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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-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
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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
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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 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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
- Added: Aug 12, 2023
- Length: 08:20
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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
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“I plan to row till my last breath” is a strong endorsement for any sport. Yet we heard this sentiment numerous times at the 2022 Head of the Charl...
- Added: Nov 16, 2022
- Length: 27:42
Howie has been an avid cyclist most of his adult life, with mileage equivalent to a few laps around the planet. But more remarkable is that he has ...
- Added: Oct 18, 2022
- Length: 18:08
Josie's decades-long struggle with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is helped by the ongoing support of her husband, Joe, and their much-loved custom tandem...
- Added: Oct 06, 2022
- Length: 17:24
How do we know when to push through pain to pursue the activities we love? And when should we suspect that injuries are part of a disease process? ...
- Added: Aug 24, 2022
- Length: 19:56
This 2nd MBO episode features Diane, an amateur triathlete who’s also a Type 1 diabetic. Diane's completed three full Ironman triathlons, numerous ...
- Added: Aug 10, 2022
- Length: 18:04
Americans on the East Coast were in awe when Brood X, an enormous group of 17-year cicadas, suddenly emerged from underground to mate. Melissa Gerr...
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- Added: Jul 29, 2021
- Length: 28:59
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In an ambitious “extra-planetary” project, six Israelis entered a small container in the middle of the Negev Desert, and pretended they were on Mar...
- Added: Feb 17, 2021
- Length: 21:07
Forty years after Carl Sagan’s ‘Golden Records’ began their long voyage into the depths of outer space, Eyal Gever - an Israeli high-tech-wunderkin...
- Added: Oct 29, 2020
- Length: 31:11
The B-15 iceberg in Antarctica was the largest iceberg in recorded history. Explorer Jill Heinerth wanted to see what it looked like from the insid...
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- Added: Jun 26, 2020
- Length: 33:06
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In this episode we look at the idea of harm reduction and focus specifically on needle exchanges. Those are hundreds of places across the US that h...
- Added: Jan 20, 2020
- Length: 22:21
For Shannon McCarty, two things were crucial in her recovery: connections and timing. It started with timing – a key encounter just when she wanted...
- Added: Nov 13, 2019
- Length: 30:30
Addiction hits home for the top dog of a disaster-prone county. An old-school cop gets a wake-up call and learns “handcuffs and a trip to jail” jus...
- Added: Nov 13, 2019
- Length: 26:39
Since 2016, the German scientists Sonja Schrepfer and her husband Tobias Deuse have led the Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology Lab at the Unive...
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- Added: Aug 21, 2019
- Length: 14:56
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