In episode 126 of This Week in Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk to Rosalba Perna about rogue planets.
As if election season wasn't scary enough, we now have rogue planets to worry about. In the vast darkness between star systems, these worlds roam the interstellar void, sometimes in pairs, and when they encounter a solar system, they can wreak havoc. Add to that the fact that they're hard to see, and you've got a recipe for worry.
Fortunately, we have astrophysicists like Dr. Rosalba Perna who are learning more about these strange, wandering planets every day. Add to that the ever-increasing amount of data we're getting from the James Webb Space Telescope, and we can all sleep a little better at night. Join us for a fascinating hour with Dr. Perna as we learn about wandering planets!
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About This Week in Space
This week in space is all about the new space age. Every Friday we delve into a fascinating topic. What's going on with the new race to the Moon and other planets? When will SpaceX actually send people to Mars?
Join Space.com's Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik as they tackle these questions and more each week on Friday afternoons. You can subscribe today on your favorite podcast.
Rod Pyle is an author, journalist, television producer and editor-in-chief of Ad Astra magazine. He has written 18 books on the history, exploration and development of space, including Space 2.0, Innovation Agency style, Interplanetary robots, Blueprint of a Battlestar, Amazing stories from the space age, First on the Moonand Destination Mars
In a previous life, Rod produced numerous documentaries and short films for The History Channel, Discovery Communications, and Disney. He also worked in visual effects on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the Battlestar Galactica reboot, as well as several sci-fi television pilots. His most recent television credit was with the NatGeo documentary about Tom Wolfe's iconic book. The right material.
Tariq Malik, Space.com’s editorial vision officer, has been Space.com’s editor-in-chief since 2019 and has covered space news and science for 18 years. He joined the Space.com team in 2001, first as an intern and soon after as a full-time spaceflight reporter, covering human spaceflight, exploration, astronomy, and the night sky. He became Space.com’s managing editor in 2009. As on-air talent, he has anchored space stories on CNN, Fox News, NPR, and elsewhere.
Tariq is a Boy Scout (yes, he earned the Space Exploration merit badge), a Space Camp veteran (4 times as a kid, once as an adult), and has made the most spectacular “vomit comet” trip while reporting on fires in zero gravity. Before joining Space.com, he worked as a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times, covering education and cities. He holds journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University.