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StarDate Online | Activities | The Milky Way
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Vega: A blue-white star 26 light-years away in the constellation Lyra; a dust disk that surrounds it may harbor a planet..

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Radio Programs
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 Title  Air Date
Aquila September 7, 2009
Epsilon Lyrae August 21, 2009
Searching for Earths August 19, 2009
Vega August 18, 2009
Lyra August 17, 2009

Note: Audio versions of our programs will be available the day after they air. Visit the transcript page to listen.

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Staring Into Space
Staring Into Space
Pole Stars Past, Present, and Future
Pole Stars Past, Present, and Future

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Are we trying to contact extraterrestrial civilizations?

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