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797-Recoveries
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid 2014 JO25, Credit: NASA Goldstone RADAR
It is essential that asteroid hunters keep track of potentially dangerous asteroids to make sure that their orbits haven’t changed as they encounte...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KRWG, KGLP, KKRN and more


  • Added: May 05, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
789-Asteroid With A Tail
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet ISON, Credit: HST
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Josh Hogan was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Taurus with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona wh...

Bought by Raven Radio, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KGLP, KRWG and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
788-100 Years of Wilderness
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Milky Way Rising Cosmic Campground, Credit: David Thornburg
In 1924 the Aldo Leopold Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico became the first designated wilderness and is an island from which to view the natur...

Bought by Raven Radio, WTIP, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KGLP and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
785-Secret Asteroid Mission
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Psyche and Spacecraft, Credit: NASA
Unlike other space missions which are conducted out in the open the asteroid mining company AstroForge’s first mission to a potentially valuable ne...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP, KGLP, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
783--Kacper’s Centaur
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists conception of a Centaur, Credit: NASA/NEOWISE
Centaurs have long puzzled astronomers since they have traits in common with both asteroids and comets.

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
781-Comet C/2023 V5 (Leonard)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet Lemmon C/2023 H2, Credit: J.D. Maddy in the Hauchuca Astronomy Club
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Greg Leonard was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Aquarius with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizo...

Bought by RADIOLEX, WTIP, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Raven Radio, KGLP and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
780-Scary Space Rock
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Earth and an Asteroid, Credit: NASA
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate David Rankin was being filmed and interviewed by the NASA 360 crew at our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona ...

Bought by Raven Radio, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., RADIOLEX, KGLP, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
779-What If An Asteroid is About To Impact Earth?
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Concept of Asteroid Pulversation, Credit: Lubin 2021
A description of a research project whose goal to explore if it would be possible, on short notice, to pulverize a small asteroid so that it woul...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
778-Two Comets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Two Comets in Southern Skies , Credit: Jose J. Chambo (Cometografia)
Matching his wife’s discovery of two comets on the same observing run seven years previously my Catalina Sky Survey team caption Carson Fuls discov...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., WTIP, KKRN, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 24, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
775-3 Close Ones
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Earth,Moon, and Asteroid, Credit: NASA and Texas A&M
During a six hour period three small space rocks passed through the Earth-Moon system. At discovery 2023 TO4 was in Pegasus, 2023 TD7 was in Aries...

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  • Added: Dec 03, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
774-Loss and Gain
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Vera Rubin Main Telescope Under Construction, Credit: Eric Christensen
The Catalina Sky Survey searches the sky as rapidly as possible in search of Earth approaching objects that could pose a threat to our home planet....

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  • Added: Nov 26, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
769-Green Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: C/2023 P1 (Nishimura), Credit: Trevinca-Skies on Spain
Given the effects of climate change today who can predict what planet Earth will be like when C/2023 P1(Nishimura) comes back near our home planet...

Bought by Raven Radio, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KGLP, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
768- Capricornus Observatory, Csokako, Hungary
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Earth and Asteroid, Credit: Texas A&M
In 2023 T. Maroti of the Capricornus Observatory, Csokako, Hungary discovered two Earth approaching asteroids which were passing through the night...

Bought by Raven Radio, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP, KGLP and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
765 Bright Fireball
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Bright Fireball, Credit: Bill Stewart
Bright fireball meteors sometimes rain pieces of themselves onto the ground for meteorite hunters to discover.

Bought by Raven Radio, KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, KRWG and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Toilet Man
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak tours Kolkata's Durga Puja with the widows of Vrindavan. , Credit: Sandip Roy
India’s famous “toilet man,” Dr. Bindeswar Pathak, died last month at the age of 80. But he was far more than just an inventor and business man. Sa...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
761-Alessandra’s Duo
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Lunar Impact, Credit: NASA
In less than two hours my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Allesandra Serrano discovered two small fast moving space rocks. Both of them passed through...

Bought by WTIP, KICI Iowa City, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
760- Discover an Asteroid
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Dimorphos, Credit: NASA
Carson Fuls, one of my Catalina Sky Survey teammates, is leading the effort that will allow you to join our NASA funded adventure in asteroid hunt...

Bought by Raven Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Aug 20, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
759-Number 7
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Fireball, Credit: NASA
Hungarian astronomer and geography teacher Krisztián Sárneczky was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Lynx with 0.6m (24 inch) telescope at...

Bought by Raven Radio, KGLP, WTIP, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
758-Weird Supernova
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An extremely wide field of view camera, the Zwicky Transient Facility, operated by Caltech on Palomar Mountain in California is able to take images...

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
756-Nice PHA
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists conception asteroid Impact 65 million years ago, Credit: NASA (Don Davis)
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate David Rankin was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Cancer with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizon...

Bought by KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
754-Very Fast Moving Objects In The Night Sky
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception of Earth and a Small Asteroid, Credit: NASA
Very small fast moving asteroids pass through our solar system.About once a month an object like 2023 KU4 enters our atmosphere, releases the ener...

Bought by Raven Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, WTIP, KGLP and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
2023-07-07 Law and Oil: Taking Climate Offenders to Court
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The last several years have seen a big increase in the number of lawsuits focused on the climate crisis. Some lawsuits challenge governments for th...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio, KSQD Santa Cruz, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
230707: 2023-07-07 Law and Oil: Taking Climate Offenders to Court, 7/7/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The last several years have seen a big increase in the number of lawsuits focused on the climate crisis. Some lawsuits challenge governments for th...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
Millets!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The International Year of Millets shared the White House state dinner menu.
The White House state dinner for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi included for the first time millets as the main grain. And that caused quite a...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fading Beauties: Streetcars of Desire Pt. 2
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Kolkata’s streets continue to clog with cars. The fate of an already established, cleaner transit option, teeters in the balance.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 06:00