project Hail Mary" movie, we are revisiting a favorite episode of "Looking Up." @DeanRegas chats with @andyweirauthor about The Martian and before the film adaptation of Andy's books: "Project Hail Mary" https://t.co/rKcy6VTHtg
Last fall, @NASA announced that it found something incredible in a rock on Mars. A core sample obtained by the Mars Perseverance rover discovered a potential biosignature. @DeanRegas chats with Katie Stack Morgan, Perseverance project scientist @NASAJPL https://t.co/4VS9pcyq0n
What was the planet Mars like in the past? Was it a dry desolate world like the one we see today, or was it a watery oasis filled with oceans, lakes, and rushing rivers? Was it Earthlike? @DeanRegas chats with Dr. Andy Czaja, to find out more https://t.co/BXroWRPraG
Somewhere over the Moonbow: What is a moonbow, and what does it take to get a picture of one? @DeanRegas chats with Jeff Pfaller, astro-photographer and author of "Dark Skies: Rare Phenomena in America’s Public Lands" to learn more https://t.co/pVivdhYS3p
What's it like to watch an alien spacecraft fall from the sky? Residents of Ava, Ohio, in 1925 experienced something close. @DeanRegas chats with Ohio News Room journalist, Kendall Crawford about the USS Shenandoah https://t.co/PgB8JovIkH
How do you eat in space? I mean you're weightless and floating. @DeanRegas is joined by Mark Borison, Host of @JungleJimsPod and, in a Looking Up first, doing a space food taste test.
https://t.co/wIKLHSUJtM
@TheMarkening@JungleJimsMrkt
Should we use cameras to help with astronomical research? Well, of course. Why wouldn’t we? @DeanRegas chats with Anika Burgess, author of Flashes of Brilliance: The Genius of Early Photography and How it Transformed Art, Science, and History https://t.co/tBgIcvZe33
What's that bright "star" next to the Moon tonight (January 30)? It's not a star. It's the planet Jupiter. Check it out among the stars of Gemini and just to the left of Orion #conjunction
Planet-hunters need to be extra picky in their search for habitable worlds. @DeanRegas chats with Dr. Néstor Espinoza, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute who has his eye on one specific star system, Trappist-1. https://t.co/npGP0tbvtT
Mars and Martians. They go together in the public's mind. The Earthling fascination with "alien invaders" goes back a long time. @DeanRegas explores this cultural phenomenon with David Baron, author of The Martians. https://t.co/SdvAk5f1HQ
Revisiting a favorite from 2025: @DeanRegas with Inspiration4 astronaut and artist, Dr. Sian Proctor about seeing Earth from outer space, and her book, "Earthlight, The Power of Earthlight and the Human Perspective." https://t.co/Evn3ME2oKa
This holiday season, @DeanRegas revisits a favorite episode featuring astrophysicist Dr. Katie Mack @AstroKatie They discuss how all of this might end: could it be a crunch, a freeze or a rip?
https://t.co/A1FsKAKIiH
Venus is often called our Sister Planet, it's close-by and similar in size to Earth, but it's one twisted sister world. Until recently, we couldn’t tell much about it. @DeanRegas chats with Dr. Rakesh Mogul to unravel the mystery https://t.co/kXewwIGyDh
Edmund Hillary was the first person to climb Mt. Everest. Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. Now the two sons of iconic explorers are going on an adventure together to the North Pole @DeanRegas https://t.co/4VaRR7fNPb
6000+ Exoplanets! @DeanRegas has one big question. Is anyone living on them? On this episode, Dean chats with Dr. Malena Rice, a planetary astrophysicist and assistant professor in the Yale Department of Astronomy, to find out.
https://t.co/wkzZnko4k4
What happens if you fall into a black hole? What would it sound like? What would you see? @DeanRegas chats with Dr. Janna Levin, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University, to find out https://t.co/HhIoLZmFKc
A joke between astronomers Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin, turned into a very real planet hunt. @DeanRegas gets the lowdown from Konstantin on #Planet9. Is it really there? Where the heck is it? And when will it be found?
https://t.co/3CORVhRm0Z
On this episode of Looking Up, @DeanRegas consults with comedian, screenwriter, and astronaut Chris Hadfield look-alike, Thomas Lennon about the mysteries of the universe - from the Yerkes Observatory @yerkescosmos https://t.co/p45Eei3smv
Late Night @PBS Fans: @DeanRegas chats with his old Star Gazers cohost James Albury about their 9 years on the show after Jack Horkheimer's passing. Plus, "buzzkill" astronomy is back with more Overhyped Astronomy Stories! https://t.co/ReiXcgLzcD
Shh... Astronomers are Sleeping! @DeanRegas takes you to @KittPeakNatObs to watch a sunrise (while all the astronomers are asleep). Then Dean chats with Vannessa Gressieux, the docent and guide coordinator @NOIRLabAstro https://t.co/kpKpPxH0S9