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200-Comet Showers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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It is possible that showers of comets changed the course of life on Earth.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
198-Asteroid Water Wagons
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroids have been hauling water to our Moon and depositing it in places which are very handy for future human colonists.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, WYAP and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
196-Dark, Bright, and Beautiful
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Time spent under the natural night sky is one of the great joys of being human.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
195-Flat Earth Society Reincarnation
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Flat Earth Society is being replaced by Climate Change Deniers.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
194-Star Wanderer
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Comets have blazed a path to the stars for humans to follow.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
193-Survivor
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid survives a close approach to planet Earth.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
192-WISE Alive
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The repurposed WISE spacecraft has discovered a stealthy asteroid.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
191-Two Odd Fellows
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Two quite different Earth approaching asteroids were discovered in a clear hole in the sky between storms.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
190-EX Most Dangerous
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Generally the more data one obtains on a Near Earth Object the less likely it is to strike Earth. This is a story of how this process works.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
189 That's 2
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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It is gratifying to see that an individual with modest equipment can make scientific discoveries.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
We are all made of star stuff...or are we?
From: Carrie Nugent
Series: Spacepod
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Dr Jeff Rich talks about where elements come from, and the famous phrase, "We are all made of star stuff"...which may not be entirely true.

  • Added: Oct 03, 2015
  • Length: 15:57
184-Most Dangerous
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroid hunters have discovered an object, which with limited data, appears likely to come close to the Earth in 2081.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, and KENW


  • Added: Sep 17, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
182-Earth Life On Mars
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Amazingly, a tough organism found in Antartica on planet Earth has adapted to Mars like conditions.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, and KENW


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
180-An Eternal One
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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View an object which is likely to last longer than the Earth and Sky.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, and KENW


  • Added: Sep 03, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
NASA's LADEE spacecraft explores our moon
From: Carrie Nugent
Series: Spacepod
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Dr. Sarah Noble talks about NASA's LADEE mission to the moon and an epiphany she had in graduate school.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 12:24
  • Purchases: 1
178-Monster Telescope
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A huge new telescope is under construction. It's data is likely to revolutionize our view of the Universe.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, and KENW


  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
177-Flying Peanut
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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NASA sent a RADAR beam across the country by reflecting it from a passing asteroid. Scientists used these data to make a movie of this celestial v...

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, and KENW


  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
175-One 4 Ukraine
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Although most Earth approaching objects are discovered by the large funded surveys, an alert observer with relatively inexpensive equipment can sti...

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, and KENW


  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
174-Fascinating Europa
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Conditions on one of Jupiter's moons, Europa, could be similar to those near hydrothermal vents on the Earth's ocean floor. Could there be living c...

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, and KENW


  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
173-An Earth Like Planet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The NASA Kepler spacecraft has found an Earth like planet which has spent 6 billion years in the habitable zone of its star. It is mind blowing to...

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, and KENW


  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
171-Planet's Airglow
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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By studying our sister planet Venus we better understand Mother Earth.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, and KENW


  • Added: Aug 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
SABRE The New Rocket Engine
From: terry mechan
Series: Interesting interview Clips
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Split into Two clips for your own programming SABRE is at heart a rocket engine designed to power aircraft directly into space (single-stage to or...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2015
  • Length: 08:56
168-Invisible Stuff
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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We know there is invisible stuff out there. Its nature remains a mystery.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, and KENW


  • Added: Jul 24, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
166-Asteroid Diamonds
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Diamonds are brought to Earth by asteroids. They are also created on our planet by impacting celestial objects.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, and KENW


  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
165-One Two Punch
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Two asteroid impacts provide clues about periods of chaos in the solar system.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, and KENW


  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5

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