In tonight’s episode of the Perpetual Notion Machine, we discuss the recent finding of as many as seven Earth-like planets orbiting a star in the TRAPPIST-1 system. And it’s one of the closest to Earth, a mere 40 light years away. PNM’s Will Cushman talks with Sanjay Limaye, Senior Scientist at UW-Madison’s Space Science and […]
GOES-16 Now Active
Just last month the Perpetual Notion Machine repeated a show about the GOES-R (now GOES-16) weather satellite that was launched in November. That satellite has just gone “live,” and started sending back some amazing images. Well, on this special pledge drive edition, Tim Schmit is back to talk with PNM’s Will Cushman. Tim is a […]
GOES-R and Other Weather Satellites
Despite the fact that PNM was not “on-the-air,” we did have a show tonight. PNM reporter Dennis Shaffer had Tim Schmit as our guest. Tim has been a Satellite Research Meteorologist at UW-Madison’s Space Science and Engineering Center and now works at the Center for Satellite Applications and Research at NOAA, or the National Oceanic […]
