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301-Visitors From Afar
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A pair of comets visiting our neighborhood are discovered in a matter of 4 days.

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


  • Added: Nov 03, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
299-Sporadic Geysers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted geysers erupting from Jupiter's Moon Europa.

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


  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
298-Rosetta
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Rosetta spacecraft visited a comet and obtained interesting unique data and images.

Bought by WTIP, Radio Newark, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
297-White Sky
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Millions of children will never see the Milky Way or a meteor streaking across the night sky.

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
295-Close Passes
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Small close approaching space rocks are part of our environment.

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


  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
293-From Luna
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A rock blasted from the Moon by the impact of an asteroid or comet may be on its way to Earth.

Bought by WTIP, Radio Newark, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
292-Disintegrating Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a disintegrating comet 67 million miles from us.

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


  • Added: Sep 29, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
290-Screaming Aten
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An interesting object is spotted streaking across the night sky at the rate of 17 full moon diameters per day.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
281-Starlight Walking
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Experience the age old sense of wonder which happens when a human looks into deep space and thinks about what might be out there.

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


  • Added: Aug 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
280-Ice Volcanoes
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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On a dwarf planet, ice volcanos appear to have shaped the surface of Ceres.

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
275-No Place Like Home
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Astronomers are finding thousands of planets orbiting distant stars. Your home the Earth is still the only one where you could live without a space...

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
266-Colliding Planets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Collisions between planets, planetesimals, asteroids, and comets have produced the place where we live and breathe.

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


  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
264-Tough Guy
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A tough rocky asteroid makes close approaches to the Sun.

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


  • Added: Jun 23, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Facing Climate Change: Building Resilience at the Local Level
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
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An exploration of the work being done in Washington State's Skagit Valley to better understand and prepare for the effects of a changing climate.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 54:17
Food Sleuth Radio, Tao Orion Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that “invasive” species have historically served as a driving process of evolution? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietiti...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 02, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
258-Odds of Aliens
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Chances are that we are not alone in the Universe.

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
256-Pale Blue Dot
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The light reflected by a distant planet can tell us if we could live there.

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  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Thirsty Planet
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: Residents of India, Israel confront water issues such as flooding, drought, pollution, and lack of access by the poor.
Scientists say most people on Earth will first experience climate change in terms of water — either too much or too little. This documentary explor...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, Interlochen Public Radio, WVPE, WRIR and more


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 15
252-The King
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Jupiter, the king of our solar system, has provided us with a place to stand and air to breathe.

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


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
251-Fresh Lunar Craters
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Fresh lunar craters tell us about objects which enter the Earth-Moon system.

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  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
250-Born Wild
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Our home planet was formed after a period of chaos in the solar system.

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


  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
249-Tough Tourist
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A block and a half sized asteroid makes visits to Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter.

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  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
246-Anatomy of an Extinction Crater
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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By drilling into a crater rim, researchers hope to discover how the Earth and it's life forms recovered from an asteroid impact.

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


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Right Relationship with Mother Earth - Dr. Jim Collins and Peggy Rebol on Unspun
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Jim Collins
Unspun honors local environmental advocates, Peggy Rebol and Dr. Jim Collins, as we look at our relationships with Mother Earth and current environ...

Bought by 'The Sea' and KMUD


  • Added: Apr 17, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
244-Earth's Wobble
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A careful study of the Earth's motion in space is a key to understanding past climate change and enables us to predict future patterns of flooding ...

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


  • Added: Apr 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7