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Astronomical Anomalies

What happens when the gas supply at a Black Hole runs out? – It’s “lights out!” Previous evidence suggested that ...

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 ...

Air Date: February 1, 2016

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Rendering of the Drexel hyperloop team pod, courtesy of Drexel University.

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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Out-of-this-world produce

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly aboard ISS has had success utilizing available sunlight to grow Zinnias – a prerequisite along the way t ...

Air Date: January 25, 2016

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Venture 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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Feelin’ the heat on Pluto

NASA’s New Horizen’s August fly-by over Pluto is revealing several surprises – including evidence of an internal heat s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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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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 ...

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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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