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TRAPPIST-1d: A World on the Edge of Life
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Tucked inside a quiet solar system, in the area of sky outlined by the constellation Aquarius, orbits a planet named TRAPPIST-1d, the third of seve...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 04:07
Seeing Exoplanets Directly
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
One of the reasons we’ve created Exoplanet Radio is that Exoplanets are awesome. The idea that there are planets in orbit around stars outside our...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2023
  • Length: 03:48
JWST Observes a New Type of Brown Dwarf
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
This planet, VHS 1256 b, has recently been observed by the James Webb Space Telescope and it is a very interesting world. It is not like any of th...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2023
  • Length: 04:29
Life in the Dark: How Moons of Rogue Planets Could Harbor Life
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
In our galaxy, there are many planets that wander alone in the dark, without a star to orbit. These rogue planets could have formed from the same m...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2023
  • Length: 03:59
How Long Would it Take To Travel to Proxima Centauri b?
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
To get anywhere in the galaxy at anything resembling a reasonable time, we need to go fast - some fraction of light speed would be best. Proxima C...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 04:33
Giant Planet Orbiting a Small Star
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
A massive, Jupiter-sized exoplanet has been discovered orbiting a small, low-mass star and this discovery is challenging theories on how planets fo...

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  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
The First Exoplanets Ever Found
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Our galaxy likely holds hundreds of billions of planets around other stars but when and how did we begin finding them? What was the first exoplane...

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  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 1
How Do We Find Exoplanets?
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
We are a species of wonder. We have always looked up at the stars and wondered if we are alone in the universe. Are there other worlds out there, w...

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  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 1
WASP-39b: A Hot and Amazing Jupiter-like Planet
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Uncover Secrets Beyond the Solar System , Credit: Deep Astronomy
WASP-39 b is a hot and puffy planet with a mass roughly one-quarter that of Jupiter and a diameter 1.3 times greater than Jupiter. Its extreme puff...

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  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
TRAPPIST-1: A System Full of Hope
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Aside from our own solar system, one of the most studied stellar systems lies about 40 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Aquar...

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
Evidence of an Exoplanet in Another Galaxy
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Welcome to Exoplanet Radio, I’m Tony Darnell. Astronomers have found evidence of a possible planet outside of our Milky Way galaxy. If confirmed, t...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 04:03
The First Exoplanet of James Webb Space Telescope
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
The Webb Space Telescope observed this planet as it passed between the telescope and the host star, LHS 475. By watching the spectra of that star ...

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Exoplanet that Shouldn't Exist
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Astronomers have found a planet around a red giant star that should have been destroyed, yet it still exists, leaving astronomers to wonder why the...

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 1
Proxima Centauri b: The Closest Exoplanet To Us
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Did you know that the closest star to us has a planet around it that may be habitable? In 2016 astronomers discovered a planet around the red-dwarf...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
JWST Measures Temperature of Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1b
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Of all the exoplanets we’ve discovered so far, the most exciting when it comes to finding life elsewhere, reside in the system known as TRAPPIST-1.

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
Exoplanets Are Everywhere
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Did you know that the discovery of other planets in orbit around other stars is a very recent one? Only 25 years ago, we had no idea there were an...

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  • Added: Aug 13, 2023
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
The Promise of Kepler-22b
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Today, we are going to explore a remarkable world that lies beyond our solar system: Kepler-22b. This planet is one of the first confirmed exoplane...

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  • Added: Aug 13, 2023
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Rogue Planets: Not All Exoplanets Orbit Stars
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
One of the most exciting recent discoveries in astronomy has been the existence of planets around other stars.

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  • Added: Aug 13, 2023
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
What is an Exoplanet?
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
There are many types of planets around other stars

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2023
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 1
Welcome to Exoplanet Radio
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Exoplanet Radio takes you on a journey to the farthest and coolest planets in the galaxy. Every day we will share with you some of the most amazing...

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2023
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 1
episode 6: glacier thread
From: Theresa Soley
Series: Ice and Fire
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In the last full episode of the season, we travel to the Greenland ice sheet and hear from a researcher who collects data at the face of tidewater ...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 23:22
episode 5: acoustic refuge
From: Theresa Soley
Series: Ice and Fire
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We hear what makes tidewater glacier habitat an acoustic refuge, and why glaciers are important to other species in the ecosystem.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 19:11
Sound Ecology: Apapane
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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The apapane is a forest bird native to the Hawaiian islands. It is a member of the honeycreeper family and an important pollinator.

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shame in Medicine: 10. Until We Meet Again
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Shame in Medicine: The Lost Forest
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Over the last nine episodes, we’ve listened to dozens upon dozens of clinicians tell their stories about shame. For this last episode of Shame in M...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2022
  • Length: 34:26
Shame in Medicine: 8. In Hiding
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Shame in Medicine: The Lost Forest
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At work, we often feel pressured to present a curated version of ourselves, which fits into a certain standard. But what are the side effects of hi...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 32:26