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Saving the world one telescope at a time: The Shoemaker NEO grant winners
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Višnjan Observatory in Croatia is one of eight recipients of Gene Shoemaker near-Earth object grants from the Planetary Society., Credit: Višnjan Observatory
Meet one of the just-announced recipients of Planetary Society Gene Shoemaker NEO grants. They search the skies for asteroids and comets that could...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
681-17,000 to Go(455)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: NEO Surveyor will be based on NEOCam (above), a finalist in the previous round of the Discovery program, and will feature an infrared telescope to look for near Earth objects., Credit: Credit: NASA/JPL
So far asteroid hunters have discovered about 8,000 of the 25,000, large, potentially hazardous asteroids, suspected to exist, leaving 17,000 more ...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
The weather on brown dwarfs, and worlds on the eve of destruction
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s conception of a brown dwarf, featuring the cloudy atmosphere of a planet and the residual light of an almost-star., Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL
Johanna Vos watches the weather on brown dwarf worlds while her colleague, Sam Grunblatt, finds giant planets spiraling toward their doom.

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
680-Comets and Asteroids(454)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Fragments of the Sutter’s Mill meteorite fall collected by NASA Ames and SETI Institute meteor astronomer Peter Jenniskens in the evening of Tuesday April 24, 2012, two days after the fall. This was the second recovered find., Credit: NASA Ames/Eric James
If you set your mind to it, you can find and hold a sample of an asteroid, called a meteorite, which has landed on the Earth's surface. On the othe...

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  • Added: Feb 06, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Nobel laureate John Mather: The promise of the James Webb Space Telescope
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's concept of the James Webb Space Telescope in space., Credit: NASA/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez
JWST senior project scientist John Mather has been looking forward to the new space telescope’s first light for more than 30 years. He joins us wit...

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
A world of space geysers and what lies beneath
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: A true-color view of Enceladus' southern plumes. , Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Kevin M. Gill
New research shows that the giant plumes of Saturn’s moon Enceladus may not be coming from the warm ocean deep below the icy surface.

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
678-Greg's Comet(425)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet Lovejoy, Credit: NASA
Greg's comet comes into our neighborhood once per human lifetime and spends most of it's time in the lonely space high above or far below the rest ...

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Curiosity rolls on: Mars Science Laboratory project scientist Ashwin Vasavada
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: A Picture Postcard From Curiosity's Navcams: NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas of this scene at two times of day; blue, orange, and green color was added to a combination of both panoramas for an , Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The Curiosity rover’s lead researcher reviews the latest findings and images from Mars’ Gale Crater.

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  • Added: Jan 19, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
677-30 Years of Fireballs(457)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: 30 years of fireballs, Credit: NASA
Fireballs are meteors which become brighter than the planet Venus and can sometimes be seen in the daytime. If you are lucky to see a fireball send...

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  • Added: Jan 16, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
We have touched the Sun: The Parker Solar Probe’s triumph
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s impression of Parker Solar Probe approaching the Alfvén critical surface, which marks the end of the solar atmosphere and the beginning of the solar wind. Parker Solar Probe’s crossing into this zone in April 2021 means the spacecraft has “touche, Credit: NASA/Johns Hop
A spacecraft has penetrated the Sun’s corona for the first time, revealing unprecedented data and capturing a mind-blowing video.

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  • Added: Jan 11, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Return to the Moon: Preparing for splashdown in the Pacific
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Host Mat Kaplan talks with USS John P. Murtha captain Gervy Alota next to the Orion capsule test article aboard the ship., Credit: Mat Kaplan
A shipboard update on how the Artemis 1 Orion capsule will be recovered from the Pacific Ocean.

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
675-Nuking An Asteroid(447)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception, Credit: Dan Durda
Tonight, even though the chances are extremely slim, an asteroid hunter could find a sizable asteroid on a collision course with planet Earth. If w...

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  • Added: Jan 02, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 12
674-Asteroid Homestead(446)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid Mining, Credit: NASA
In the future one can envision a space mining family boarding a descendent of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch Vehicle for a trip into low Earth orb...

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  • Added: Dec 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Discovering Mars with Jim Bell and William Sheehan
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: A mosaic of 102 Viking orbiter images of Mars, showing a hemisphere of the planet centered on the immense Valles Marineris canyon system. Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey., Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS
“Discovering Mars” is the new chronicle of humanity’s long relationship with the Red Planet, assembled by space historian William Sheehan and Mars ...

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
673-Christmas Comet(437)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Halley's Comet, Credit: NASA
On December 25, 2017, while searching for Earth approaching asteroids in the constellation of Virgo, the Universe gave my Catalina Sky Survey team...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
JWST is ready for launch and amazing science
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope seen being prepared for transport to French Guiana for launch later this year., Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn
Three astronomers share what they hope the James Webb Space Telescope will reveal about our universe after its launch this month.

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
672-Meteor Whispers(427)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Fireball Exploding, Credit: NASA
Recent scientific studies have begun to shed light on the interesting mystery of how the small number of what we now call electrophonic meteors pro...

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
A conversation with the director of “Don’t Look Up”
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio are astronomers trying to save the world from a comet in Don't Look Up., Credit: Netflix
Director Adam McKay and planetary defense expert Amy Mainzer join us for a conversation about the film and the science behind it.

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Discovering life elsewhere: How can we be sure?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of the surface of exoplanet Trappist-1f, a world that may be capable of supporting life., Credit: NASA
NASA’s Jim Green and Mary Voytek want the science community to develop tools that will help us evaluate potential evidence of life beyond Earth.

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
670-Laser Surfing(364)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Laser Sail, Credit: Project Breakthrough
Laser propelled ultra light space probes could be sent to explore nearby worlds.

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Into the anthropocosmos with Ariel Ekblaw
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's depiction of TESSERAE self-assembling structures in orbit around Mars., Credit: Artist Rendering of TESSERAE (TU Dortmund)
“Into the Anthropocosmos” is MIT Space Exploration Initiative director Ariel Ekblaw’s collection of innovations that will improve life in space and...

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  • Added: Nov 24, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
669-Seeds(356)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Voyager Leaving Solar System, Credit: NASA
What plant seeds will be left for interstellar travelers to take with them?

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 12
The DART asteroid impact mission begins, with Nancy Chabot
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Illustration of DART, from behind the NEXT–C ion engine, Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL
The DART mission begins its journey that will end when it smashes into an asteroid, demonstrating how we might save Earth from a devastating impact.

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  • Added: Nov 16, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
668-Dry Sands(420)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Mars, Credit: NASA
Intriguing features which change with the Martian seasons mimic flows of liquid water on the Earth's surface.

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  • Added: Nov 14, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Spacecraft communications and navigation with Badri Younes
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex (CDSCC) is one of three Deep Space Network (DSN) facilities. Each of the facilities is located approximately 120 degrees of longitude apart so that at least one station is able to downlink and uplink signals , Credit: NASA
Spacecraft need a navigation and communication infrastructure to carry out their missions. Learn how NASA does it and what’s in store for the future.

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11

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