Travelers In The Night

Series produced by Albert Grauer

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Travelers In The Night is your unique source of insider Information from the Asteroid Hunting and Space Communities.
The music is "Eternity" by John Lyell.

The PRX Series “Travelers In The Night” has more than 6,000 PRX free purchases as well as more than 807,000 downloads on the internet. It has been aired on 59 radio stations.


It features an engaging and informative series of two minute, factual episodes about asteroids, comets, spacecraft, and other objects in space.

The pieces are "evergreen" in that they are current but not dated.

The Travelers In The Night Pieces are written and produced by a member of the Catalina Sky Survey Team at the University of Arizona.

The Catalina Sky Survey has discovered nearly half of the Earth approaching objects known to exist.


790 Pieces

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Learn to navigate the night sky with your naked eye and find the place where the NASA Kepler Space Craft has found an Earth like planet at the righ...

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  • Added: May 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
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On Earth Day, Astronauts revealed that the Earth is struck by small asteroids more often than previously thought. They propose to build and launch...

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  • Added: May 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
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The Kepler Space Craft has discovered an Earth like planet which may have conditions which may allow life as we know it to exist. Can we imagine w...

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  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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A visit to the asteroid Psyche will provide clues as to the nature of the Earth's core.

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  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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The Earth has been struck by objects from space many times in the past. Could asteroid impact craters be the place to search for evidence of life o...

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  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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The NASA Hubble Space Telescope was used to take images of the most distant galaxies ever observed. This view takes us back in time to shortly aft...

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  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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The NASA funded Catalina Sky Survey 60 inch telescope was used to discover 29 potentially Earth Approaching objects.

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  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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A very large Potentially Hazardous Asteroid suddenly appeared by brighting 250 times as it rounded the Sun and crossed the Earth's orbit. It is an ...

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  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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Asteroids with orbits which are in orbits very different from main belt asteroids may be interesting even if they do not make close approaches to E...

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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A remarkable Potentially Hazardous Asteroid orbits the Sun on a roller coaster type ride.

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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Recent observations indicate, that an asteroid which appeared to be the most serious risk of Earth impact, will safely miss the Earth for many years.

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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For the second time in a month, a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid literally comes out of nowhere as it brightens and approaches the Earth's orbit.

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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The NASA Juno Spacecraft is on its way to Jupiter. It will provide clues to the nature of the largest planet in our solar system.

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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Our Moon has many fascinating features which can be observed with a small telescope or binoculars.

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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NASA RADAR Telescopes obtain spectacular images of a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid.

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  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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A newly discovered near Earth object is either a huge asteroid or a comet. We will just have to wait and see.

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  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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Look for and find a celestial Traveler In The Night.

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  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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The Spitzer Space Telescope has been used to characterize an asteroid suitable for visitation by Astronauts.

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  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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Travelers In The Night from outer space are closer than you may imagine.

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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A small asteroid, capable of causing human injuries if it entered the Earth's atmosphere, passed between the Earth and Moon. It was detected only a...

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7