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549-Weirdest Star
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Recently the Kepler Spacecraft found that a catalogue star HD 139139 now nicknamed the "Random Transiter" had 28 apparently random sharp narrow di...

Bought by KCHW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, WTIP and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
548-Dragonfly
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In our solar system the most exotic body which contains the complex organic molecules necessary for life is Saturn's Moon Titan. NASA's Dragonfly...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
542-Toughest Asteroid
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An asteroid has been discovered that comes very near to the Sun where it receives 12.6 times the radiation that heats the planet Mercury's surface...

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  • Added: May 31, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
531-Alex's Catch
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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On a cold windy night, with clouds frustrating his search, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Alex Gibbs discovered 8 new celestial visitors while obs...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, KUPR low power FM, WTIP and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
530-Cuban Meteorites
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A large fireball meteor which exploded over Cuba produced a number of interesting results.

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
529-Africano 4
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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My Catalina Sky Survey Teammate Brian Africano discovered his 4th comet while asteroid hunting in the constellation of Ursa Major with our Schmidt ...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, WTIP, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Mar 02, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
528-Asteroid Billiards
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test or DART for short will test methods to make a dangerous asteroid miss Earth.

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
525-Collision
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The object which the 2.3 mile diameter Gault hit is likely to have been a third of a mile diameter space rock. This celestial crash left Gault with...

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
521-Lunar Space Rock
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Recently, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Hannes Growler discovered an Earth approaching asteroid which has a speed consistent with it being eject...

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
520-Comet Lemmon
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An interstellar traveler visits our neighborhood on its tour of the Milky Way.

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
519-Greg's Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The discovery of a Jupiter family comet whose fate is to become a garden variety main belt asteroid.

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
505-What A Night
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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To give you an idea of the celestial traffic in our neighborhood, on a recent clear night, using our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona, my C...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, WLPR , KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
The poison PFAS which is in most of us and wildlife!
From: Debra Grobman
Series: Green Under Pressure
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The stuff in Scotchguard and Teflon coatings is poisoning water supplies and never goes away It's even been found in animals on the North Pole! Wit...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2018
  • Length: 05:27
478-Comet Leonard III
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Greg Leonard knew he had bagged his third comet when he spotted an unknown fuzzy object with a broad tail moving th...

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  • Added: Jul 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
477-Hannes's Discoveries
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Recently, my newest Catalina Sky Survey Teammate, Hannes Groeller, had an excellent training night, working with Greg Leonard, on our 60 inch teles...

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
474-Earth-Venus Shuttle
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A 100 foot diameter asteroid is spotted on one of it's regular trips between the orbits of Venus and Earth. It's ultimate fate is to collide with o...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, Bandon Community Radio, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
466-Dangerous Impactors
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroid hunters have discovered more than 90% of the Earth approaching asteroids whose impact could cause global climate change. It was thus unus...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KUPR low power FM, KKRN, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
461-Brian's First
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Brian Africano's first Potentially Hazardous Asteroid discovery can come near to the Earth and Mars.

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM, KSFR and more


  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Divest: Pulling the Plug on Fossil Fuels
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Student divestment campaigners at CU Boulder, Credit: Hannah Leigh Myers
Fossil fuels are a trillion dollar industry but environmentalists say they have a plan to pull the plug on the industry: divestment. The campaign t...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Get Behind Me, Now Stay There - Episode 31
From: Get Behind Me , Now Stay There
Series: Get Behind Me, Now Stay There
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know! Featuring Artist Amara and Comedy Duo Beilis and French.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2013
  • Length: 57:59