
Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller
Orbital Path Podcast: The 11 Dimensions of Brian Greene
In this episode of Orbital Path, we hear from Brian Greene on the coming paradigm shift in physics as current theories fail to adequately explain quantum entanglement.

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller
Orbital Path Podcast: Journey to the Sun
Nicki Viall, a heliophysicist at Goddard Space Flight Center, shares her excitement over the Parker Solar Probe — the spacecraft that will allow scientists to "touch" the Sun.

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller
Orbital Path Podcast: First Light
John Mather has seen many first lights, not the least being the first light of the universe — and soon he will see the first light of the James Webb Space Telescope.

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller
Orbital Path Podcast: Holy Sheet!
Join host Michelle Thaller as she learns about the IceBridge mission and the scientific discoveries it is making in the latest installment of Orbital Path Podcast

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller
Orbital Path Podcast: Making Gravitational Waves
The universe sings to us in gravitational waves, and we're starting to listen. Michelle Thaller discusses the discovery of gravitational waves and their unusual effects in her latest astronomy podcast.

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller
Orbital Path Podcast: Lessons in Landslides
Earth is a planet, too! Dr. Michelle Thaller explores how NASA investigates Earth using space-based satellites, and how that knowledge can save lives.

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller
Orbital Path Podcast: Space Robots to Europa!
Dr. Michelle Thaller talks to two NASA astrobiologists on when and how we'll explore Europa's subsurface ocean, and what we might find there.

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller
Orbital Path Podcast: Averting Disaster in the Ozone Layer
Dr. Michelle Thaller explores the story of how scientists discovered that the ozone layer was disappearing and how they moved to save it — and avert catastrophe.

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller
Orbital Path Podcast: Warning! Space May Wreak Havoc on Your Body
Would you go into space if you knew your bones would turn into “pee brittle”? Dr. Michelle Thaller explores the effects of space on the human body.

Orbital Path Podcast: In Search of Planet 9
Astronomers are debating the existence of a big planet beyond the orbits of Pluto and Neptune. Dr. Michelle Thaller talks with planetary scientists Scott Shepard and Mike Brown about when we'll discover it.

Orbital Path 11: Black Hole Breakthroughs
Michelle Thaller talks with three leading scientists about black holes - how do we know they exist, where do they come from, and how can we learn more about them without going too close?

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller
Orbital Path 10: Done in the Sun
Michelle Thaller speaks with NASA's Alex Young about the space agency's impressive fleet of Sun-monitoring spacecraft — including the upcoming Solar Probe Plus.

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller
Orbital Path 9: Howdy, Neighbor!
For years astronomers anticipated a planet orbiting Proxima Centauri. Michelle Thaller talks with astrophysicist Patricia Boyd about NASA’s ongoing search for exoplanets and what’s next for exploring other worlds.

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller
Orbital Path 8: A Tale of Two Asteroids - Vesta and Ceres
Host Michelle Thaller speaks with Lucy McFadden, co-investigator of NASA’s Dawn Mission that traveled 130 million miles to orbit the asteroids Vesta and Ceres.

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller
Orbital Path 7: Chasing a Total Solar Eclipse
Host Michelle Thaller and eclipse-chaser Michael Kentrianakis talk about how an Alaska Airlines flight was diverted to view an eclipse, and where best to view the August 21, 2017, total solar eclipse.

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller
Orbital Path 6: A World Without Boundaries
Michelle Thaller speaks with NASA's Aprille Ericcson about her aerospace career path and how to recruit more women and minorities into engineering and space science.

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller
Orbital Path 5: Michelle and Her Mom
In this special Mother’s Day episode, Michelle talks with her mom about what it was like raising a space-obsessed daughter in Wisconsin and watching her grow into a scientist.

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller
Orbital Path 4: In Praise of Volcanoes
Astronomer Michelle Thaller talks with scientist Ashley Davies about the importance of volcanoes in the solar system and to life on Earth.

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller
Orbital Path 3: The Most Dramatic Sky
Dr. Michelle Thaller introduces us to Dr. Anna Moore, a scientist who travels to Antarctica to read the thermal (infrared) signals of a violent universe.

Orbital Path Podcasts with Michelle Thaller
Orbital Path 2: Mass Extinctions Get Personal
Host Dr. Michelle Thaller talks to physicist Lisa Randall, a theoretical particle physicist at Harvard, about what caused the dinosaurs’ extinction and the role dark matter plays in the universe and our world.