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2016 Out-of-this-World Highlights

Lots of cool planetary observing this coming spring and summer, as well as two lunar eclipses and two solar eclipses… but the real ...

Air Date: January 11, 2016

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Princeton Plasma Physics Lab offers ‘Science on Saturday’ lecture series

On Saturday morning, the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory will fill with a new type of energy: the public. Science lovers, stud ...

9 years ago

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2016 starts off with a (big) bang

This is a big week astronomically speaking…- Saturday we arrived at perihelion, yesterday was Summer solstice on Mars, tomorrow we enjo ...

Air Date: January 4, 2016

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2015 Out of this World Highlights

Last week’s SpaceX mission was a great success but the real ‘heavy lifting’ is being done by Scott Kelly during his one ...

Air Date: December 28, 2015

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 Adam Ponzek works as a 'Gear Geek' for RevZilla. His mullet is worth $1,500, if he doesn't cut it for a year. (Todd Bookman/WHYY)

‘Gear geeks’ go whole hog to exceed RevZilla customer expectations

There’s $1,500 on the line. All Adam Ponzek has to do is keep his hairstyle decidedly mullet for one year. “It is pret ...

9 years ago

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Winter Solstice Tonight

At 11:48pm, Earth reaches a specific point in its orbit around the sun, where the axial tilt of the earth has its greatest extension away ...

Air Date: December 21, 2015

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Geminid meteor shower at its peak tonight

Meteors are typically debris from comets, but in this case, the Geminids are debris from asteroid 3200 Phaeton; only the January Quadrant ...

Air Date: December 14, 2015

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 Fans reach for a foul ball hit by Philadelphia Phillies' Marlon Byrd during the third inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in Philadelphia. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)

Phillies extending nets to protect against flying bats, foul balls

The Philadelphia Phillies are trying to make the ballpark a little safer for fans next season. Following recommendations released ...

9 years ago

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Feel the Wave

The European Space Agency’s LISA Pathfinder Satellite will launch soon to advance the goal of detecting the unbelievably small effe ...

Air Date: December 7, 2015

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Out of this World Turkey with Trimmings

International Space Station NASA Commander Scott Kelly and five fellow crew members at work over the Thanksgiving Holiday may be coming i ...

Air Date: November 30, 2015

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Kiva Zip Philadelphia celebrates one year and $313K in loans

The good news is the batch freezer used by Weckerly’s Ice Cream is struggling to keep up with demand. That’s also the bad new ...

9 years ago

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Cosmic Archaeology

Trying to learn about the early history of the galaxy, NASA has used Hubble Space Telescope to find the oldest galactic ‘bones̵ ...

Air Date: November 23, 2015

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 A DPD Geopost prototype drone  carrying a parcel flies during a test flight in Pourrieres, southern France, in June. GeoPost, a package delivery subsidiary of LaPoste, is set to launch a program which will see parcels delivered by drones. The GeoDrone completed its first successful automated flight last September. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

Philly ‘health hack’ comes up with plan for drone-delivered meds in time of crisis

The premise was simple. Get 250 free-thinkers in a room, give them 48 hours and some coffee, and watch as they come up with creative solu ...

9 years ago

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To Pluto… and Beyond

A 10th dwarf planet has been discovered out beyond the orbit of Pluto. The newest one V774104 is less than half Pluto’s size and is ...

Air Date: November 16, 2015

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Life insurer tries new approach to reach millennial market

Consumers looking to buy life insurance in Pennsylvania and New Jersey now have a new online option.   Haven Life, a s ...

9 years ago

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