Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
by The Planetary Society
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Estimated from 22 chart positions in 22 markets.
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- 🇺🇸US · Science#1015K to 30K
- 🇨🇦CA · Science#1125K to 30K
- 🇯🇵JP · Science#9110K to 30K
- 🇸🇪SE · Science#1431K to 10K
- 🇮🇳IN · Science#1971K to 10K
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26K to 100K🎙 Daily cadence·1,000 episodes·Last published today - Monthly Reach
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87K to 333K🇦🇷30%🇺🇸9%🇨🇦9%+19 more - Active Followers
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World Space Week and farewell to Swift
Sep 2, 2026
1h 04m 25s
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is ready to launch
Aug 26, 2026
56m 15s
Book Club Edition: Becoming Martian by Scott Solomon
Aug 21, 2026
1h 17m 58s
The SpaceX Falcon 9 that crashed into the Moon
Aug 19, 2026
1h 03m 32s
Total solar eclipse 2026: Astrophotography and birdsong
Aug 12, 2026
57m 26s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/2/26 |  World Space Week and farewell to Swift | Dennis Stone, president and co-founder of the World Space Week Association, shares how the largest annual space event on Earth came to be and how you can join the celebration this October. Plus, Science Editor Asa Stahl walks us through the final chapter of the Swift space telescope. | 1h 04m 25s | ||||||
| 8/26/26 |  The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is ready to launch | The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is preparing to launch, promising to transform our understanding of dark energy and exoplanets. We talk with Julie McEnery, senior project scientist for Roman at NASA Goddard, and Jason Rhodes, project scientist for Roman at JPL, about what's ahead. | 56m 15s | ||||||
| 8/21/26 |  Book Club Edition: Becoming Martian by Scott Solomon | How will living in space change our bodies and minds? That’s the sub-title of Scott Solomon’s great new book, “Becoming Martian”, and it’s the question he takes up this month on the book club edition of Planetary Radio. | 1h 17m 58s | ||||||
| 8/19/26 |  The SpaceX Falcon 9 that crashed into the Moon | Jared Head, museum facilitator at Columbia Memorial Space Center and co-host of All Space Considered at Griffith Observatory, breaks down how a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage ended up crashing into the moon. Plus, Planetary Society staff reflect on the 2026 total solar eclipse in Spain and share an update on the fight to save NASA science. | 1h 03m 32s | ||||||
| 8/12/26 |  Total solar eclipse 2026: Astrophotography and birdsong | Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy and bioacoustics researcher David Mann, join Planetary Radio to talk about the August 12th total solar eclipse and how birds responded to totality. | 57m 26s | ||||||
| 8/7/26 |  Space Policy Edition: “Science: A New Golden Age” - Reimagining U.S. science policy | Casey Dreier is joined by Zach Pirtle, deputy director of the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University, and the Planetary Society's Chief of Advocacy Jack Kiraly to dissect the White House's "Science: A New Golden Age" report, which calls for a sweeping reimagining of how the U.S. funds and conducts science. | 1h 10m 58s | ||||||
| 8/5/26 |  LHS 1140b: The first atmosphere detected on a rocky habitable-zone exoplanet | Collin Cherubim, NASA Hubble Fellow at the University of Chicago, discusses his team's detection of an atmosphere on LHS 1140b, the first rocky exoplanet in a star's habitable zone confirmed to have one. | 57m 19s | ||||||
| 7/29/26 |  TERP RAPTOR: A student-built mission to asteroid Apophis | A team of University of Maryland students is building a CubeSat to fly past asteroid Apophis during its historic close approach to Earth in 2029. Four members of the TERP RAPTOR team join us to share how they're turning a classroom project into a real space mission. | 1h 01m 46s | ||||||
| 7/22/26 |  Hot Jupiters: The ‘Roasted Planet’ and the wrong-way hotspot | Research Scientist Tiffany Kataria of NASA JPL and Assistant Professor Lisa Dang of the University of Waterloo talk about two extreme hot Jupiters from the American Astronomical Society meeting. | 1h 02m 54s | ||||||
| 7/17/26 | theoretical physicscosmos+3 | Chanda Prescod-Weinstein | The Edge of Space-Time | — | theoretical physicistcosmos+3 | — | 59m 31s | ||
| 7/15/26 | space explorationastronomy+4 | Sian ProctorJohn Read | Planetary SocietyBaby's Guide to the Night Sky | — | Sian ProctorJohn Read+5 | — | 57m 56s | ||
| 7/8/26 | radio astronomydocumentary+3 | Katie DellamaggioreEllie White | Small Town Universe | Green Bank, West Virginia | Green Bankradio telescope+5 | — | 55m 27s | ||
| 7/3/26 | commercial space stationsNASA+3 | Clayton Swope | Aerospace Security ProjectCSIS+1 | International Space Station | commercial spaceNASA+3 | — | 57m 51s | ||
| 7/1/26 | Mars explorationAstrobiology+3 | Jorge Vago | Rosalind Franklin roverEuropean Space Agency | Mars | Rosalind FranklinMars+5 | — | 57m 56s | ||
| 6/24/26 | Chinaspace exploration+4 | Andrew Jones | Planetary Society | Kamoʻoalewa | Tianwen-2Kamoʻoalewa+4 | — | 59m 58s | ||
| 6/19/26 | space explorationscience fiction+3 | Becky Chambers | To Be Taught, If Fortunate | — | Becky ChambersTo Be Taught, If Fortunate+3 | — | 1h 06m 10s | ||
| 6/17/26 | space explorationengineering+4 | Felipe RuizZibi Turtle | NASAJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory | Titan | DragonflyTitan+5 | — | 59m 45s | ||
| 6/10/26 | U.S. science fundingNASA reorganization+3 | Jack Kiraly | New GlennThe Planetary Society+2 | — | space scienceNASA+5 | — | 56m 19s | ||
| 6/5/26 | space policyscientific grants+3 | Liz Ginexi | U.S. National Institutes of HealthU.S. Office of Management and Budget | — | space policyscientific grants+5 | — | 52m 04s | ||
| 6/3/26 | space explorationastronomy+4 | Eileen Collins | The Planetary SocietySpacewoman | — | Eileen CollinsSpace Shuttle+5 | — | 55m 15s | ||
| 5/27/26 | amateur astronomycommunity celebration+3 | — | Los Angeles Astronomical Society | United StatesGriffith Observatory | Los Angeles Astronomical Societyamateur astronomy+3 | — | 1h 02m 06s | ||
| 5/20/26 | organic moleculesMars+3 | Amy Williams | University of Florida | Mars | organic moleculesMartian rock+3 | — | 55m 52s | ||
| 5/15/26 | poetryspace exploration+4 | Diane Ackerman | The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral | — | Diane AckermanThe Planets+5 | — | 51m 18s | ||
| 5/13/26 | NASA-funded researchscience advocacy+3 | — | Planetary SocietyNASA | US Senate building | NASAPlanetary Society+5 | — | 57m 23s | ||
| 5/6/26 | NASA science budgetadvocacy+3 | — | Planetary SocietyNASA | Washington, D.C. | NASAscience budget+5 | — | 59m 31s | ||
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Chart history for Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
Peaked at #7 in AR, top 10 in 1 of 22 tracked markets, currently #7 in AR.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| GR | — | #42 | #42 | — |
| PE | — | #42 | #42 | — |
| TH | — | #54 | #54 | — |
| TR | — | #73 | #73 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #86 | #86 | — |
| Japan | — | #91 | #91 | — |
| United States | — | #101 | #101 | — |
| CZ | — | #106 | #106 | — |
| ID | — | #111 | #111 | — |
| Canada | — | #112 | #112 | — |
| SG | — | #112 | #112 | — |
| PH | — | #134 | #134 | — |
| Sweden | — | #143 | #143 | — |
| AT | — | #148 | #148 | — |
| Ireland | — | #155 | #155 | — |
| AE | — | #158 | #158 | — |
| IS | — | #160 | #160 | — |
| RO | — | #176 | #176 | — |
| CL | — | #195 | #195 | — |
Chart Positions
22 placements across 22 markets.
Chart Positions
22 placements across 22 markets.