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 6,100 PRX free purchases as well as more than 811,000 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.


794 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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We humans are writing a record of our activities into the rock layers currently being produced on planet Earth.

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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My team the Catalina Sky Survey discovered a very diverse group of 566 Earth approaching objects.

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
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A mysterious piece of space hardware comes back to Earth.

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  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
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A potentially hazardous asteroid may be a source of raw materials for future space settlers.

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  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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My Catalina Sky Survey team mate Greg Leonard finds an interesting potentially hazardous asteroid.

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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The Cosmic Campground is one of the last places where one can experience the natural night sky in the lower 48.

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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The search for the theoretical "Planet 9" has begun.

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  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Humans are searching the Universe to discover life outside of our Planet.

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  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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Two small asteroids make close approaches to planet Earth.

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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An Earth approaching object once again comes within range of our telescopes.

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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Three potentially hazardous asteroids are discovered in rapid succession.

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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A potentially hazardous asteroid emerges from the glare surrounding our Sun.

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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An SUV sized asteroid is a frequent visitor to our neighborhood.

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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The salty oceans of Europa may be very similar to the seas of planet Earth.

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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A fragment from a collision long ago comes near the Earth.

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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Pound for Pound Enceladus is the brightest object in our solar system. Could it be the home of alien life forms?

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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The asteroid named for Mildred Shapley Matthews was lost in the solar system for 75 years.

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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The Catalina Sky Survey now operates three telescopes, 24 nights per month, in the Catalina mountains north of Tucson, Arizona.

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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We may be able to learn about the possibilities of life on Mars by studying land forms on the Tibetan Plateau here on Earth.

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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What motivates asteroid hunters?

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7