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Storynory

Astropup Part One

2nd - 6th Standards
Space and dogs—two great ways to get young listeners interested in a story! A two-part audiobook features a tale about a dog named Bonzo and his astronomical adventure through outer-space.
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Jason and Medea Part Two: The Voyage to Colchis

5th - 8th Standards
The second part of Jason and the Argonauts’ journey to Colchis features a boxing match with King Amycus and the defeat of Amycus's army. But what happens when the Argonauts encounter Phineas the seer? Listen to an audio retelling of the...
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: A Goldilocks Planet?

9th - 10th
Planet hunters say they've identified the first planet orbiting a distant star with conditions right to sustain liquid water and, perhaps, life.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Sensing the Atmosphere of Distant Planets

9th - 10th
Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have been able to detect the chemical signature of methane in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a star 63 light-years away.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Exosolar Planet Update

9th - 10th
We'll hear about new work in the field of discovering exosolar planets -- including research that used the Hubble Space Telescope to take optical images of a planet orbiting a star some 25 light years away. [12 mins. 29]
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Contaminating Planets

9th - 10th
What steps should planetary explorers take to prevent contaminating other planets with life from Earth?
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Colliding Planets (Don't Panic)

9th - 10th
New research finds a small -- but present -- chance of a collision between Earth and one of its planetary neighbors in the next few billion years.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Astronomy Meeting Highlights

9th - 10th
Hear space news from researchers at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: A Return to Mercury After 33 Years

9th - 10th
In this audio lecture, scientists are reviewing data from a flyby of the planet Mercury earlier this week. Learn how the MESSENGER spacecraft is collecting images and other data about the planet. [24:23]
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Mercury Flyby Results

9th - 10th
This week NASA released data from a recent close flyby of the planet Mercury, including stunning new pictures. We'll talk with one of the researchers on the MESSENGER mission about what they found during the flyby.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Countdown to Mars

9th - 10th
The latest mission to Mars, Mars Phoenix, is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet this coming Sunday. We'll talk about the mission and what the scientists behind it hope to achieve.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: A Trojan Asteroid Keeps Earth Company

9th - 10th
Listen as scientist discuss that the moon is not the only body in space following Earth's path. Learn how planet Earth has a new found neighbor, an asteroid that shares our orbit around the sun. [17:30]

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