Show overview
EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 117 episodes, alongside 2 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 65 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence, with the show now in its 4th season.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 26 min and 42 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Science show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 25 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Pamela Gay.
From the publisher
Get your weekly dose of all that's new in space and astronomy with Escape Velocity Space News. The sky is not the limit, as we bring you the latest scientific discoveries and rocket launches. EVSN is brought to you by the team behind CosmoQuest at the Planetary Science Institute and features hosts Dr. Pamela L. Gay and Erik Madaus, with audio engineering by Ally Pelphrey. EVSN is supported through Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/CosmoQuestX.
Latest Episodes
View all 117 episodesOn Background: The Anatomy of a Comet
After Hours: Making Moons and Getting Cratered with William K Hartmann
After Hours: Doing Big Science with Light Tools with guest Dr Danny Jacobs
After Hours: International Moon Day 2026 with guest Jekan Thanga
After Hours: Space Rocks Collected for Science with guest Dr Rhonda Stroud
After Hours: Exploring Physics Through Spaceflight Missions with author Trisha Muro
Astronomy Asks: How did you get there?
Tracing the hidden and revealing the past
After Hours: Our shape shifting Universe with author Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Tails SpaceX Fails, Heads We Lose the Earth
Chasing Chemistry: Missions measure comet & planet atmospheres
After Hours: Crowdsourcing Innovation with Trisha Epp
Astronomers: Improbability Finders
Uncommon Stars
The One With the Dark Matter
After Hours: Launching the small(er) things with Exolaunch CEO Robert Sproles
To Artemis, With Love
Supervolcanoes: Erupt, Refill, Repeat
S4 Ep 13Science in Pairs & Moon Plans Redux
Once again, we're going to attempt to get you up to date with what is going down at NASA. In addition to NASA updates, we have stories of science that comes in twos. From 2 planets forming in a disk to 2 stars coming together to shine brightly, to two asteroids that together orbit the Sun a bit faster, to two planets that collided, … it is a week for pairs.
On Background - Comets, the basics
In this special episode, funded by the National Science Foundation, we're taking a break from the headlines to share the background story of comets. Today, we'll focus on the origin of comets and their basic anatomy, and in future episodes, we'll dive deep into how comets are discovered, what we can learn from them, and how they can literally and figuratively impact our world.