© 2024
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

planet

  • Strange Universe With Bob Berman
    We can perceive more shades of green than any other color, but red is actually the universe’s most common hue. Tune in this week to hear about the colors of the universe!
  • Strange Universe With Bob Berman
    Now that the film “Oppenheimer” has earned awards, more people than ever are aware of the intense atmospheric nuclear bomb testing in the 1950’s.
  • Right now we’re seeing the waning moon, the moon lit up on its left side. When you notice a moon in the blue sky in the morning, that's always the waning moon. And speaking of day sky, though it surprises a lot of people, the moon appears in the daytime just as much as it’s out at night. Tune in to see where the moon is located in the sky.
  • Strange Universe With Bob Berman
    Now that it’s just six weeks before the great total solar eclipse on April 8, many are planning where they’ll be, within the 150-mile-wide path of totality. Going online shows the eclipse path, and you must simply make sure you don’t pick a spot near the edge of that ribbon, where the eclipse’s length will be short. Tune in to heart the best eclipse viewing spots!
  • Strange Universe With Bob Berman
    Statistically, the year’s coldest week is now nearly a month behind us. But it’s still darn cold, which, in this world full of gray areas, reminds us of a single absolute we can count on. That take-it-to-the-bank certainty is absolute zero. Hear what weird things occurred when temperatures drop too low.
  • Strange Universe With Bob Berman
    Radiation penetrates our bodies 24/7. Most is natural, with background cosmic ray doses proportional to your home’s elevation. These broken pieces of atoms zooming in from space, give you 30 millirems of annual radiation if you live near sea level, like in L.A. But you get much more if your home is up high. People in Denver get 80 millirems yearly.
  • Strange Universe With Bob Berman
    Do you still keep your old binoculars in the same drawer as your socks? And are you psyched to glimpse the green planet Uranus?
  • Strange Universe With Bob Berman
    Starting in the 1920’s, some physicists like Werner Heisenberg suggested that perhaps brains receive, manipulate, and guide awareness – by steering an arching consciousness that’s a fundamental property of the universe. This week: the consciousness of the universe.
  • Strange Universe With Bob Berman
    Jupiter gets its closest to earth in 2023. The giant planet at one point will be the nearest object to the moon! Hear about the mass of Jupiter and its system of moons.
  • Strange Universe With Bob Berman
    Grab those binoculars you haven’t used in years and check out the Pleiades through them. Suddenly the six stars you saw with just the naked eye explode into dozens, and now you see why it’s so famous. These are newborn Suns whose life is measured in mere millions of years, not the billions of our sun and most stars.