Jonathan Ward

Jupiter - the Roman God of the Sky and Thunder, King of the gods, and the name given to the largest planet in our solar system. It's a planet so large that, not including the sun, the rest of the solar system would fit inside with plenty of room to spare.

Jupiter's moons are named after the god's many lovers. According to mythology, when Jupiter thought his wife suspected him of cheating, he turned himself into a cloud to cover his affairs.

Now, NASA has sent the Juno Spacecraft, named after Jupiter's wife, to discover just what Jupiter has hidden beneath its clouds.

SciWorks Radio is a production of 88.5 WFDD and SciWorks, the Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County, located in Winston-Salem.

On July 14th, NASA's New Horizons space probe raced past the dwarf planet Pluto at 44 thousand miles per hour. Loaded with an array of science instruments, the sturdy little probe gathered data which will be sent to us over the next 16 months. This episode was recorded before NASA's recent press conference, but keep an eye on http://sciworks.org/pluto for up-to-date mission information. You'll also find a special web-only episode about the mission, and details specifically for this episode. What have we learned from New Horizons since the encounter?

SciWorks Radio is a production of 88.5 WFDD and SciWorks, the Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County, located in Winston-Salem.

Launched in 2006, NASA's New Horizons space probe made its historic fly-by of the dwarf planet Pluto on July 14th. For regularly updated information about Pluto and its moons, check out http://scioworks.org/pluto. There you'll find a companion blog to this recording with links and details. For an update about the science coming in from New Horizons, check out SciWorks Radio on July 26th, to be archived at wfdd.org. 

SciWorks Radio is a production of 88.5 WFDD and SciWorks, the Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County, located in Winston-Salem.

The internet buzzed recently with news that NASA is developing a Star Trek-like warp drive engine. That sounded neat, so I checked it out. It turns out we are not ready to fold space, but we may be a hair closer -- by developing new kinds of propulsion systems. To learn more,