Synopsis
Space, Asteroid Hunting, and Astronomy, an insider view. The music is "Eternity" by John Lyell. Astronomy Asteroids Space NASA Comets Earth Impact
Episodes
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405-Kiwi Nights
24/11/2017 Duration: 02minMost of New Zealand's large rural areas and land reserves, covering an area as large as the UK, have unpolluted natural night skies offering spectacular views of the southern skies.
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404-Jess's Find
21/11/2017 Duration: 02minLarge undiscovered Earth approaching asteroids are still out there.
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403-Double Comet
17/11/2017 Duration: 02minA strange object consisting of two mile diameter asteroids surrounded by a gas cloud is orbiting our Sun.
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402-Above Scotland
14/11/2017 Duration: 02minThe CubeSat industry is making relatively low cost exploration of space possible and is creating heretofore undreamed of opportunities for the human exploration of space.
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401-Night Vision
10/11/2017 Duration: 02minExperience the wonders of the Universe first hand using your night vision.
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400-Roving Venus
07/11/2017 Duration: 02minTo Survive on Venus where the temperature is 864F and the surface air pressure is 90 times that of Earth, NASA and JPL engineers are exploring the concept of avoiding the use of modern temperature sensitive electronics by creating a fully mechanical rover.
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399-Moons of Florence
03/11/2017 Duration: 02minThe largest asteroid to come near the Earth in 100 years has two moons.
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398-Mars Rocks
31/10/2017 Duration: 02minA visitor from Mars lands near Tata, Morocco on July 11, 2011. Pieces of it are worth 10 times their weight in Gold.
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397-Spotting Meteors
27/10/2017 Duration: 02minMeteors, shooting stars, or falling stars are different names for the streaks of light in the night sky which are in reality the dying embers of tiny asteroids. Observing a meteor shower can be a WOW inspiring experience.
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396-Jupiter
24/10/2017 Duration: 02minJupiter has been observed by humans through out history, shaped our solar system, and made it possible for Earth to form.
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395-House Sized Space Rocks
20/10/2017 Duration: 02minThere are approximately 3.2 million Earth approaching asteroids similar in size to the Chelyabinsk impactor which injured nearly 1,500 people and damaged more than 7,000 buildings in February of 2013.
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394-Tiny Beasts
17/10/2017 Duration: 02minA partnership with yeast and algae will enable spacefaring humans to use their waste products to produce food and plastics during long duration space flights.
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393-Newest Moon
13/10/2017 Duration: 02minThe moon cycle from new moon through full moon and back to new moon again was used by many nations to regulate their activities and forms the basis of the Islamic lunar calendar. You might try making the interesting observation of the first visibility of the lunar crescent yourself.
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392-Dragon Delivers
10/10/2017 Duration: 02minThe SpaceX 11 Dragon mission is the first time an American spacecraft has visited the space station since the NASA Space Shuttle Program ended in April of 2011.
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391-Finding Spacerocks
06/10/2017 Duration: 02minFinding a meteorite that has traveled billions of miles through space to reach it's present location is exciting. It might even be worth real money.
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390-One in 100,000
03/10/2017 Duration: 02minAdditional observations over the years have eliminated the possibility that Apophis will strike the Earth as it streaks by closer than the communications satellites on that lucky Friday the 13th of 2029.
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389-Tiny Spacecraft
29/09/2017 Duration: 02minAbout the size of a saltine cracker and having a mass of less than 2 dimes, the single-board Sprite spacecraft has all the essentials; solar panels, computing electronics, thermometers, gyroscopes, radio communication equipment and more.
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388-40 years
26/09/2017 Duration: 02minYour representatives, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are heading into deep interstellar space.
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387-Florence
22/09/2017 Duration: 02minFlorence, the largest asteroid in more than 100 years comes near to the Earth.
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386-Interplanetary Sand Traps
19/09/2017 Duration: 02minTopographic features on rubble pile asteroids are produced in a novel way.