Debra Fischer, Discoverer of Worlds

Yale Astronomy Professor Debra Fischer and Geoff Marcy have discovered more exoplanets than any other ground-based team. Debra has now embarked on creation of FINDS Exo-Earths II, an instrument she hopes to use at one of the Keck telescopes in Hawaii to learn much more. Emily Lakdawalla recounts our time with Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory rover. Bill Nye connects the Falcon 9 Heavy rocket with the 3D camera that isn't on MSL. Bruce Betts and Mat Kaplan celebrate to 50th anniversary of humans in space with a new What's Up? space trivia contest.

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• Fun With Curiosity's Pretty Face
• Brown Paper Tickets for Free May 28 Planetary Radio Live Tickets
• Debra Fischer's FINDS Exo-Earths II Project
• Face to Face With Curiosity
• Bill Nye's Your Place in Space (MP3)