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Pluto

Broadcast on: January 30, 2012

This episode of “What is the Stars?” was first broadcast the week of January 30, 2012. The discovery of Pluto and why Pluto is still a planet in Illinois!

Welcome to the Year of the Dragon

Broadcast on: January 23, 2012

Welcome in the Year of the Dragon! from “What is the Stars?” a weekly broadcast on lyric fm

Comet Lovejoy: The Great Christmas Comet of 2011

Broadcast on: January 16, 2012

What is the Stars? Comet Lovejoy: “The most amazing thing I have ever seen in space.” ISS Crewmember Dan Burbank

New Horizon Update: More than Halfway to Pluto

Broadcast on: January 9, 2012

New Horizon is heading to Pluto and beyond.

Ursid Meteors

Broadcast on: December 12, 2011

Catch some elusive cold weather meteors as the Ursid shower peaks Christmas week.

2011 Nobel Prize for Physics

Broadcast on: December 5, 2011

The 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics awarded to astronomers who showed most of the Universe is unknown!

Hunting for Aliens with the Drake Equation

Broadcast on: November 28, 2011

Are there really aliens out there? How the Drake Equation can help us work out some answers.

Curious about Mars?

Broadcast on: November 21, 2011

40 years after Mars 3, another mission heads to the Red Planet

The Chemistry of Life

Broadcast on: November 14, 2011

What is the Stars? first broadcast November 14, 2011

What is the Stars? Chiron and the Centaurs

Broadcast on: Oct 17, 2011

Is it a comet? is it an asteroid? No- it’s an astronomical centaur.

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