Perseid meteor shower

The annual Perseid meteor shower is visible on Wednesday although you may have to catch it before moon rise as the late rising moon may w ...

Air Date: August 10, 2009

A Penumbral Eclipse

A full moon on Thursday is really the second half of a solar eclipse that happened two weeks ago. Did you know it’s possible for th ...

Air Date: August 3, 2009

Spot found on Jupiter

The massive planet Jupiter has a bruise on it. What could have caused this huge spot? Was it climate change or from something that crashe ...

Air Date: July 27, 2009

The midpoint of the year

This week marks the midpoint of the year. Specifically Thursday, July 2nd at 1 p.m. eastern time, which is a reflection of earth’s ...

Air Date: June 29, 2009

Summer solstice

Continuing with our celebration of the coming Summer Solstice, which will occur precisely at 1:46 am Sunday morning, Derrick and Dave dis ...

Air Date: June 15, 2009

A very special star

The summer solstice is coming up and the sun is the object of our celebration. You might think it’s because this part of the earth ...

Air Date: June 8, 2009

A radio only supernova

The Hubble telescope, with it’s new upgrades can see much farther than it’s previous version, extending the vision some 200 m ...

Air Date: June 1, 2009

Mission to the moon

48 years ago Alan Shepard led the first American mission into space on the heels of Russian cosmonaught Yuri Gagarin. Ten years later whi ...

Air Date: May 4, 2009

Planetary holy grail

A new rocky planet, similar to earth, orbiting a star called Gliese 581, has been discovered. This new planet is in the ‘habitable ...

Air Date: April 28, 2009