Episodes

  • An Exoplanet 48 Light Years Away Is Checking Boxes

    An Exoplanet 48 Light Years Away Is Checking Boxes
    Jul 11 2024
    An exoplanet discovered 48 light years away is in the habitable zone and likely has liquid water on it. Comet Tsuchinshan may be about to fall apart. ESA has a new Ariane 6 rocket. Plus NASA's Hubble has traced dark matter in a dwarf galaxy using stellar motions.

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    45 mins
  • Space Bloopers and LEGO Moon Bricks

    Space Bloopers and LEGO Moon Bricks
    Jul 3 2024
    We hope you had a great Asteroid Day! Chinese space company Space Pioneer accidentally launched a rocket during a static-fire test. SpaceX accidentally dropped some debris on a camp site in North Carolina. Boeing's Starliner continues to run tests on equipment to better understand its helium leaks before returning home. And the ESA has teamed up with LEGO to 3D print LEGO bricks made from space dust and could be a step towards building structures on the Moon and Mars.

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    47 mins
  • Starliner Astronauts Are (Not) Stranded!

    Starliner Astronauts Are (Not) Stranded!
    Jun 27 2024
    No, the Starliner astronauts are not stranded at the ISS, in spite of what you may have heard. China has returned samples from the far side of the moon. A new star may be in the sky by the time you hear this show. The Vulcan will not be waiting around for the Dream Chaser. And astronomers have observed a black hole waking up.

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    33 mins
  • NASA Is Watching Two Asteroids

    NASA Is Watching Two Asteroids
    Jun 20 2024
    NASA has an eye on several asteroids but there are two of them they are watching a little more closely than the rest. A new star could be coming to our sky soon. Astronomers have discovered the slowest spinning neutron star ever. Plus a Russian cosmonaut has broken the 1000 day mark in space.

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    37 mins
  • Starliner Mission Should Be Completed In Spite of Five Helium Leaks

    Starliner Mission Should Be Completed In Spite of Five Helium Leaks
    Jun 13 2024
    Starliner now has five helium leaks but there's plenty of helium for the mission to be completed in spite of the leaks. SpaceX has a very good week after Starship completes its test successfully. A NASA legend has died at the age of 90 doing something he loved. And frost was discovered in Olympus Mons on Mars.

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    35 mins
  • Starliner Is On Its Way to the ISS!

    Starliner Is On Its Way to the ISS!
    Jun 6 2024
    Bloeing has finally gotten its big win with a successful launch of Starliner that is on its way to the ISS. SpaceX congratulated Boeing while planning a Thursday launch of their own massive rocket. China is grabbing samples from the far side of the Moon. Hubble is having some gyroscope trouble. And the planetary alignment story isn't exactly what social media says it is.

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    48 mins
  • I have Been and Always Shall Be... Not a Real Planet?

    I have Been and Always Shall Be... Not a Real Planet?
    May 30 2024
    This week's show sounds a little familiar... Starliner planning to launch, SpaceX is crushing it with launches and AR3664 is back! Also, Venus likely has volcanoes and the planet Vulcan wasn't really there at all.

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    38 mins
  • It Took 60 Years But He Finally Went to Space

    It Took 60 Years But He Finally Went to Space
    May 23 2024
    Starliner delays launch again but hopes for a June 2 launch now. SpaceX is continues to launch successfully with the latest launch for the NRO. Ed Dwight wasn't given a chance to go to space 60 years ago but has now taken a trip aboard a Blue Origin rocket and become t he oldest person to ever go to space. NASA's oldest active astronaut will go back to the ISS for a 6 month mission at 69 years old. Juno has given us some new looks at Europa and Euclid has given us five brand new looks of the universe.

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    37 mins