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  • Half of the Planet Will Go Dark? It Happens Every Night

    Half of the Planet Will Go Dark? It Happens Every Night
    Jul 24 2025
    NASA's Crew-10 will hold a press conference to update their mission and talk about their return home. Scientists have discovered a new giant molecular cloud in the center of the Milky Way. A 3rd interstellar comet has been observed entering our solar system. Plus an asteroid will make a pass by the Earth but it's nothing to worry about. And there's no solar eclipse on August 2 of this year that will cause the planet to go completely dark but there will be an eclipse two years later that will cause darkness in the band of totality the same way every eclipse does.

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    42 min
  • When You See the Southern Cross for the First Time

    When You See the Southern Cross for the First Time
    Jul 17 2025
    Wes recaps stargazing in Australia before talking about the Bogong Moths that use the stars to navigate their migration patterns. Plus, Ax-4's crew is now back on Earth after making history for three countries. The DART mission has more fruit to bear. Apollo Soyuz celebrates 50 years and it's been 25 year since the Bastille Day Event.

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    44 min
  • New York to Paris in Under an Hour?!

    New York to Paris in Under an Hour?!
    Jul 10 2025
    Venus Aerospace successfully flew the world’s first atmospheric test of a rotating
    detonation rocket engine that could eventually lead to a 55 minute trip from NY to Paris. Why does the Moon have magnetic rocks? Scientists have a new strongest solar storm ever recorded. Scientists now know how the lights turned on at the bebinning of time.

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    38 min
  • American Hero Brigadier General David R. Scott

    American Hero Brigadier General David R. Scott
    Jul 3 2025
    This week we honor an American hero who walked and drove a car on the moon.

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    29 min
  • A Look Back to Our Interview with Al Worden

    A Look Back to Our Interview with Al Worden
    Jun 26 2025
    Wes and Shawn interviewed Col. Al Worden in 2011. He passed away in 2020. This week we look back to that interview.

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    40 min
  • Studying Medicine In Space

    Studying Medicine In Space
    Jun 19 2025
    Cancer treatments and cures may come from studies done in space. Scientists are taking the mystery out of the sun's poles. Scientists have a new look at the tiny glass beads found on the Moon during the Apollo era. A new study has given us information about the Milky Way's galactic center.

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    34 min
  • No, the Strawberry Moon Isn't Pink

    No, the Strawberry Moon Isn't Pink
    Jun 12 2025
    The Strawberry Moon's name doesn't come from it's color but from what time of year strawberries are at peak ripeness. Japan's Resilience spacecraft has slammed into the Moon. Astronomers have dicovered an object "unlike anything we've seen before". Axiom's Ax-4 has been delayed again. Axiom has partnered with NASA to study DNA of fruit flies.

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    40 min
  • Jared Isaacman's Launch Aborted

    Jared Isaacman's Launch Aborted
    Jun 5 2025
    Jared Isaacman will not be NASA's next administrator. Active region 4100 has ended. Axiom's Ax-4 launch has been delayed to June 10. New research says the Milky Way and Andromeda won't be colliding after all.

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    42 min