"Chasing New Horizons" features Alan Stern and David Grinspoon, sharing insights on the New Horizons spacecraft mission to Pluto. They discuss the challenges of obtaining funding, naming the planet, and the incredible excitement surrounding the Pluto flyby. The podcast also dives into Pluto's fascinating features and the development of software for spacecraft hibernation.

Join Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice in a lively debate with Alan Stern on Pluto's planethood. Explore the New Horizons mission to Pluto, Trojan asteroids, Kuiper Belt mysteries, celestial terminology, and the historical context of Pluto's discovery and classification.

Alan Stern, Principal Investigator on New Horizons mission, discusses Pluto's surprising geologic activity. Insights on predatory bacteria's defense mechanisms. Scientists spending Christmas in the lab. DNA analysis reveals ancient human history and population structures.