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763-Hogan’s Big Rock
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Nucleus Comet Wild-2, Credit: NASA
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Josh Hogan was asteroid hunting in the constellation Sextans with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona whe...

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


  • Added: Sep 10, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
762-Kacper’s PHA
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid IDA, Credit: NASA
An object like 2023 MN5 impacts Earth once every 90,000 years or so creating a crater 5 miles in diameter an 1800 feet deep in sedimentary rock. 5...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KKRN, WTIP and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
752 Lunker
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet Johnson, Credit: Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/W. Reach (SSC/Caltech)
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Jacqueline Fazekas was asteroid hunting , in the evening twilight, with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizo...

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


  • Added: Jun 25, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
738-Tiny Visitor(526)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid Near Earth, Credit: ESA
A tiny space rock passes through the cloud of communications satellites surrounding the Earth.

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


  • Added: Mar 19, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
708-Guard Down(494)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Earth, Credit: NASA
In 2018, July and August were cloudy and rainy in both Arizona and Hawaii sidelining the worlds two most productive asteroid hunting surveys. A cos...

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


  • Added: Aug 21, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
707-Ringed Dynamo(493)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Saturn, Credit: NASA
Even though humans have been aware of the planet Saturn from from the dawn of history this beautiful object still offers mysteries for us to explore.

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KICI Iowa City, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 14, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
704-Mini-Moons(490)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Earth Captures Mini-Moon, Credit: K. Teramura UHIFA
There are likely to be hundreds smaller than softball sized and perhaps several dozen football to beachball sized, natural Earth mini moons, which ...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KGLP, RADIOLEX, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
699-Last One(485)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: The last of the day's sunlight pokes through a monsoon storm building up over the northwest area of the valley, generating lightning strikes but little precipitation, Saturday, July 8, 2017, Tucson, Ariz., Credit: Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
A huge Earth approaching asteroid is discovered right before the 2018 monsoon rains settled into the American Southwest. This weather imposed break...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KICI Iowa City, KRWG and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
685-Exiled Asteroid(463)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artist’s concept illustrating a catastrophic collision between two rocky exoplanets in the planetary system BD +20 307, turning both into dusty debris. Ten years ago, scientists speculated that the warm dust in this system was a result of a planet-to-plan, Credit: NASA/SOFIA/Lynette Cook
An asteroid is exiled to the outer regions of the solar system during Jupiter's rampaging tack away from the Sun long ago. During that process enou...

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
684-Our View(462)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Night Sky, Credit: NPS
Modern technology provides us with stunning views of objects in the Universe in wavelengths invisible to our eyes, however, nothing is as moving an...

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


  • Added: Mar 06, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
669-Seeds(356)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Voyager Leaving Solar System, Credit: NASA
What plant seeds will be left for interstellar travelers to take with them?

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KICI Iowa City, KGLP and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 12
663-Alien Rock?(409)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid Illustration, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
A rock from another solar system is likely to have streaked by Earth before heading back into interstellar space.

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KICI Iowa City, KGLP and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
660-Double Comet (403)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet Neat observed At Kitt Peak, Credit: NASA
What at first appeared to be an asteroid turned out to be a double comet.

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
659-Martian Debris(382)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Mars, Credit: NASA
Martian Trojan asteroids have stable orbits around the Sun, leading and trailing the red planet by 60 degrees, where the Sun's and Mars's gravity a...

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Post-Pandemic College Experience
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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Coronavirus concerns forced many universities to close their campuses this fall. The mix of fewer students on campus, canceled athletics, and onlin...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2021
  • Length: 04:12
Techno-Racism & COVID at Home and Abroad
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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During the pandemic, disinformation campaigns have been targeting people of color with lies like African Americans can’t get COVID or denying the p...

  • Added: May 20, 2021
  • Length: 04:24
Flipping the Gaze, "Refresh" in VR Embodies the Disembodied
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Lela Pierce stands before a projection by Snow Yunxue Fu, Credit: Courtesy of the Gordon Parks Gallery in St. Paul
How do we experience a gallery in digital space? That question gets explored by new media artist Snow Yunxue Fu and dance artist Lela Pierce in "Re...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
Railroads & Fire
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Since the first rail line was completed in Minnesota in 1862, the railroad has had a storied existence in the state. Fire is part of that story. KF...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2021
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1
633-Dress Rehearsal
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Bright Fireball Meteor, Credit: NASA
The situation that asteroid hunters both train for and dread is the discovery of a large space rock on a collision course with planet Earth. Recent...

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


  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
598-Illusive Asteroids
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Hannes Groeller was observing in the constellation of Boötes with our 60 telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona when he d...

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


  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
After a flood, solving the mystery of water
From: Jenny Chen
Caption: 2013 flood in Estes Park, Credit: Town of Estes Park
Recent floods in Texas and Oklahoma cost the country over $3 billion in economic losses. In some areas of the country, floods are growing in intens...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1
Bay Area hackathon brings tech to youth of color
From: KALW
Caption: Giovanni Vieira (left), talks with his team about the Cop Stop app., Credit: Johnathan Henninger
When President Obama launched the My Brother’s Keeper initiative in 2014, he said he hoped it would help boys and young men of color find success. ...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 06:59
Robots for humanity: how technology is changing the life of one Bay Area man
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Jane and Henry Evans at their house, Credit: Angela Johnston
Then, Henry suffered from what is called a brain stem dissection. That stroke left him trapped, unable to lift a finger at first, or say a word. Bu...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 09:33
  • Purchases: 2
Robotic seals comfort dementia patients but raise ethical concerns
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Paro the seal, charging by its electronic pacifier , Credit: Angela Johnston
At the Livermore Veteran’s Hospital, there are a few animals residents can see: wild turkeys that run around the grounds, rattlesnakes that hide ou...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 08:27
  • Purchases: 2
The Altamont Pass -- good for renewable energy, bad for birds
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Wildlife biologist Doug Bell birdwatching at the Altamont Pass, Credit: Judy Silber
California entrepreneurs saw potential in the gusty winds that blew out at the Altamont Pass, between the Central Valley and Bay Area. By the mid-’...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 07:09