Skytalk Archive
The Bloom Comes Off The Rosetta
Last Saturday Rosetta completed its final orbit and began its direct descent to the comet’s surface. It should impact on Friday in a re ...
Air Date: September 26, 2016
Listen 00:05:11
First, Dave Heller and Dr. Derrick Pitts discuss the Autumnal equinox, which is this Thursday at 10:21am. Next stops? Halloween, th ...
Air Date: September 19, 2016
Listen 00:04:56
This Friday’s full moon is both the Harvest Moon and a penumbral eclipse. Penumbral means that the moon passes through the outer sh ...
Air Date: September 12, 2016
Listen 00:05:56
Faster than a speeding bullet!
It turns out those lazy dog days of summer aren’t so lazy after all! Dave Heller and Dr. Derrick Pitts discuss the rotations and re ...
Air Date: August 29, 2016
Listen 00:08:14
This week: Scientists have discovered another solar system member. Niku, a chunk of ice 124 miles in diameter, has been discovered out b ...
Air Date: August 22, 2016
Listen 00:08:26
SpaceX is planning an unmanned mission to Mars in 2018. NASA will partner with SpaceX providing ‘in-kind’ support so that the ...
Air Date: August 15, 2016
Listen 00:06:30
The Perseid Meteor Shower peaks this week, although a waxing moon presents a challenge for late night observing. Mercury, Venus, J ...
Air Date: August 8, 2016
Listen 00:13:02
A Better Way to Build a Black Hole
A new possibility has arisen for giant black hole formation: Massive gas clouds in a galaxy may be able to collapse directly into a black ...
Air Date: August 2, 2016
Listen 00:06:13
This month marks the 40th anniversary of the landing of the Viking spacecraft on Mars back in 1976. There were two landers about the size ...
Air Date: July 26, 2016
Listen 00:04:47
Sentient creatures on planets orbiting two stars enjoy a different perspective of the heavens above. Now astronomers have sighted a three ...
Air Date: July 18, 2016
Listen 00:06:20
The Moon slides past Mars and Saturn this week – Mars on Wednesday and Saturn on Friday . . . If you can see the moon you can fin ...
Air Date: July 12, 2016
Listen 00:04:53
The fourth of July offers out-of-doors celebrants an opportunity to enjoy fireworks at nightfall, and then nature’s pyrotechnics u ...
Air Date: July 5, 2016
Listen 00:05:30
Let there be light (gathering) in the darkest parts of Chile
Thanks to dark, dark skies; Northern Chile currently houses 50% of the world’s light gathering capacity, soon to be 70% – tha ...
Air Date: June 28, 2016
Listen 00:06:21
Enjoy the final few minutes of Spring, Summer solstice begins in … just a few minutes! Also full moon today. ...
Air Date: June 20, 2016
Listen 00:03:32
Pioneer 10 left the solar system – 33 years ago today. Traveling at 28,000 mph, the NASA spacecraft will pass the bright star of th ...
Air Date: June 14, 2016
Listen 00:04:52