Earth’s hidden hydrogen, and a trip to Uranus

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News Commentary, News, Science

4.2 • 791 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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On this week’s show: The hunt for natural hydrogen deposits heats up, and why we need a space mission to an ice giant First up this week: a gold rush for naturally occurring hydrogen. Deputy Editor Eric Hand joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss drilling for hidden pockets of hydrogen, which companies are just now starting to explore as a clean energy option. Next up, big plans for a mission to Uranus. Kathleen Mandt, a planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, shares what a mission to Uranus could tell us about the formation of our Solar System and all these exoplanets we keep finding. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. About the Science Podcast [Image: Austin Fisher; Music: Jeffrey Cook] [alt: Uranus illustration with podcast symbol overlay] Authors: Sarah Crespi; Eric Hand Episode page: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh1873 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:19.0	This is a science podcast for February 17, 2023.
1:23.4	I'm Sarah Crespi.
1:25.1	First up this week, a gold rush for naturally occurring hydrogen.
1:29.3	Deputy News editor Eric Han joins me to discuss drilling for hidden pockets of hydrogen,
1:35.3	which companies are just now starting to explore as a clean energy option.
1:40.3	Next up, big plans for emission to Uranus.
1:43.3	Kathleen Mont is here with all the mysteries surrounding this distant ice giant planet.
1:54.0	You may have heard of hydrogen as a source of alternative energy, and that kind of hydrogen that you've likely heard about is made through
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