Skytalk Archive
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New data shows that the moon has more water than we thought, but is it brimming wit
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Air Date: March 8, 2010
Our Milky Way has had a pretty lax policy when it comes to allowing globular clusters in. Our galaxy has been consuming other glalaxies a
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Air Date: March 1, 2010
Imagine being able to ultrasound the sun. Well, that is becoming a reality since the new Solar Dynamic Observatory has started imaging th
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Air Date: February 22, 2010
Lots of birthdays and anniversaries to celebrate this week. 446 years ago Galileo, the famous Italian astronomer and mathematician was bo
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Air Date: February 15, 2010
Life coming to earth from space
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Where is the Mars Spirit Rover now? Unfortunately stuck in some dust, but still doing a
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Air Date: February 1, 2010
India is now joining the ranks along with other countries such as China and Russia in manned space missions. India will partner with Russ
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Air Date: January 25, 2010
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Jupiter, Mars and Saturn available to be seen in the night sky this week and are p
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Air Date: January 18, 2010
Hubble Space Telescope: a gateway into the past
Image credit: Hubblesite.org
Hubble Space Telescope has detected galaxies formed 600 to 800 million years
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Air Date: January 11, 2010
Astronomical forecasts for the new year
Let’s ring in the new year with some great astronomical forecasts. First, an Annular eclipse rarely seen, but unfortunately not see
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Air Date: January 4, 2010
A Super-Earth with an atmosphere is discovered
As 2009 comes to a close we talk about why sunset/sunrise times are off from solstice. Plus, talk about small!! Astronomers find a small
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Air Date: December 28, 2009
Winter solstice and the holidays
December 21st at 12:47 pm marks the arrival of earth at Winter Solstice. While we think of the beginning of Winter as starting on a parti
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Air Date: December 21, 2009
Can stars be forced out of our galaxy? Once they are, they simply go rogue and stay out there on their own since the space between galaxi
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Air Date: December 14, 2009
The earliest sunset of the year will be Monday December 7th at approximately 4:35 pm. We will start to see sunsets coming later and later
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Air Date: December 7, 2009
Black holes and quantum mechanics
Fears of black holes right here on earth? Not probable. However, the Large Hadron Collider was tested in Europe, which could lead to disc
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Air Date: November 30, 2009
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