Episodi

  • The Birds, the Bees, and the Astronauts (with Advanced SpaceLife Research Institute)

    The Birds, the Bees, and the Astronauts (with Advanced SpaceLife Research Institute)
    Nov 6 2026
    Content Advisory: This episode includes a candid, science-based discussion of human sexuality, intimacy and reproduction in space. Some topics may not be suitable for younger listeners. Parental discretion is advised. Before humans can settle down and start families on distant planets, there are a lot of questions to answer. Like, can people even have sex in space? What would reproductive health look like in zero gravity? And what can astronauts teach us about love back on Earth? Dean chats with members of the Advanced SpaceLife Research Institute, Dr. Shawna Pandya, Dr. Simon Dubé, Dr. Alexander Leindecker, and Dr. Begum Mathyk, to find out more.
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    20 min
  • True Crime Astronomy: Under Calamitous Skies

    True Crime Astronomy: Under Calamitous Skies
    Oct 23 2026
    In Part 2 of Dean Regas’ investigation into the mysterious death of astronomer Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler is the prime suspect. Is the 400-year-old mystery finally solved? Science writer Dava Sobel, astronomy educator Matthias Schmitt and WVXU newsroom members Tana Weingartner, Maryanne Zeleznik, Becca Costello, Bill Rinehart, and Jennifer Merritt join the search for answers.
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    18 min
  • True Crime Astronomy: A Death in Prague

    True Crime Astronomy: A Death in Prague
    Oct 9 2026
    On a special episode of Looking Up, host Dean Regas tests a new format as he investigates the mysterious 1601 death of astronomer Tycho Brahe. Science writer Dava Sobel, comedian and actor Thomas Lennon, and WVXU newsroom members Tana Weingartner, Maryanne Zeleznik, Becca Costello, Bill Rinehart, and Jennifer Merritt join the search for answers. Part II publishes Oct. 23, 2026.
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    18 min
  • Turning the Milky Way into Music (with Mara Helmuth)

    Turning the Milky Way into Music (with Mara Helmuth)
    Sep 25 2026
    When NASA and other space agencies release sounds from space, what are we actually hearing? The answer: data sonifications. Scientists take data from telescopes, often across multiple wavelengths of light, and translate them into audible soundscapes. Host Dean Regas talks with Mara Helmuth, a composer and professor of music at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, about how researchers turn cosmic data into music.
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    18 min
  • Launching a Probe into the Sun (with Dr. Joe Westlake)

    Launching a Probe into the Sun (with Dr. Joe Westlake)
    Sep 11 2026
    The sun is our closest laboratory for understanding how stars work. Decades of space missions have studied the sun, yet its outer atmosphere, the corona, remains a mystery. NASA's Parker Solar Probe was built to change that. Dean Regas talks with Dr. Joe Westlake, heliophysics division director at NASA Headquarters, about what we're learning from humanity's closest approach to a star.
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    20 min
  • Downloading the Universe (with Dr. Mario Jurić)

    Downloading the Universe (with Dr. Mario Jurić)
    Aug 28 2026
    Astronomers say the shiny new Vera C. Rubin Telescope will be able to map the entire universe with remarkable precision in no time. Already, it has located tens of thousands of asteroids close to home. Dean Regas chats with Dr. Mario Jurić, the solar system lead scientist for the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile, to find out more.
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    19 min
  • Who Voted to Demote Pluto? (with Dr. Bob Stencel and Dava Sobel)

    Who Voted to Demote Pluto? (with Dr. Bob Stencel and Dava Sobel)
    Aug 14 2026
    What really happened when Pluto was demoted? Twenty years after the International Astronomical Union's 2006 vote, Dean Regas revisits the decision that reshaped our solar system, with insider accounts from science writer Dava Sobel and astronomer Bob Stencel.
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    19 min
  • A Total Eclipse of Dean's Heart (with Gísli Sigurðsson)

    A Total Eclipse of Dean's Heart (with Gísli Sigurðsson)
    Jul 31 2026
    Chasing solar eclipses is a great excuse to travel. In 2026, August 12th's eclipse presents a challenge: which beautiful destination offers the best view? The path of totality will be visible in both Spain and Iceland. Join Dean as he makes his decision, and pays tribute to a poignant song he's come to love.
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    18 min