Science is a human story, and few have told it as beautifully as Deva Sobel, this week on Planetary Radio.

I'm Sarah Al-Ahmed of the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond.

Davis O'Bell, the best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter, and the Glass Universe,

has been awarded the Planetary Society's Cosmos Award for Outstanding Public Presentation of Science.

We'll hear from Deva in conversation with Matt Kaplan, the creator of Planetary Radio and senior communications advisor here at the Planetary Society.

We'll revisit her moving acceptance speech alongside tributes from Bill Nye and Matt Kaplan.

Then Jack Corelli, our Director of Government Relations, joins us.

He has an encouraging update on the public's overwhelming response to the proposed

NASA science budget cuts. And as always, we'll wrap things up with What's Up with Bruce Betts,

our chief scientist. He'll drop by to talk science communication and share a new random space

fact. If you love Planetarium Radio and want to stay informed about the latest space discoveries,

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Storytelling is essential to exploration. It transforms data into meaning and gives discovery a sense of wonder. It can also turn missions into movements. At the planetary society, we believe that science needs storytellers, those who can communicate not just the facts, but the awe and the struggle and the joy of the scientific journey.

To honor the people that truly excel as storytellers in science, the Planetary Society created

the Cosmos Award for Outstanding Public Presentation of Science. Of course, it's named

in tribute to the Planetary Society's co-founder Carl Sagan and his groundbreaking television series Cosmos.

The award recognizes people who, like Carl Sagan, bring science and scientists to life for the public through accurate, imaginative, and emotionally resonant storytelling.

The award isn't given annually, but only when people truly deserve it.

The first awardee was James Cameron, the filmmaker and Deep Sea Explorer who won the award in 2005.

Paula Absal, who you'll also hear a bit about in this episode, was a longtime executive producer of Nova.

She won it in 2007.

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