Amy Mainzer

10 Podcast Episodes

The Science in "Don't Look Up" with Adam McKay and Dr. Amy Mainzer

The Science in "Don't Look Up" with Adam McKay and Dr. Amy Mainzer

Is a comet coming to destroy Earth? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice talk about the science b... Read more

15 Feb 2022

1hr 8mins

Amy Mainzer and a New Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope

Amy Mainzer and a New Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope

We may finally get the powerful telescope we’ve needed to find almost all of the near-Earth objects that are big enough ... Read more

21 Jul 2021

49mins

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Amy Mainzer, From Dust Motes to Icy Mountains: Asteroids and Comets

Amy Mainzer, From Dust Motes to Icy Mountains: Asteroids and Comets

Our solar system teems with asteroids and comets, which range in size from tiny dust particles to gigantic mountains tha... Read more

10 Feb 2020

44mins

Cosmic Queries: Space Probes with Dr. Amy Mainzer

Cosmic Queries: Space Probes with Dr. Amy Mainzer

JPL astrophysicist Dr. Amy Mainzer is back as guest host for this week’s podcast, and together with comic co-host Chuck ... Read more

8 Feb 2020

37mins

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Amy Mainzer: Asteroid Hunter

Amy Mainzer: Asteroid Hunter

After taking over 10 million images of more than 30,000 solar system objects, the NEOWISE mission is finally in its last... Read more

9 May 2018

36mins

Extended Classic: Cosmic Queries: Space Probes with Dr. Amy Mainzer

Extended Classic: Cosmic Queries: Space Probes with Dr. Amy Mainzer

JPL astrophysicist Dr. Amy Mainzer and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore your questions about space probes from WISE to N... Read more

1 Jul 2016

51mins

267: Directing Our Eyes to the Skies with Stellar Infrared Images of Asteroids, Comets, and Stars - Dr. Amy Mainzer

267: Directing Our Eyes to the Skies with Stellar Infrared Images of Asteroids, Comets, and Stars - Dr. Amy Mainzer

Dr. Amy Mainzer is a Senior Research Scientist and the Principle Investigator for the Near Earth Object Wide-field Infra... Read more

5 Jun 2015

40mins

Cosmic Queries: Comets and Asteroids with Dr. Amy Mainzer

Cosmic Queries: Comets and Asteroids with Dr. Amy Mainzer

Curious about comets? Anxious about near-Earth asteroids? Join us as guest host Dr. Amy Mainzer from NASA/JPL answers yo... Read more

4 May 2014

37mins

Science Insider with David Freeman: Dr. Amy Mainzer

Science Insider with David Freeman: Dr. Amy Mainzer

Amy Mainzer is the Principal Investigator for NEOWISE at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Her research interests include a... Read more

8 Feb 2014

29mins

Amy Mainzer Is Hunting Asteroids With NEOWISE

Amy Mainzer Is Hunting Asteroids With NEOWISE

Take a spacecraft that can no longer survey the realm of galaxies and repurpose it to discover thousands of much nearer ... Read more

30 Dec 2013

34mins

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