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TRAPPIST-1: A System Full of Hope

From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio

Aside from our own solar system, one of the most studied stellar systems lies about 40 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Aquar...

Bought by KICI Iowa City

Added: Aug 15, 2023
Length: 03:33
Purchases: 1

Evidence of an Exoplanet in Another Galaxy

From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio

Welcome to Exoplanet Radio, I’m Tony Darnell. Astronomers have found evidence of a possible planet outside of our Milky Way galaxy. If confirmed, t...

Added: Aug 15, 2023
Length: 04:03

The First Exoplanet of James Webb Space Telescope

From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio

The Webb Space Telescope observed this planet as it passed between the telescope and the host star, LHS 475. By watching the spectra of that star ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City

Added: Aug 15, 2023
Length: 03:32
Purchases: 1

The Exoplanet that Shouldn't Exist

From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio

Astronomers have found a planet around a red giant star that should have been destroyed, yet it still exists, leaving astronomers to wonder why the...

Bought by KICI Iowa City

Added: Aug 15, 2023
Length: 03:19
Purchases: 1

Proxima Centauri b: The Closest Exoplanet To Us

From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio

Did you know that the closest star to us has a planet around it that may be habitable? In 2016 astronomers discovered a planet around the red-dwarf...

Bought by KICI Iowa City

Added: Aug 14, 2023
Length: 02:38
Purchases: 1

JWST Measures Temperature of Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1b

From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio

Of all the exoplanets we’ve discovered so far, the most exciting when it comes to finding life elsewhere, reside in the system known as TRAPPIST-1.

Bought by KICI Iowa City

Added: Aug 14, 2023
Length: 03:16
Purchases: 1

Exoplanets Are Everywhere

From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio

Did you know that the discovery of other planets in orbit around other stars is a very recent one? Only 25 years ago, we had no idea there were an...

Bought by KICI Iowa City

Added: Aug 13, 2023
Length: 02:33
Purchases: 1

Rogue Planets: Not All Exoplanets Orbit Stars

From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio

One of the most exciting recent discoveries in astronomy has been the existence of planets around other stars.

Bought by KICI Iowa City

Added: Aug 13, 2023
Length: 02:35
Purchases: 1

What is an Exoplanet?

From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio

There are many types of planets around other stars

Bought by KICI Iowa City

Added: Aug 12, 2023
Length: 08:20
Purchases: 1

Welcome to Exoplanet Radio

From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio

Exoplanet Radio takes you on a journey to the farthest and coolest planets in the galaxy. Every day we will share with you some of the most amazing...

Bought by KICI Iowa City

Added: Aug 12, 2023
Length: 01:51
Purchases: 1

Science unscripted 08/08/2023

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

This week on the show: When (if ever) do you stop the exchange of basic research?

Bought by Central Florida Public Media, WXDU, and WFHB

Added: Aug 11, 2023
Length: 30:00
Purchases: 3

Constant Wonder - Dreams and the Deep Mysteries of the Unconscious Mind

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Sleep and dreaming. It's when the unconscious mind can process events, solve problems and organize memories. But a mere 20 years ago, little consen...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

Added: Aug 10, 2023
Length: 52:51
Purchases: 1

10-17: Vice to Virtue: From Carbon Crisis to Carbon Farming, 8/16/2023

From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature

How does a virtue become a vice? How does a basic building block of life turn into a threat to life? And how do you turn that vice back into a virt...

Added: Aug 08, 2023
Length: 28:30

What’s it like to own an electric car?

From: Possibly

We did it. My family finally bought an electric car. What’s it like? Should you get one too? Here to help me explain is my husband, Ryan T Conaty.

Bought by PRX Remix, Raven Radio, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City

Added: Aug 07, 2023
Length: 03:48
Purchases: 4

Why are we breaking records for the hottest day on record?

From: Possibly

When people talk about climate change, it’s often described as something that might happen in the future. But, we’ve been breaking records for the ...

Bought by Raven Radio, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City

Added: Aug 07, 2023
Length: 03:59
Purchases: 3

Subsurface granite on the Moon? The anatomy of a lunar hot spot

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Matt Siegler from the Planetary Science Institute shares his team's surprising findings about the granite formation that might lie beneath Compton-...

Bought by KIYU-FM, KVSC, RadioStPete Florida, WJCU, KWMR and more

Added: Aug 02, 2023
Length: 28:50
Purchases: 12

01-18: The Reluctant Psychonaut: How Psychedelics Changed Michael Pollan’s Mind, 8/9/2023

From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature

Caption: Michael Pollan, Credit: Nikki Richter

A quiet renaissance of serious medical research has once again arisen to study the therapeutic benefits of LSD and other psychedelics, including ov...

Added: Aug 01, 2023
Length: 28:30

Whales

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour

This time on The Children's Hour, we learn about the largest animal on earth, that still can be found swimming in our oceans today: whales.

Bought by KCHU, KTNA, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), Allegheny Mountain Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more

Added: Jul 31, 2023
Length: 58:00
Purchases: 11

Kristina Marusic, author of A New War on Cancer: The Unlikely Heroes Revolutionizing Prevention.

From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio

Did you know that only seven to nine percent of global cancer funding goes towards prevention? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer

Added: Jul 27, 2023
Length: 28:00
Purchases: 1

Constant Wonder - The Batman of Mexico (and the World!)

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Undoing Dracula's nasty reputation, impossible! Reversing the undeserved reputation of bats, now that's a different task all together. And the bat ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WYAP

Added: Jul 27, 2023
Length: 52:51
Purchases: 2

An essential ingredient for life in the oceans of Enceladus

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Chris Glein, a lead scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, joins Planetary Radio to talk about the discovery of phosphorus in the oceans of...

Bought by KIYU-FM, WJCU, WMUU-LP, RadioStPete Florida, KRZA and more

Added: Jul 26, 2023
Length: 28:50
Purchases: 13

Science unscripted 07/25/2023

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

This week on the show: Why are so many people scared of clowns?

Bought by Central Florida Public Media, WRFA-LP, and WFHB

Added: Jul 25, 2023
Length: 30:00
Purchases: 3

Constant Wonder - Discovering Both Reverence and Humor in Dying

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

The miracle of life filled Christopher Clark with a heightened sense of awe, even as he was slowly dying. We'll get to know the Chris Clark story i...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)