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671-Long Winter Nights(424)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Mt. Lemmon, AZ snow storm, Credit: A.D. Grauer
Long Winter nights with good seeing, from start to finish, are those on which the asteroid hunter makes new discoveries while being treated to view...

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Discovering life elsewhere: How can we be sure?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of the surface of exoplanet Trappist-1f, a world that may be capable of supporting life., Credit: NASA
NASA’s Jim Green and Mary Voytek want the science community to develop tools that will help us evaluate potential evidence of life beyond Earth.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC, WFHB, KIYU-FM, WJCU and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
This Week in Water for November 28, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Will We Lose Our History to Climate Change? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KGNU Community Radio, KKFI, KRZA, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 28, 2021
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 5
670-Laser Surfing(364)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Laser Sail, Credit: Project Breakthrough
Laser propelled ultra light space probes could be sent to explore nearby worlds.

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KICI Iowa City, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Nov 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Into the anthropocosmos with Ariel Ekblaw
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's depiction of TESSERAE self-assembling structures in orbit around Mars., Credit: Artist Rendering of TESSERAE (TU Dortmund)
“Into the Anthropocosmos” is MIT Space Exploration Initiative director Ariel Ekblaw’s collection of innovations that will improve life in space and...

Bought by WFHB, KIYU-FM, KCNP, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
This Week in Water for November 21, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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How Cryptocurrencies Harm the Planet. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KRZA and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2021
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 2
669-Seeds(356)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Voyager Leaving Solar System, Credit: NASA
What plant seeds will be left for interstellar travelers to take with them?

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KICI Iowa City, KGLP and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 12
The DART asteroid impact mission begins, with Nancy Chabot
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Illustration of DART, from behind the NEXT–C ion engine, Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL
The DART mission begins its journey that will end when it smashes into an asteroid, demonstrating how we might save Earth from a devastating impact.

Bought by WFHB, KIYU-FM, WYAP, KWMR, WJCU and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
This Week in Water for November 14, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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How Eating Hamburgers Harms Coral Reefs. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, KMXT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2021
  • Length: 05:31
  • Purchases: 6
668-Dry Sands(420)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Mars, Credit: NASA
Intriguing features which change with the Martian seasons mimic flows of liquid water on the Earth's surface.

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KICI Iowa City, KGLP and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Spacecraft communications and navigation with Badri Younes
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex (CDSCC) is one of three Deep Space Network (DSN) facilities. Each of the facilities is located approximately 120 degrees of longitude apart so that at least one station is able to downlink and uplink signals , Credit: NASA
Spacecraft need a navigation and communication infrastructure to carry out their missions. Learn how NASA does it and what’s in store for the future.

Bought by KIYU-FM, WFHB, KCNP, KWMR, WJCU and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
This Week in Water for November 7, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Countries Made Bold Promises at COP26, But Will They Cop Out? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KMXT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 07, 2021
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 5
This Week in Water for October 31, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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A Whale of a Way to Capture Carbon. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KGNU Community Radio, KRZA, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 31, 2021
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 4
666-Red Dwarf Planets(417)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Gliese 887C, Credit: Mark Garlick/ University of Göttingen
Earth like planets are being discovered circling the most common type of star in our neighborhood of the Milky Way galaxy.

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KICI Iowa City, KGLP and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Sally Ride: Our 2005 Conversation
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Sally Ride in orbit aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Credit: NASA
A first-ever encore of our wonderful conversation with the first American woman in space.

Bought by WFHB, KIYU-FM, KWMR, WJCU, KRZA and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
This Week in Water for October 24, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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One Climate Fix: Getting Rid of Heat by Dancing to the Beat. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 24, 2021
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 4
665-Odd Ball(416)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid Shattering, Credit: NASA
A small asteroid soars into the lonely space high above and below the plane of our solar system.

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KICI Iowa City, KGLP and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Amazing Technology at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Here’s our sampling of the leading edge research presented by NIAC Fellows at NASA’s 2021 virtual gathering.

Bought by KIYU-FM, WFHB, WJCU, KWMR, KRZA and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
This Week in Water for October 17, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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How Wildfires Can Affect Caves. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 17, 2021
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
664-Extraterrestrial Whales(410)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Europa, Credit: NASA
Perhaps the reason that we have not detected alien civilizations on distant worlds is because they exist in oceans covered by miles of radiation ab...

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Leaders of the Lucy asteroid mission
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Lucy spacecraft observes one of the Trojan asteroids in Jupiter's orbit in this artist concept., Credit: Southwest Research Institute
Principal investigator Hal Levison and colleagues prepare us for the launch of NASA’s Lucy spacecraft in an exclusive interview.

Bought by KIYU-FM, WJCU, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KRZA and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
This Week in Water for October 10, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Last Summer’s Monsoons Awakened Prehistoric Creatures. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 10, 2021
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 3
663-Alien Rock?(409)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid Illustration, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
A rock from another solar system is likely to have streaked by Earth before heading back into interstellar space.

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KICI Iowa City, KGLP and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Why didn’t Dawn land on dwarf planet Ceres?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Dwarf planet Ceres is shown in these false-color renderings, which highlight differences in surface materials., Credit: NASA/JPL-CalTech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
The ion engine-powered Dawn spacecraft will orbit Ceres for many years. Could it have touched down on the surface of the dwarf planet?

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WFHB, KIYU-FM, WJCU, KWMR and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
This Week in Water for October 3, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Climate Change Is Making the Earth Less Bright. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KGNU Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 03, 2021
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 3