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214-Jupiter's Comets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The giant planet Jupiter has its own family of comets orbiting our Sun.

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


  • Added: Dec 31, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
213-Great Night
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A dozen Earth approaching asteroid candidates are discovered in a single night.

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


  • Added: Dec 31, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
212-Dead Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A potentially hazardous dead comet makes a close approach to Earth.

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


  • Added: Dec 24, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
210-Life's Core
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
All life has a common core which can guide our search for life outside of our planet.

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


  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
209-Stretch Marked Moon
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Mars is in the process of turning a moon into a ring.

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


  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
208-Hot Lunation
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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My team the Catalina Sky Survey discovers 89 new Earth approaching objects in 24 nights.

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


  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
207-Carbon Comets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Comets may have brought the life enabling element Carbon to our planet.

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


  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
206-Stealthy Asteroids
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
The NASA NEOWISE satellite has discovered a family of dark, stealthy asteroids some of which make close approaches to planet Earth.

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


  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
205-Toy Asteroid
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
An asteroid small enough to fit under a basketball hoop makes frequent approaches to Earth, our Moon, and Mars.

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


  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
204-Birthday Asteroid
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
An asteroid hunter wishes for a birthday comet but instead the Universe gave her an asteroid.

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


  • Added: Nov 29, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
203-Big Rock
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A rare very large Earth approaching object is discovered in an unusual place in the sky.

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


  • Added: Nov 29, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
202-Martian Purity
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Humans must be very careful not to introduce any of Earth's organisms into the Martian environment.

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


  • Added: Nov 22, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
201-Frequent Visitor
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A small asteroid about the size of a U-Haul moving truck makes frequent visits to our part of the solar system.

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


  • Added: Nov 22, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
199-Space Boomerang
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A space boomerang meets its fate in a collision with the Earth about 60 miles off of the coast of Sri Lanka producing a bright, but harmless light ...

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


  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
197-Rik's 2 Homers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Rik Hill discovers two potentially hazardous asteroids on successive nights.

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
Piece image
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
194-Star Wanderer
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
188-Deep Listen
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Will 100 million dollars in grant funds be enough for humans to discover a tiny needle in the cosmic haystack?

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


  • Added: Oct 01, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
187-Ganymede's Layers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Beneath it's frozen surface, Jupiter's largest moon may have conditions where life could exist.

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


  • Added: Oct 01, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
186-Breaks Happen
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A break in the monsoon weather pattern enabled the discovery of new Earth approaching objects.

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


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5