Space
EARTH orbit – 365 days, 2MASS J2126 orbit – 328,500,000 days
Astronomers have found a gas-giant exoplanet named 2MASS J2126 that orbits about 600 billion miles out from it’s star, meaning the ...
Air Date: February 1, 2016
Listen 00:06:29
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly aboard ISS has had success utilizing available sunlight to grow Zinnias – a prerequisite along the way t ...
Air Date: January 25, 2016
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NASA’s New Horizen’s August fly-by over Pluto is revealing several surprises – including evidence of an internal heat s ...
Air Date: January 18, 2016
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2016 Out-of-this-World Highlights
Lots of cool planetary observing this coming spring and summer, as well as two lunar eclipses and two solar eclipses… but the real ...
Air Date: January 11, 2016
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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