Space
December 25 marks Christmas Day and December mini-moon day! The moon was at apogee, or the greatest distance from Earth (for the month). ...
Air Date: December 26, 2016
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Astronomers at Yale University and University of Toronto have identified something very new over in the Coma Cluster of galaxies 300 ligh ...
Air Date: December 12, 2016
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Reality mars plans for manned mission to Mars
Space exploration is fraught with danger, as evidenced in the National Geographic series MARS. Reinforcing that message, the recent ESA/ ...
Air Date: December 5, 2016
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A supercluster of galaxies was recently found lurking on just the other side of the Milky Way. Only 800 million light years out, it is si ...
Air Date: November 28, 2016
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Clocks change back one hour to Standard Time on Sunday. The moon is one day old on the 31st; not the best for Hallowe’en, but ...
Air Date: October 31, 2016
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It turns out that the universe is more crowded with stuff than we previously thought. A new estimate of the number of galaxies in the Uni ...
Air Date: October 24, 2016
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Where are we in the zodiac now, and why would it matter? This week on SkyTalk, Dave and Dr. Pitts discuss the difference between astronom ...
Air Date: October 17, 2016
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The Bloom Comes Off The Rosetta
Last Saturday Rosetta completed its final orbit and began its direct descent to the comet’s surface. It should impact on Friday in a re ...
Air Date: September 26, 2016
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This Friday’s full moon is both the Harvest Moon and a penumbral eclipse. Penumbral means that the moon passes through the outer sh ...
Air Date: September 12, 2016
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Faster than a speeding bullet!
It turns out those lazy dog days of summer aren’t so lazy after all! Dave Heller and Dr. Derrick Pitts discuss the rotations and re ...
Air Date: August 29, 2016
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This week: Scientists have discovered another solar system member. Niku, a chunk of ice 124 miles in diameter, has been discovered out b ...
Air Date: August 22, 2016
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SpaceX is planning an unmanned mission to Mars in 2018. NASA will partner with SpaceX providing ‘in-kind’ support so that the ...
Air Date: August 15, 2016
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The Perseid Meteor Shower peaks this week, although a waxing moon presents a challenge for late night observing. Mercury, Venus, J ...
Air Date: August 8, 2016
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A Better Way to Build a Black Hole
A new possibility has arisen for giant black hole formation: Massive gas clouds in a galaxy may be able to collapse directly into a black ...
Air Date: August 2, 2016
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This month marks the 40th anniversary of the landing of the Viking spacecraft on Mars back in 1976. There were two landers about the size ...
Air Date: July 26, 2016
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