Space
Dog day night viewing highlights
Moon is full tomorrow night, so watch as the moon rises as the sun sets or moon sets as sun rises. Venus and Saturn are ...
Air Date: August 19, 2013
ListenPerseids pack peak punch tonight
Count on an early setting moon, and with clear skies the peak of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower has the potential to ...
Air Date: August 12, 2013
ListenA 14th moon of Neptune has been discovered and this one gets the prize for smallest size. Also, we’ll look back o ...
Air Date: July 23, 2013
ListenNASA is looking for a few good names
You have until July 1st to sign up to send your name to Mars with MAVEN – first spacecraft dedicated to study of ...
Air Date: June 25, 2013
ListenFriday marks the official start of summer, but the advent also brings the curtain down on the growing sunrise to sunset ...
Air Date: June 17, 2013
ListenThe intrepid Mars Rover Opportunity rolls on
Opportunity has traversed 22.2 miles in its nine years and four months on the Red Planet, and is still performing good ...
Air Date: May 27, 2013
ListenNew moon = Dark skies = Great celestial viewing opportunities
For a challenge, check out the Eta Aquarid meteor shower through Friday, 5/10. For an easier challenge, there are plane ...
Air Date: May 6, 2013
ListenNot too old for an “out of this world” walk
At the age of 59, International Space Station cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov (pictured above) set a new record last week by ...
Air Date: April 29, 2013
ListenApril 15, 2013 [Dave Heller] Come one, come all: techies, geeks, freaks, families and those just looking for a fun ...
Air Date: April 15, 2013
ListenFaster than a speeding bullet . . . WAY faster than a speeding bullet
Astronomers catch sight of the fastest orbiting body yet – a small star circling a black hole every two-and-a-half hours! Remarkabl ...
Air Date: March 25, 2013
ListenCuriosity generates ‘thirst’ for more information about the Red Planet
The Mars Rover hits paydirt, or more appropriately pay-clay pointing to water, water everywhere; including possibly drops to drink. It ...
Air Date: March 18, 2013
ListenClocking the speed of a Supermassive black hole
Astronomers, who have been trying to accurately clock the speed of a Supermassive black hole for some time, finally got their chance. Ke ...
Air Date: March 4, 2013
ListenCuriosity Rover is digging deep into Martian rock, well, maybe not that deep. A drill will go just 2.5 inches into a fine grain piece of ...
Air Date: February 18, 2013
ListenWill an asteroid pass too close for comfort?
The 449th anniversary of Galileo’s birth back in 1564 comes up this Friday, February 15th and he is celebrating with an asteroid pa ...
Air Date: February 11, 2013
ListenMars Curiosity drills to new depths
Today is Clyde Tombaugh’s 107th birth anniversary. Born in 1906 , he was an American astronomer, rocket scientist and telescope bui ...
Air Date: February 4, 2013
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