Geothermal activity on the icy dwarf planets Eris and Makemake -

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy...

Geothermal activity on the icy dwarf planets Eris and Makemake

Listen now

Description

A team co-led by the Southwest Research Institute has made a groundbreaking discovery, revealing evidence of hydrothermal or metamorphic activity on the icy dwarf planets Eris and Makemake in the Kuiper Belt. The lead author of this research, Chris Glein, joins Planetary Radio to explain.

More Episodes

See all »

What does the U.S. election mean for NASA?

Casey Dreier, the chief of space policy at The Planetary Society, analyzes what the incoming Trump administration could mean for NASA’s funding, human spaceflight, and its Science Mission Directorate.

Published 11/20/24

EELS: AI-enabled snake robots and the search for life on Enceladus

Morgan Cable and Hiro Ono from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory join Planetary Radio to discuss the Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor (EELS) robot concept.

Published 11/13/24

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

Published 11/13/24