SciFri Radio: Exploration

SciFri Radio: Tiny T-Rex
Scientists report the discovery of a dinosaur that could have been a scale model of the fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex.Scientists report the discovery...

SciFri Radio: A One-Way Trip To Mars?
Ira talks with cosmologist Lawrence Krauss about whether a human expedition to Mars should involve a return trip to the Earth.

SciFri Radio: To The Moon
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. We'll look back on the trip from the Earth to the moon.

SciFri Radio: A Conversation with Ocean Explorer Bob Ballard
In this segment, Ira talks with undersea explorer Robert Ballard about his life and work, both in exploration and education.

SciFri Radio: Summer Science Movies
We'll talk about the art and science of several films out this summer, from documentaries chronicling an astronomy project, to a mass-market...

SciFri Radio: Mars Rovers, Mars Water
We'll check on the progress of the Mars rover mission. While new data collected by rover Opportunity during its exploration of Victoria Crater was...

SciFri Radio: Astrobiology and the Origins of Life
In this hour of Science Friday, a conversation on astrobiology, the origins of life...and the possibility we're not alone in the universe.

SciFri Radio: Darwin's Supporting Evidence
Like any great scientist, Charles Darwin didn't come to his ideas alone. We'll talk with biologist Sean Carroll about the flora, fauna, fossils,...

SciFri Radio: From Atlantis to Antarctica
In this segment, we'll listen in on a phone call from Atlantis to Antarctica, to check in with researchers studying organisms that live in extreme...

SciFri Radio: Mars
In this segment, we'll get the big picture on science on the planet Mars. From orbiting observatories to roving rovers to the ditch-digging Phoenix...

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SciFri Newsbriefs: Exploration

Newsbrief: Watering Pole
Mars has enough frozen water to cover the planet in 36 feet of water.

Newsbrief: So long, Ulysses!
The sun-studying spacecraft is about to end its epic odyssey.