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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
The Robot (fiction)
From: LN Lurie
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A girl tries to finish her father's work. After 15 years, she has a breakthrough!

  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:49
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
200-Comet Showers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
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
195-Flat Earth Society Reincarnation
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
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
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
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

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