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Radio Programs

Time and Navigation A helpful device for seeing the world Thursday, April 11, 2013
Celestial Navigation Navigating by the stars Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Magnetic Directions Navigating with an internal compass Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Magnetic Earth Earth’s changing magnetic field Monday, April 8, 2013
Tau Boötis Keeping an eye on a star with a planet Sunday, April 7, 2013
Boötes A constellation with a confused history Saturday, April 6, 2013
Gamma-2 Velorum A star exposes its inner workings Friday, April 5, 2013
Zeta Puppis A rare stellar hothead Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Puppis A naming slight for a leading light Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Argo Navis Sailing across the southern sky Monday, April 1, 2013
Groombridge 1830 An interloper from a distant realm Sunday, March 31, 2013
Moon and Antares Evidence of ancient chemical factories Saturday, March 30, 2013
Moon and Saturn Sharing tracks around a giant planet Friday, March 29, 2013
Moon and Companions A bright highlight on the dark Moon Thursday, March 28, 2013
Zapped! Part II An outburst from a pair of dead stars Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Zapped! Earth gets zapped by cosmic radiation Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Pyramid Stars Guiding lights of the ancient world Monday, March 25, 2013
More Moon and Regulus Protecting some lunar monuments Sunday, March 24, 2013
Moon and Regulus Putting the squeeze on a star Saturday, March 23, 2013
Cracking Up A neutron star cracks up Friday, March 22, 2013

Featured Images

Supercomputer simulations of Earth's magnetic field
 Twist and Flip Monday, April 8, 2013
Lunar Orbiter view of Aristarchus crater
 Bright Crater Thursday, March 28, 2013
X-ray view of a gamma-ray burst
 Zapping Earth Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Curiosity rover view of Mount Sharp, March 2013
 Sharp Destination Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Artist's concept of a neutron star's crust cracking
 Cracking Up Friday, March 22, 2013

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