The Nature of Nantucket

Hear Danya Alboslani, an NSF-REU astronomy intern at the MMA, discuss supernovae. 

Hear Danya Alboslani, an NSF-REU astronomy intern at the MMA, discuss the life cycle of low mass stars.

The director of MMA's Natural History Museum, Isabella Gaw, joins Joanna this week to talk about all the exciting summer programs which can be found online at mariamitchell.org .

Hear Will Jarvis, an NSF REU astronomy intern at the MMA, discuss the constellation Virgo and one of the fabulous galaxies that lies within. 

Hear Chris Chang, an NSF REU astronomy intern at the MMA, talk about the process that powers stars called nuclear fusion. 

Hear Anavi Uppal, an NSF REU astronomy intern at MMA, talk about this week's five-planet alignment.

This week Joanna talks with Emily Molden of the Nantucket Land Council.  Molden shares  her journey to Nantucket along with her experience with climate change and how it impacts Nantucket.

Hear Anavi Uppal, an NSF REU astronomy intern at MMA, discuss the Summer Solstice on June 21st.

This week host Joanna Roche talks with PhD botanists Jacob Suissa and Benjamin Edward Goulet-Scott of Let's Botanize, democratizing the study of plant biology.  Follow @letsbotanize on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. 

Hear MMA Research Fellow, Celia Mulcahey, as she discusses asterism, a pattern of stars that is not a constellation.

Hear MMA Research Fellow, Celia Mulcahey, as she discusses Earth's ecliptic!

The director of MMA's Natural History Museum, Isabella Gaw, joins Joanna this week to talk about how she came to Nantucket, what's happening this summer, and her plans for creating an extremely fun museum full of animals!

Nantucket photographer Charity Grace Mofsen chats with Joanna about her love for Nantucket's dark skies, her passion for astrophotography, and her upcoming astrophotography class at the  Maria Mitchell Association!

Hear MMA Research Fellow, Celia Mulcahey, as she discusses the black hole in the center of our own galaxy!

This week host Joanna Roche sits with Jascin Finger to talk about upcoming summer programs for the Maria Mitchell Association! Image taken by Prospect Hill Cemetery historian, Paula Lundy Levy https://www.prospecthillcemetery.com/

Hear MMA Research Fellow, Celia Mulcahey, as she discusses this weekends Lunar Eclipse!

Hear MMA Research Fellow, Celia Mulcahey, as she discusses The Beehive Cluster!

 Dr. Rich Blundell of Macquarie University, Studies Ecological Identity, Cosmology (Anthropology), and Culture and the Anthropocene.  His research critically examines Big History phenomenology in a complex-systems framework.  This week host Joanna Roche chats with Dr, Blundell as he connects Nantucket with Big History.

Hear MMA Research Fellow, Celia Mulcahey, as she discusses Mars!

This week host Joanna Roche chats about Dark Sky Week (April 22nd through April 30th) with founder of Nantucket Lights, Gail Walker.

Hear MMA Research Fellow, Celia Mulcahey, as she discusses why we have meteor showers!

This week, host Joanna Roche chats with MMA's Telescope Engineer & Astronomer, Gary Walker, about how he came to join the MMA team in 2006, how it's been and what he loves most about the dark skies!

Hear MMA Research Fellow, Celia Mulcahey, as she discusses the constellation Leo and a new citizen's project!

This week, host Joanna Roche chats with Morgan Black who is the Library Director for the U.S. Naval Observatory which has around 80,000 items in it's collection.  The library's purpose is to support the mission of the Naval Observatory which includes keeping time and figuring out where we are in space...how cool is that?

Hear MMA Research Fellow, Celia Mulcahey, as she discusses the Little Dipper!