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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A pair of possibly related comets pass unusually close to Earth.

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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A gentle method of causing an asteroid to miss planet Earth.

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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The third closest comet approach to planet Earth in recorded history.

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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A careful study of the Earth's motion in space is a key to understanding past climate change and enables us to predict future patterns of flooding ...

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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You are less likely to be injured by a space rock than you might think.

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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By drilling into a crater rim, researchers hope to discover how the Earth and it's life forms recovered from an asteroid impact.

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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My Catalina Sky Survey teammates have discovered an asteroid which could be a potential mining target.

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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A close approaching asteroid was observed as it passed between the Earth and our Moon.

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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A block and a half sized asteroid makes visits to Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter.

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  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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Our home planet was formed after a period of chaos in the solar system.

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  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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Fresh lunar craters tell us about objects which enter the Earth-Moon system.

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  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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Jupiter, the king of our solar system, has provided us with a place to stand and air to breathe.

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  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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The world's spacefaring community is preparing to build a village on our moon.

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  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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Viewing the wonders of the night sky is bound to be good for your soul.

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  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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A small asteroid makes frequent visits to near Earth and Venus.

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  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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The light reflected by a distant planet can tell us if we could live there.

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  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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A rare nearly tailless comet has been discovered. It could be made of the primitive materials which came together to form our Earth.

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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Chances are that we are not alone in the Universe.

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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The discovery of an object which travels out to well beyond Pluto.

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  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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An engineless glider will take two humans and scientific gear to the edge of space.

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  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7