History of Astronomy

Radio Programs

Halley's Armada An armada takes aim at Halley's Comet Saturday, March 5, 2011
Clockwork Skies Plotting the motions of the sky Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Johannes Hevelius Filling in some gaps in the sky Saturday, January 29, 2011
Plurality of Worlds Changing ideas about the universe Monday, January 17, 2011
The Camel Leopard Spotting a spotted constellation Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Quadrantid Meteors Tracers of a bygone constellation Sunday, January 2, 2011
The Sun Shines Stoking the fires of the Sun Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Eris Sowing discord in the outer solar system Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Sculptor Chiseling a faint constellation Sunday, December 5, 2010
Orion Nebula Discovering a stellar nursery Friday, December 3, 2010
Royal Society Getting together for science Sunday, November 28, 2010
Voyager 1 at Saturn Getting acquainted with a giant planet Friday, November 12, 2010
Neptune’s First Orbit A planet returns to its beginnings Sunday, November 7, 2010
Harlow Shapley Getting the scale of the universe half right Monday, November 1, 2010
More Moon and Jupiter Charting the limited speed of light Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Cruising toward the stars Monday, October 18, 2010
Niels Bohr Follow the jumping electrons Thursday, October 7, 2010
Nebulium Breathing in an exotic element Saturday, October 2, 2010
3C48 A quasi-stellar mystery Sunday, September 26, 2010
Galactic Map Mapping the Milky Way galaxy Sunday, September 12, 2010
Barnard's Menagerie An astronomer's cosmic menagerie Saturday, August 28, 2010
Supernova 1885 Lighting up the enormous universe Friday, August 20, 2010
Dark Matter Most of the universe goes missing Monday, July 19, 2010
Robert Hooke From microscopes to telescopes Sunday, July 18, 2010
Sneaky Stars Sneaking into astronomical history Thursday, July 1, 2010

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