Blue Dot: One of our greatest planetary astronomers: Heidi Hammel!

By Dave Schlom,

Published May 5, 2023 at 9:57 AM PDT

Host Dave Schlom is joined by special co-host Kendall Hall, an assistant physics professor at CSU Chico, for a very special conversation with one of America's greatest planetary scientists, Heidi Hammel. Also joining us is Stefanie Milam, Deputy Project Scientist for Planetary Science for the James Webb Space Telescope.

We'll talk about Dr. Hammel's amazing career, from Voyager's encounters with the outermost planets to her work on the Hubble Space Telescope and now her role as Interdisciplinary Scientist on the JWST. Also, we find out what her favorite moon is and why!

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Dave Schlom

Dave Schlom is the longtime host and creator of Blue Dot. From surfing to Voyager in interstellar space, rock guitar to orcas in our imperiled oceans, the topics on Blue Dot are as varied as the host’s interests and connections -- which are pretty limitless! An internationally respected space history journalist, Dave is also deeply fascinated by all aspects of the grand workings of nature’s awesome machinery on scales ranging from galactic to subatomic. And topics take in all aspects of the arts and sciences.

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Matt Fidler

Matt Fidler is a producer and sound designer with over 15 years’ experience producing nationally distributed public radio programs. He has worked for shows such as Freakonomics Radio, Selected Shorts, Studio 360, The New Yorker Radio Hour and The Takeaway. In 2017, Matt launched the language podcast Very Bad Words, hitting the #28 spot in the iTunes podcast charts.

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