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764 Green Airglow
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Green Airglow Over Colorado, Credit: Aaron Watson
The natural night sky is alive with its own lights. In addition to celestial sources often there is natural night sky airglow powered by space wea...

Bought by Raven Radio, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WTIP, KGLP and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
546-Snoopy
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
49 years after the Lunar Landing Module "Snoopy" was abandoned by Apollo 10 Astronauts, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Carson Fuls may have spott...

Bought by KCHW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
537-Earth Glow
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
In 1972 Apollo 16 astronauts took an ultraviolet image of the Earth from the Moon which shows that like the Sun ,the Earth too, has a faint corona...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, KRWG, WTIP and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
481-Fireball
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
On July 8, 2018 a beautiful fireball Meteor was seen streaking across the sky in evening twilight. So far the American Meteor Society has receive...

Bought by KENW, WLPR , WTIP, KUPR low power FM, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
399-Moons of Florence
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
The largest asteroid to come near the Earth in 100 years has two moons.

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


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
390-One in 100,000
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Additional observations over the years have eliminated the possibility that Apophis will strike the Earth as it streaks by closer than the communic...

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KSFR, KRWG, WLPR and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
386-Interplanetary Sand Traps
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Topographic features on rubble pile asteroids are produced in a novel way.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WLPR , KKRN, KRWG and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
352-Worth Tracking
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A 400 foot diameter space rock's path could bring it to within an Earth diameter of the surface of our planet.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KTRT RADIO INC, KKRN, KRWG and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
343-Mars Window
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
The path to Mars will be very busy in 2020.

Bought by KENW, KKRN, WLPR , WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
340-Carson's Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
In the distant future, Carson's first comet discovery is likely to impact a planet or be ejected from the solar system.

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KRWG, KKRN, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
332-Greg's Destination
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Asteroid hunters are discovering asteroids which can be visited by human astronauts.

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


  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
326-Asteroids 2016
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
2016 was another record year for asteroid hunters during which we discovered 1,894 new Earth approaching objects.

Bought by Radio Newark, KMXT, KUPR low power FM, KKRN, KENW and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
322-Dust Stories
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Tiny messengers from outer space enter our atmosphere every day.

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


  • Added: Jan 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
302-Sensing A Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Combining Art and Science gives us a new way to appreciate the wonders of the Universe.

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: 9
292-Disintegrating Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
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
286-Neighboring World
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Astronomers have discovered an Earth sized planet orbiting the closest star to our Sun.

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


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11