Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2420: Rheticus and Copernicus
Posted on · Episode: 2420 Georg Rheticus, Copernicus’ only student and his prophet. Today, Copernicus’ prophet.
Posted on · Episode: 2420 Georg Rheticus, Copernicus’ only student and his prophet. Today, Copernicus’ prophet.
Posted on · Episode: 2267 Thomas Harriot, England’s Galileo. Today, England’s Galileo.
Posted on · Episode: 2195 Earth, Moon, and their inertial dance through the Heavens. Today, we keep track of the moon.
Posted on · The co-creators of the PBS series Elinor Wonders Why share their knowledge about the science behind the deepest reaches of time and space.
Posted on · UFOs are no longer something only covered by supermarket tabloids, but something that’s being taken a bit more seriously by experts.
Posted on · James Wooten from the Houston Museum of Natural Science explains how an episode of the 60's Batman TV series led him to a life in astronomy.
Posted on · The Red Planet will be at its closest point to Earth July 27-30. Local astronomer James Wooten tells Houston Matters where to see it and answers general questions about stargazing in Greater Houston.
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: After flooding on the Fourth of July, we look at what's been done since Harvey to mitigate flooding in Houston. Then, we learn what researchers found on thousands of hours of tapes from NASA’s archives. Plus, a local astronomer answers your questions about stargazing in Greater Houston. And writer W.F. Strong talks about his book Stories From Texas: Some of Them are True.
Posted on · A group of researchers at UT Austin hopes to open up a new way of studying space
Posted on · Houston will experience a partial eclipse, so special glasses are likely in high demand.
Posted on · Newton and Einstein had big ideas, but needed an eclipse to prove them. And scientists are still pursuing secrets of the universe one eclipse at a time.
Posted on · Adding one extra day to the calendar every four years isn’t quite as simple as it may seem.
Posted on · In the 1997 film Contact, Jodie Foster plays astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway. Sheâs devoted her life to searching for proof of life on other planets. In a key scene, sheâs lying on the windshield of her car, headphones on, listening to a distant star system the satellite farm behind her is pointed to. As the […]
Posted on · Seeing as how Houston is Space City, we thought it might be appropriate, from time to time, to catch up on developments in outer space exploration. Today, we discuss a number of space-related topics with Dr. Carolyn Sumners, the VP of Astronomy at the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s George Observatory, and Douglas Terrier, Chief […]
Posted on · This past Saturday marked the 25th anniversary of the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope. The project was years behind schedule, and millions of dollars over budget. And its deployment was marred by the discovery of a flawed mirror that rendered its first images blurry. But after subsequent shuttle missions to correct the issue, the […]