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Space

Steam and gas rise from Kilauea's summit crater in Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. Wednesday, May 9, 2018. Geologists warned Wednesday that Hawaii's Kilauea volcano could erupt explosively and send boulders, rocks and ash into the air around its summit in the coming weeks. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Skytalk

Earth’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

Listen 06:32
The Atlas V rocket carrying the Mars InSight lander launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, as seen from the San Gabriel Mountains more than 100 miles away, on Saturday morning. The InSight probe is the first NASA lander designed entirely to study the deep interior structure of Mars. (David McNew/Getty Images)
NPR
Science

NASA InSight kicks off 6-month journey to Mars

NASA's InSight lander is on its way to Mars, after a successful launch on Saturday morning.

7 years ago

(photo credit/Henry Throop)
Radio Times
Science

New Horizons: NASA’s mission to Pluto

Guests: Alan Stern, David Grinspoon NASA’s New Horizons spaceship launched in 2006 to visit tiny Pluto at edge ...

Air Date: May 2, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:47
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Science

The Color Purple

Newly discovered? A purple planet! Actually, the color suggestion is just speculation based on the planet’s expected chemical compo ...

Air Date: April 30, 2018

Listen 06:11
The heat shield is designed to protect the Mars 2020 mission in the initial stages of its descent and landing. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)
NPR
Science

NASA Mars mission faces setback after heat shield cracks under pressure

A critical part of NASA's next $2 billion rover mission to Mars broke during testing earlier this month.

7 years ago

X-rays stream off the sun in this first picture of the sun, overlaid on a picture taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), taken by NASA's NuSTAR. The field of view covers the west limb of the sun.
Skytalk
Science

On the Prowl for Solar Siblings

Our sun, like so many others, was born as part of a cluster of stars. Sibling stars have the same chemical composition and can be discove ...

Air Date: April 24, 2018

Listen 05:53
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the TESS satellite lifts off at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Wednesday. The satellite will scan nearly the entire sky for alien worlds. (John Raoux/AP)
NPR
Science

SpaceX launches NASA satellite to search for alien worlds

Tess — short for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite — will spend two years searching for planets.

7 years ago

Skytalk
Science

Shedding Light on Dark Matter

Scientists at the University of Washington have developed the tech to ‘see’ what could be a low-mass particle responsible for ...

Air Date: April 17, 2018

Listen 05:57
Assemblyman John Burzichelli (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Courts & Law

New Jersey lawmakers warns parents to behave at their kids sports games

A New Jersey lawmaker wants to ensure that parents are better sports at their children's games.

7 years ago

Skytalk
Science

Does Dark Matter Matter?

Astronomers have detected a galaxy that seems to be devoid of dark matter. That possibility has theorists re-evaluating gravity’s r ...

Air Date: April 9, 2018

Listen 06:03
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
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Science

Serious Signs of Water on Ceres

The Dwarf planet Ceres is showing signs of cryoactivity and…water(ice)! Sodium carbonate, a mineral seen by the Dawn spacecraft in ...

Air Date: March 20, 2018

Listen 05:05
Skytalk
Science

Dark matter’s impact on Andromeda’s size

Textbooks typically describe the nearby Andromeda galaxy as being three to four times larger than our galaxy, the Milky Way. However, new ...

Air Date: March 12, 2018

Listen 06:27
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Science

Spring Ahead

Remember to advance your timepieces one hour before retiring Saturday night; Daylight Savings Time starts Sunday morning at 2:00 am. ...

Air Date: March 6, 2018

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This image provided by the National Science Foundation shows a rendering of how the first stars in the universe might have looked. Scientists have detected a signal from 180 million years after the Big Bang when the earliest stars began glowing. The findings were published on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 in the journal Nature. (N.R.Fuller/National Science Foundation via AP)
Science

Astronomers glimpse cosmic dawn, when the stars switched on

The signal showed unexpectedly cold temperatures and an unusually pronounced wave.

7 years ago

This photo made available by NASA shows Hurricane Harvey over Texas on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, seen from the International Space Station. (Jack Fischer/NASA via AP)
Radio Times
Science

Exit Earth

Guests: Michio Kaku Physicist and futurist MICHIO KAKU theorizes ...

Air Date: February 26, 2018

Listen 49:26
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