Amy Mainzer
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Oct 23, 2026
What is a black Hole? The Science, the Madness & the Mystery of Disney's THE BLACK HOLE. The 1979 film is one of the strangest, darkest, and most ambitious science fiction movies of its era.
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2:06Amy MainzerHOST
Hi, I'm Amy Mainzer, astrophysicist and professor of planetary science at UCLA.
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2:10Adam SigelHOST
And I'm Adam Sigel, a writer and producer working on film and TV projects in Hollywood and internationally.
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2:16Adam SigelHOST
And this is the Unobtainium Podcast.
Asteroids: Crash Course Astronomy #20
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10:14Phil PlaitHOST
They also get a number assigned to them as well.
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10:16Phil PlaitHOST
A lot of astronomers have asteroids named after them, including astronomers who study asteroids, like my friend Amy Meinzer, who works on the WISE mission.
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10:23Phil PlaitHOST
Hers is 234750 Amy Meinzer.
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10:27Phil PlaitHOST
And Eleanor Helene, who discovered quite a few asteroids and comets.
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10:30Phil PlaitHOST
Hers is 3267 Glow, for her nickname.
Could You ACTUALLY Survive on Mars? Planetary Scientist Dave Paige Breaks Down Ridley Scott's blockbuster film The Martian, breaking down what the film got right, what was exaggerated, and what real NASA missions face when exploring the Red Planet.
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0:00Amy MainzerHOST
Hi, I'm Amy Mainzer, astrophysicist and professor of planetary science at UCLA.
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0:05Adam SigelHOST
And I'm Adam Sigel, a writer and producer working on film and TV projects in Hollywood and internationally.
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0:10Adam SigelHOST
And this is the Unobtainium Podcast.
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0:51Dave PaigeGUEST
Recall.
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0:53Dave PaigeGUEST
Arnold was completely 100% right.
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1:01Amy MainzerHOST
Hi, I'm Amy, UCLA planetary scientist, with my co-host Adam, a writer and producer.
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1:06Amy MainzerHOST
We love movies and science, and today we're going to talk about the movie The Martian and life on Mars.
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1:13Amy MainzerHOST
All right, though, that's where we're at.