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Cool Science Radio

Cool Science Radio | May 28, 2026

By Scott Greenberg,

Lynn Ware Peek

Published May 28, 2026 at 10:46 AM MDT

NASA Sagan Fellow Margaret Thompson discusses her groundbreaking research on rocky exoplanets. Using laboratory experiments and theoretical models, she explores how these distant “magma worlds” form, evolve and develop atmospheres that may one day reveal signs of life. (1:06)

Science journalist Rebecca Boyle discusses her Scientific American article on mysterious “Little Red Dots” discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope that could reshape how scientists understand the early universe. (28:08)

Cool Science Radio

Scott Greenberg

Co-Host Cool Science Radio and wine expert

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Lynn Ware Peek

KPCW Co-Host / Producer of The Mountain Life and Cool Science Radio

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