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Clocks shift forward one hour this Sunday morning (2 a.m.)
A total solar eclipse can be seen this week in Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawes
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Air Date: March 7, 2016
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Philly tech ambassadors trying to spread the word at SXSW
Representatives from the Philadelphia region’s tech scene are packing their bags for Texas.
This Friday, the 2016 edition of
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Year in Space chronicles Astronaut Scott Kelly’s preparation and 12-month mission (starting with the launch last Mrch 27th
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Air Date: March 1, 2016
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Scientists are using the aging Hubble Space Telescope to determine the components of the atmosphere of a so-called super-Earth planet 40
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Air Date: February 23, 2016
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Gravitational Waves detected, confirming a key component of Albert Einstein’s understanding of the cosmos. Derrick Pitts, chief ast
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Air Date: February 16, 2016
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What happens when the gas supply at a Black Hole runs out? – It’s “lights out!” Previous evidence suggested that
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Air Date: February 8, 2016
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EARTH orbit – 365 days, 2MASS J2126 orbit – 328,500,000 days
Astronomers have found a gas-giant exoplanet named 2MASS J2126 that orbits about 600 billion miles out from it’s star, meaning the
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Air Date: February 1, 2016
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As hyperloop design finalist, Drexel team bringing the ride stuff
In 2013, the famed inventor and billionaire Elon Musk laid out an idea, a sort of “moonshot” for transportation. Calling it t
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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly aboard ISS has had success utilizing available sunlight to grow Zinnias – a prerequisite along the way t
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Air Date: January 25, 2016
Listen 00:07:41Venture capital invests 25 percent more in Philly region in 2015
Last year was a rebound year for the Delaware Valley’s startup scene. Venture capitalists invested more than $600 million in local
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NASA’s New Horizen’s August fly-by over Pluto is revealing several surprises – including evidence of an internal heat s
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Air Date: January 18, 2016
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Air Date: December 28, 2015
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