Health & Science
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Jupiter, Mars and Saturn available to be seen in the night sky this week and are p
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Air Date: January 18, 2010
Hubble Space Telescope: a gateway into the past
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Hubble Space Telescope has detected galaxies formed 600 to 800 million years
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Air Date: January 11, 2010
Astronomical forecasts for the new year
Let’s ring in the new year with some great astronomical forecasts. First, an Annular eclipse rarely seen, but unfortunately not see
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Air Date: January 4, 2010
A Super-Earth with an atmosphere is discovered
As 2009 comes to a close we talk about why sunset/sunrise times are off from solstice. Plus, talk about small!! Astronomers find a small
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Air Date: December 28, 2009
Winter solstice and the holidays
December 21st at 12:47 pm marks the arrival of earth at Winter Solstice. While we think of the beginning of Winter as starting on a parti
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Air Date: December 21, 2009
Can stars be forced out of our galaxy? Once they are, they simply go rogue and stay out there on their own since the space between galaxi
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Air Date: December 14, 2009
The earliest sunset of the year will be Monday December 7th at approximately 4:35 pm. We will start to see sunsets coming later and later
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Air Date: December 7, 2009
Black holes and quantum mechanics
Fears of black holes right here on earth? Not probable. However, the Large Hadron Collider was tested in Europe, which could lead to disc
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Air Date: November 30, 2009
No Night without a Telescope program
Only a few more days to check out the No Night without a Telescope program at area universities. Among those participating in the program
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Air Date: November 23, 2009
Getting closer to the”Big Bang”
Astronomers discover some of the oldest galaxies to date, a mere 787 million years after the “Big Bang.” But remember distanc
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Air Date: November 16, 2009
Could your next vacation be in space?
It wasn’t long ago that commercial space exploration was considered out of reach, but now companies like Google are upping the ante
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Air Date: November 9, 2009
It’s finally time to push the clocks back an hour and grab an extra hour of sleep, but what’s behind this change in daylight?
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Air Date: November 2, 2009
Thirty-two planets have been discovered beyond our solar system, which is a step forward in the search for planets like earth. Don’
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Air Date: October 26, 2009
Enormous new ring discovered around Saturn
An enormous ring has been discovered around Saturn by the Spitzer space telescope. The discovery helped solve a long standing mystery abo
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Air Date: October 19, 2009
LCROSS impacted with the moon last Friday. Now that the lunar dust has settled, what did scientists find out about the presence of water
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Air Date: October 12, 2009
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