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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
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
Whales
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This time on The Children's Hour, we learn about the largest animal on earth, that still can be found swimming in our oceans today: whales.

Bought by KCHU, KTNA, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), Allegheny Mountain Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
20230731: Whales, 7/31/2023
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children's Hour, we learn about the largest animal on earth, that still can be found swimming in our oceans today: whales.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
Penguins
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This show is super cool! We learn about penguins from Dr. Charles Bergman, who has visited all 18 species of penguins in the wild. Mixed with great...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, KTNA, KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Making Waves
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess is joined by Amani Webber-Schultz and Jaida Elcock, shark scientists and co-founders of the nonprofit organization Minorities In Shark Sciences.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Emotion Roadmap 2 8 23 Managing Trauma and Overcoming Fear of Rejection
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
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Trauma happens and life changes. Learn how elements of the Emotion Roadmap can help You cope. (11 minutes) Rejection holds many people back from a...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
  • Length: 18:32
Recycle
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

  • Added: Jan 31, 2023
  • Length: 08:23