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217-How Close
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Earth approaching asteroids are found by their motion in the sky.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
215-Blinky
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A rapidly spinning asteroid comes close to both the Earth and our Moon.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
216-Blinky Revealed
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
An Earth approaching asteroid is found to triple in brightness every 9 minutes.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
214-Jupiter's Comets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
The giant planet Jupiter has its own family of comets orbiting our Sun.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
213-Great Night
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A dozen Earth approaching asteroid candidates are discovered in a single night.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG, KENW and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
212-Dead Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A potentially hazardous dead comet makes a close approach to Earth.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Dec 24, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
209-Stretch Marked Moon
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Mars is in the process of turning a moon into a ring.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW, KKRN and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
208-Hot Lunation
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
My team the Catalina Sky Survey discovers 89 new Earth approaching objects in 24 nights.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
207-Carbon Comets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Comets may have brought the life enabling element Carbon to our planet.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
206-Stealthy Asteroids
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
The NASA NEOWISE satellite has discovered a family of dark, stealthy asteroids some of which make close approaches to planet Earth.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
205-Toy Asteroid
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
An asteroid small enough to fit under a basketball hoop makes frequent approaches to Earth, our Moon, and Mars.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
203-Big Rock
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A rare very large Earth approaching object is discovered in an unusual place in the sky.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
This Bowl Tastes Delicious
From: Loftus Media
Caption: Mark Miodownik shows presenter Quentin Cooper the electroplated spoons he's used to test how different metals can affect the taste of our food., Credit: Hannah Marshall
Does your morning coffee taste better from your favorite mug? Scientists now realize that what we eat is just a small part of our dining experie...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 3
202-Martian Purity
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Humans must be very careful not to introduce any of Earth's organisms into the Martian environment.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
199-Space Boomerang
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A space boomerang meets its fate in a collision with the Earth about 60 miles off of the coast of Sri Lanka producing a bright, but harmless light ...

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
197-Rik's 2 Homers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Rik Hill discovers two potentially hazardous asteroids on successive nights.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, WYAP and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
194-Star Wanderer
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Comets have blazed a path to the stars for humans to follow.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
193-Survivor
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A small asteroid survives a close approach to planet Earth.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
190-EX Most Dangerous
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Generally the more data one obtains on a Near Earth Object the less likely it is to strike Earth. This is a story of how this process works.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
187-Ganymede's Layers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Beneath it's frozen surface, Jupiter's largest moon may have conditions where life could exist.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
184-Most Dangerous
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Asteroid hunters have discovered an object, which with limited data, appears likely to come close to the Earth in 2081.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, and KENW


  • Added: Sep 17, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
170-Encounter With Pluto
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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After 9 years, 3 billion miles, and 18 sleeping periods the NASA New Horizons spacecraft is discovering wonders in the far reaches of our solar sys...

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, and KENW


  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
Climate Change: Affecting The Seasons?
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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Climate scientist and MacArthur "Genius" award-winner Ben Santer says scientists don't yet know if climate change is affecting the timing of the se...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
Climate Change: It's Not Just The Sun
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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Climate scientist and MacArthur "Genius" award-winner Ben Santer on how scientists know that climate change is not just due to the Sun.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 04:02
166-Asteroid Diamonds
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Diamonds are brought to Earth by asteroids. They are also created on our planet by impacting celestial objects.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, and KENW


  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5