Space & Aviation

In this episode, we talk with Natasha Hodgson, Mincemeat co-creator and performer, and Broadway cast member Jeff Kready about the inspiration for the musical and how they brought these larger-than-life characters to the stage (all 87 of them!).

Recently, the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) hosted 70 NASA Hubble Fellows from across the U.S. for the program’s Annual Symposium in Cambridge, MA.

The F-117 Nighthawk revolutionized aerial warfare by combining innovative design & stealth technology to evade enemy radar. Developed in secrecy during the Cold War, it proved its effectiveness in combat and paved the way for future stealth aircraft.

White dwarf stars are too far from Earth to be observed directly. So, scientists reconstructed how they’d look to human eyes based on the wavelengths of light they emit and found a colorful array of objects that might appear yellow, purple or pink.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s spacecraft is expected to reach the Martian system in August 2027 and return samples from the moon Phobos to Earth in 2031.

The phenomenon, which involves the geographic poles, is distinct from when the magnetic poles move. The planet’s solid crust and molten mantle occasionally shift and subsequently reorient themselves during what’s called true polar wander.