Space
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
Listen 00:07:03
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
Listen 00:07:51
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
Listen 00:07:22
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
Listen 00:07:08
Out of this World Turkey with Trimmings
International Space Station NASA Commander Scott Kelly and five fellow crew members at work over the Thanksgiving Holiday may be coming i ...
Air Date: November 30, 2015
Listen 00:05:04
Trying to learn about the early history of the galaxy, NASA has used Hubble Space Telescope to find the oldest galactic ‘bones̵ ...
Air Date: November 23, 2015
Listen 00:08:46
MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft data shows that the primary reason the Martian atmosphere is gone is the activi ...
Air Date: November 9, 2015
Listen 00:07:46
Set clocks back one hour at 2:00 a.m. Sunday, the first Sunday in November. Heading towards the earliest sunset on Friday, December 4th. ...
Air Date: October 26, 2015
Listen 0:05:04
Astronomy Night – Not just for the White House anymore
In collaboration with tonight’s White House Star Party, Philadelphia is sponsoring an observing event this evening at Thomas Paine ...
Air Date: October 19, 2015
Listen 00:07:17
A newly discovered earth-like planet a mere 21 light years away zips around it’s orange dwarf sun in a mere three days. Kepler 452b ...
Air Date: October 12, 2015
Listen 00:07:31
A look at efforts to, and benefits of, limiting light pollution. Plus, a listing of treats to be seen in the night sky this week. ...
Air Date: October 5, 2015
Listen 00:07:39
Scientists are now certain that the 313 mile diameter moon of Saturn, Enceladus, has a liquid water ocean that completely envelops its ro ...
Air Date: September 28, 2015
Listen 00:04:20
Don’t Miss the Harvest Moon Eclipse
Autumn officially arrives Wednesday; at 4:21 am, Earth arrives at that point in its orbit where the rotational axis is in a position that ...
Air Date: September 21, 2015
Listen 00:07:44
This is the last week of summer. Autumn arrives next Wednesday. NASA’s New Horizons is en route to a 35 mile-wide iceball on ...
Air Date: September 14, 2015
Listen 00:04:32
Itty Bitty Black Hole Discovered
Along with the great visibility of Venus and Mars in the pre-dawn sky and Saturn in the evening, the big event this week is something we ...
Air Date: September 8, 2015
Listen 00:05:35