
Health & Science
Astronomers now have tools to confirm notions of deep space. They have found many more galaxies out there than expected. These discoverie ...
Air Date: March 29, 2010
Russia has planned a round trip mission to bring back souvenirs from a tiny moon by Mars. This moon is really tiny and unusual, because i ...
Air Date: March 22, 2010
Caption: A blooming Sour Cherry Tree. Photo by Benjamin Gimmel, Photo Credit: Courtesy: Wikipedia Believe ...
Air Date: March 15, 2010
Image credit: NASA.gov New data shows that the moon has more water than we thought, but is it brimming wit ...
Air Date: March 8, 2010
Can we really fix health care?
Hour 1 We’ll get a reality check on what Americans really want and need when it comes to health care. Our g ...
Air Date: March 4, 2010
Listen 51:45Our Milky Way has had a pretty lax policy when it comes to allowing globular clusters in. Our galaxy has been consuming other glalaxies a ...
Air Date: March 1, 2010
Imagine being able to ultrasound the sun. Well, that is becoming a reality since the new Solar Dynamic Observatory has started imaging th ...
Air Date: February 22, 2010
Lots of birthdays and anniversaries to celebrate this week. 446 years ago Galileo, the famous Italian astronomer and mathematician was bo ...
Air Date: February 15, 2010
Life coming to earth from space
Image credit: NASA Where is the Mars Spirit Rover now? Unfortunately stuck in some dust, but still doing a ...
Air Date: February 1, 2010
India is now joining the ranks along with other countries such as China and Russia in manned space missions. India will partner with Russ ...
Air Date: January 25, 2010
Image credit: Space.com Jupiter, Mars and Saturn available to be seen in the night sky this week and are p ...
Air Date: January 18, 2010
Hubble Space Telescope: a gateway into the past
Image credit: Hubblesite.org Hubble Space Telescope has detected galaxies formed 600 to 800 million years ...
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 ...
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 ...
Air Date: December 28, 2009
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