Science
Astronomers have discovered a star with almost no impurities – just hydrogen and helium (and faint traces of calc
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Air Date: January 21, 2014
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Julian Calendar year 2767 begins tomorrow. 13 days out of step with Gregorian Calendar which started in 1582. ChinaR
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Air Date: January 13, 2014
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Let’s mark our 2014 calendars with these out-of-this-world reminders: Only 2 solar (April 29th- Annular, extreme
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Air Date: January 6, 2014
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Time marches on, but sunrise will be stuck at 7:22 a.m. for more than a week. Winter constellations becoming prominent
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Air Date: December 30, 2013
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Last minute gift for space geeks
LEGO Curiosity Rover model (295 pieces) goes on sale on Jan. 1. Designed by a mechanical engineer who actually worked o
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Air Date: December 23, 2013
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Time grows short to tackle the fall 2013 to-do list
Winter solstice arrives Saturday afternoon at 12:11. Saturday also marks a manned mission milestone, on 12/21/68 –
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Air Date: December 16, 2013
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Venus is VERY bright after sunset; at its brightest for the year tomorrow. Don’t miss it. Nothing is ever this br
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Air Date: December 9, 2013
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Earliest sunset arrives this Saturday, latest sunrise arrives early next month. Summer constellations can still be seen
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Air Date: December 2, 2013
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The Thanksgiving comet beckons
Comet ISON arrives at the sun on Thanksgiving Day. Observers hope the close approach will dramatically increase dust pr
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Air Date: November 25, 2013
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Comet ISON 10 days out from one and only rendezvous with the sun
As Comet ISON heads towards the sun, its icy CO2 nucleus is beginning to sublimate, releasing the dust trapped since th
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Air Date: November 18, 2013
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Are any of the potentially 25 billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy like Earth?
Earth-like is a very relative term; mass, size, distance from star, atmosphere, temperature, orbiting period are all fa
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Air Date: November 11, 2013
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No swimming in this Great Lake
Question: What other solar system body has lakes? Answer: Titan, the largest moon of Saturn (slightly bigger than our m
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Air Date: November 4, 2013
Our sun’s celebrity pales compared to some stars
Largest known star (16,000 light years away) shows signs of imminent destruction. W26 is 3,000 times the diameter of o
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Air Date: October 28, 2013
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Orionid meteor shower tonight — Let’s talk meteor showers for a minute. Majors, minors, what to expect, whe
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Air Date: October 21, 2013
