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533-100 Moons
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small telescope makes a substantial contribution to our knowledge of the celestial visitors to our neighborhood.

Bought by Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, WLPR , KKRN and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
381-Peaceful Star
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A new appreciation for our Sun is growing as we learn more about other suns and their families of planets.

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


  • Added: Aug 10, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
359-Ice World
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An Earth sized icy world has been discovered orbiting a small dim star.

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


  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Ohio trains farmers to help Lake Erie -- but is it working?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Adam Kirian feeds livestock at his farm in Hancock County, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Algae blooms in western Lake Erie can contaminate drinking water in nearby cities. That happened as recently as 2014, when Toledo residents could n...

Bought by Michigan Radio, WXXI Rochester, WRVO Public Media, WCPN, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 7
316-Weird Centaur
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Centaurs are named after the mythical beasts which were half human and half horse perhaps because they have characteristics of both asteroids and c...

Bought by Radio Newark, KMXT, KENW, KRWG, WLPR and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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
289-Strange Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A new comet is likely to have the characteristics of a really weird traveler in the night.

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


  • Added: Sep 22, 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.

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


  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
279-Hottest
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Our world is undergoing an alarming warming.

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


  • Added: Aug 18, 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
262-Shooting Star's Daddy
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The source of the Geminid Meteor shower each December is a strange little asteroid.

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


  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
259-Trans-Neptunian
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The discovery of an object which travels out to well beyond Pluto.

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


  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1