
Space
The successor to the highly successful Kepler planet-hunting satellite TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) sent the first data d ...
Air Date: August 20, 2018
Listen 05:39Time to Start Spotting Sunspots
The current (approximately 11-year-long) Solar Cycle is about to come to an end. Several years of long stretches of days without sunspot ...
Air Date: August 13, 2018
Listen 07:40Shooting star watch: How to stargaze the Perseid meteor shower
This weekend will offer some of the best stargazing of the year.
7 years ago
Trump wants a Space Force, but Pentagon has different idea
The administration intends to announce next week the results of a Pentagon study.
7 years ago
Mars’ close approach is Tuesday, July 31. A large subglacial lake of (very salty) liquid water has been found on Mars. This conclus ...
Air Date: July 31, 2018
Listen 05:58UFO spotters meet up at annual MUFON summit in New Jersey
The Mutual UFO Network boasts more than 500 UFO field investigators worldwide.
7 years ago
Scientists have discovered 12 more of Jupiter’s moons, bringing the planet’s total count to 79. There are 175 known moons in ...
Air Date: July 23, 2018
Listen 06:29Relive Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
Follow a replay of the NASA lunar exploration events from 49 years ago online. ...
Air Date: July 17, 2018
Listen 07:50Astronomers identify supermassive black hole as source of neutrinos
A team of astronomers believe they've found the mysterious source of high energy neutrinos that travel for billions of light years in space before hitting Earth.
7 years ago
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft arrives at asteroid Ryugu on Wednesday, beginning a string of encounters including fly-bys, ...
Air Date: July 10, 2018
Listen 07:23Celebrating the 3rd, 4th, and 5th of July
Independence Day is sandwiched between the start of the dog days of summer and Aphelion. The dog days of summer are traditionally ...
Air Date: July 2, 2018
Listen 07:18New discoveries advance case for possible life on Mars
Scientists reported Thursday that NASA's Curiosity rover has found potential building blocks of life in an ancient Martian lakebed.
7 years ago
Astronaut and moonwalker Alan Bean dies at 86
Bean was the lunar module pilot on Apollo 12, which made the second moon landing in 1969.
7 years ago
An especially carnivorous supermassive black hole sitting at the center of a galaxy is gobbling galactic gases at an astonishing rate ...
Air Date: May 21, 2018
Listen 06:00Earth’s Volcanic Activity Makes It Unique
Is the current volcanic activity in Hawaii possible elsewhere in the solar system? Mercury, Venus, and Mars no longer have volcani ...
Air Date: May 14, 2018
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