The Science Behind the Northern Lights

Autumn is a great time to see the northern lights, also known as aurora borealis! Star Gazers host Trace Dominguez breaks down what causes this beautiful phenomenon and why it only happens at the poles. Produced in partnership with Florida Atlantic University

Length 01:32 Premiere: 11/02/23

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Clips & Previews

"Does That Moon Look Super To You?" 1 min. version

Clip Length 01:00 Premiere Date 06/09/13

"Star Gazing On The Shortest Nights Of The Year" 1 Min versi

Clip Length 01:00 Premiere Date 06/02/13

"That Lucky Old Sun"- 1 Min. version

Clip Length 01:00 Premiere Date 05/26/13

"Oh, Venus!" 1 min. Version

Clip Length 01:02 Premiere Date 05/19/13

"A Planetary Feast For May" 1 min. version

Clip Length 01:01 Premiere Date 05/12/13

"The Moon Kisses Winter And Jupiter Good-Bye" 1 min. version

Clip Length 01:01 Premiere Date 04/28/13

"Farewell To Orion, Look High For The Lion and Get Ready For

Clip Length 01:02 Premiere Date 04/28/13

"There's Something Special About Saturn"- 1 Min. version

Clip Length 01:01 Premiere Date 04/21/13

"Take The Seven-Day Star Gazers" Challenge" 1 min. Version

Clip Length 01:01 Premiere Date 04/14/13

"Astronomy Day And More" 1 min. version

Clip Length 01:02 Premiere Date 04/07/13

"Twin Stars Hang Out With The Twin Planets" 1 Min version

Clip Length 01:02 Premiere Date 03/31/13

"Jumpin' Jupiter"- 1 Min. version

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The Planets Dance At Twilight And The Return Of The False D

Clip Length 01:00 Premiere Date 09/30/12

Specials

Pluto: The Rise and fall of Our Ninth Planet

Length 02:59 Premiere Date 01/12/24

Why is Halley's Comet So Famous?

Length 01:56 Premiere Date 01/12/24

Hubble vs. Webb: Who's More Powerful?

Length 02:18 Premiere Date 01/12/24

How to Spot Your Favorite Constellations

Length 02:21 Premiere Date 01/12/24

Hubble vs. James Webb Space Telescope: What's the Difference

Length 02:10 Premiere Date 11/09/23

How’s the Weather on the Moon?

Length 01:34 Premiere Date 11/02/23

The Science Behind the Northern Lights

Length 01:32 Premiere Date 11/02/23

What is a Meteor Shower? (Featuring The Leonids)

Length 02:55 Premiere Date 02/10/23

What is the Farthest Space Object We can See?

Length 01:11 Premiere Date 02/03/23

The Gold Mirrors of James Webb Space Telescope

Length 01:35 Premiere Date 01/27/23

The 5 Types of Nebulae

Length 02:41 Premiere Date 01/24/23

What is a Shooting Star?

Length 01:01 Premiere Date 01/11/23

Stargazing Like a Pro

Length 03:22 Premiere Date 01/04/23

"Planets of the New Year" Dec 28-Jan 3rd 5 Min

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/28/15

"Behold the New Year's Eve Star" Dec 21-27th 5 Min

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"Orion in Perspective" Dec 14-20th 5 Min

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"Happy Winter Solstice" Dec 7-13th 5 Min

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"Finding a Planet in the Daytime" Nov 30th-Dec 6th 5 Min

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"Celestial Shapes of the Season" Nov 23rd-29th 5 Min

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"The Secret Lives of Stars" Nov 16th-22nd 5 Min

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"Here Come the Leonids!" Nov 9th-15th 5Min

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"Two Frogs Hopping and Two Planets Wandering" Nov 2-8th 5Min

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"Planetary Ping Pong!" Oct 26th-Nov 1st 5 Min

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"Monsters In The Sky" Oct 19th-25th 5 Min

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"Solar System Samba!" Oct 12th-18th 5 Min

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"Planets Before Sunrise" Oct 5th-11th 5 Min

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"Cygnus The Spectacular Swan" Sept 28th-Oct 4th 5 min

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"Super Moon, Harvest Moon, Lunar Eclipse" Sept 21-27th 5 min

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"The False Dawn of Omar Khayyan" Sept 14th-20th 5 min

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"Star Hoping In The September Sky" 5 min version

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"Ta-Ta Tetrad" Sept 7th - Sept 13th 5 min

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"Sizing Up The Stars In The Summer Triangle" 5 min version

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"Yay! Winter's Back! Well, Almost" 5 Min version

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"The Moon Sure Gets Around" 5 Min version

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That's It! We're Off To Vega

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"Plan Now For The Perseid Meteor Shower" 5 min version

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"Measuring The Cosmos" 5 Min version

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"Along The Milky Way" 5 Min version

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"It's Zubeneschamali And Zubenelgenubi Time" 5 min. version

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"Independence Day Constellation Fest" 5 min

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"The Evening Star Meets The King Of The Planets" 5 min

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"What A Line Up!" 5 Min

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"Day Star Day" 5 Min

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"Venus And The Super Duper Jupiter Conjunction" 5 min

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"Venus, Venus, Burning Bright, First Star I See Tonight" 5 m

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"The Wanderers" 5 Min version

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"Saturn, Simply The Best" 5 Min version

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"Something's Moving Out There" 5 min. version

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"Connecting The Dots The Star Gazers Way" 5 min version

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"A Lion At Night With Plenty Of Planetary Light" 5 Min versi

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"Albedo" 5 Min version

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"Venus Between The Clusters" 5 min. version

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"Bye-bye Mars & Venus vs The Pleiades 5 min version

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"3 Lunar Eclipses In Less Than A Year" 5 min version

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"Leo the Lion Chases Orion" 5 Min version

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"Go Find Some Dark" 5 Min version

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"I Eat Green caterpillars, Again?!" 5 min. version

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"Seeing Double This Winter: Twin Stars and Planets" 5 Min

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"The God of Love Vs. The God of War" 5 Min Version

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"Brightest of the Bright" 5 Min Version

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"The Valentine's Day Stars" 5 Min Version

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"Perfectly Positioned Polygons" 5 min version

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"Cassiopeia: Queen Of The Northern Sky" 5 Min version

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"Capella And Vega: Bright Stars In The North-ish Sky" 5 Min

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"Look For The Leonids Next Week" 5 min. version

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"Mercury And The Maiden Vs Mars And The Teapot" 5 min versio

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"Trick Or Treating With The Seven Sinister Sisters" 5 Min

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"A Partial Solar Eclipse, And Say Good-bye To Saturn" 5 Min

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"The Fall Sky Saga" 5 min. version

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"I See A Pattern Here" 5 min version

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"Season Without Giants, Or, Time Of The Quiet Sky" 5 min ver

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"Mars Meets His Rival" 5 Min version

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"Super Sights On Autumn Nights" 5 Min version

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"Flying Along The Milky Way" 5 min. version

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"The Scorpion's Mad Tea Party" 5 min version

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"A Busy Day In The Sky At The End Of August" 5 Min version

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"Pairs Of Pairs Of Planets" 5 Min version

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"Looking North And South In The Summer Sky" 5 min. version

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"Super Moon? Not So Much" 5 min version

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"It's Just a Phase I'm Going Through - PART TWO" 5 Min

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"Leo Is Leaving And Orion Returns" 5 min. version

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It's Just a Phase I'm Going Through" 5 Min version

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The Dragon And The Scorpion"

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"A Very Special Sky For The 5th of July"- 5 Min. version

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"The Lost Jewel In The Northern Crown" 5 min version

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"Day Star Day, 2014" 5 min. version

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"A Late Night Line-Up" 5 Min version

Length 04:59 Premiere Date 06/01/14

"Those Short But Starry Nights Of Summer Are About To Arrive

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"Triangles, Triangles - Part 2!" 5 min version

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"Two Queens In The Morning Light And Watch The Wanderers" 5

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"Astronomy Day And More"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 04/27/14

"May Is Your Month To See Mercury" 5 Min version

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"Follow The Arc To Arcturus" 5 min version

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"The Tax Day Lunar Eclipse" 5 Min version

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"Planet Hopping All Night Long" 5 min. version

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The Martian Opposition Of 2014" 5 Min version

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"The Strange Case Of The Brightest Star We See Most Often"-

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"The Winter Hexagon Plus Jupiter" 5 min version

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"The Celestial Super Highway" 5 min. version

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"In Like A Lion Out Like A Lamb" 5 Min version

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"Jupiter And The Gemini Twins"- 5 Min. version

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"You Ain't Nothing But A Hound Dog" 5 min version

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"The False Dusk And The Moon Finds Four Fabulous Planets" 5

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"Happy Birthday Galileo" 5 Min version

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"The Great Orion Nebula"- 5 Min. version

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"A New Perspective On Orion" 5 min version

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"Spica And Mars Sandwich The Moon" 5 min. version

Length 04:56 Premiere Date 01/13/14

"The Wimpy Moon Points The Way To The Biggest Planet And UFO

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"Here Comes The Sun" 5 min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/30/13

"Bye-bye Venus, Good-bye And Celebrate The New Year With The

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"Off To The Races With Venus And Jupiter" 5 min version

Length 04:57 Premiere Date 12/16/13

"Tis The Season For Crescent Venus" 5 min. version

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"Good-bye Summer Triangle, Hello Winter Hexagon" 5 Min versi

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"The Celestial Sign Of Winter And The Brightest That Venus C

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"I See Icy Comet ISON" 5 min version

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"Double Your Cluster, Double Your Fun And The Farthest You C

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"Good-bye Summer Triangle, Hello Orion" 5 Min version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 11/04/13

"How To Spot A Planet In The Daylight"- 5 Min. version

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"Monsters In The Sky" 5 min version

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"Autumn Star And Planets : And Why The Stars Change With The

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 10/13/13

"The Little King Meets The God Of War And Venus Meets The Ri

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"How To Find The False Dawn Of Omar Khayyam"

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"The Curious Case Of The Wandering Stars"- 5 Min. version

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"All Night With The Harvest Moon" 5 min. version

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"The 2 Days Of The Year When The Sun Rises East And Sets Wes

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"Star Hopping In The September Sky" 5 Min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 09/01/13

"Where Did All These Constellations Come From?"- 5 Min. ver

Length 05:02 Premiere Date 08/25/13

"A Preview Of Winter's Stars In August" 5 min version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 08/18/13

"Sizing Up The Stars In The Summer Triangle" 5 min. version

Length 05:03 Premiere Date 08/11/13

"Don't Miss Next Week's Perseid Meteor Shower" 5 Min version

Length 05:20 Premiere Date 08/04/13

Plan Now For The Perseid Meteor Shower"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 07/28/13

"Let Sagittarius Be Your Guide"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:02 Premiere Date 07/21/13

"As Planets Align A Wonderful Star Reawakens" 5 min version

Length 05:02 Premiere Date 07/14/13

"Asterisms of the Summer Sky" 5 min. version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 07/07/13

"A Distant Sun And Proximate Planets" 5 Min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 06/30/13

"The Wonderful Stars of Summer"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 06/23/13

"Comet Report" 5 min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 06/16/13

"Does That Moon Look Super To You?" 5 min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 06/09/13

"Star Gazing On The Shortest Nights Of The Year" 5 Min versi

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 06/02/13

"That Lucky Old Sun"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 05/26/13

"Oh, Venus!" 5 min version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 05/19/13

"A Planetary Feast For May" 5 min. version

Length 05:02 Premiere Date 05/12/13

"Farewell To Orion, Look High For The Lion and Get Ready For

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 05/05/13

"The Moon Kisses Winter And Jupiter Good-Bye" 5 min. version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 04/28/13

"There's Something Special About Saturn"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:02 Premiere Date 04/21/13

"Take The Seven-Day Star Gazers' Challenge" 5 min version

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"Astronomy Day And More" 5 min. version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 04/07/13

"Twin Stars Hang Out With The Twin Planets" 5 Min version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 03/31/13

"The Truth About The North Star"- 5 Min. version

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"Happy Spring Of The Leaf And Happy Spring Of The Year!" 5 m

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"Two Dogs And One Really Big Cat" 5 min. version

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"Three Stars With Nifty names And A Comet Alert! " 5 Min ver

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"I Eat Green Caterpillars When Looking At Jupiter"- 5 Min.

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"The Four Brightest Stars Of Orion The Hunter" 5 min Version

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"Two Clusters Get Some Company" 5 min. version

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"The Three M's Of February " 5 Min version

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"Jumpin' Jupiter"- 5 Min. version

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"Meet The Orion Family" 5 min Version

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"Don't Worry About Winter, It's The Shortest Season" 5 min.

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 01/14/13

"The Changing Stars When You Head South Or North " 5 Min ver

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"Four Cold Planets For January" 5 min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/31/12

"Celebrate New Year's Eve With A Sirius-ly Bright Star!"- 5

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/24/12

"The Moon Of The Short Shadows" 5 min Version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/17/12

"The Geminid Meteor Shower and Comets Are A Comin', Maybe" 5

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/10/12

"Follow The Orbiting Moon" 5 Min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/03/12

"The Surest Sign Of Winter And Why The Shortest Day Of The Y

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 11/26/12

"Perseus And The Pleiades" 5 min Version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 11/19/12

"Planet Show In The Morning Plus The Leonid Meteor Shower" 5

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 11/12/12

"Two Frogs Hopping, Two Planets Wandering" 5 Min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 11/05/12

"Cassiopeia, You're So Vain!"

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 10/28/12

"Ares Meets Antares and Hold Your Pinkie Over The Moon" 5 mi

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"Heads And Tails Of The Sky" 5 min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 10/07/12

"The Planets Dance At Twilight And The Return Of The False D

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Find the North Star with A Spoon And A 'W' - 5min

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A Most Agreeable Spectacle-Venus Transits The Sun 5 Min....

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Triangles, Triangles 5 min. version

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Venus And 4 Bright Stars in The Evening Sky 5 min. version

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Sunday Solar Eclipse For Some 5 Min Version

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Arc to Arcturus,Then Speed On To Saturn And Spica-5 Min.

Length 05:08 Premiere Date 04/30/12

Time Traveling With The Big Dipper-5 Min. version

Length 05:09 Premiere Date 04/23/12

Astronomy Day Promises Plenty Of Planets 5 min. version

Length 05:09 Premiere Date 04/16/12

Venus in Transit 5 min version

Length 05:09 Premiere Date 04/09/12

Going Retrograde With Venus And Mars 5 Min Version

Length 05:09 Premiere Date 04/02/12

The Brightest Of The Bright-5 min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 02/13/12

Make This Valentine's Day Cosmic With A Gift Of Stars And...

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Let Orion And Venus Be Your Guide

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 01/30/12

The Orion Nebula : A True Winter Wonder- 5 Min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 01/23/12

Which Season Is The Longest? - 5 min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 01/16/12

The Winter Football-5 min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 01/09/12

Friday The 13th is Good Luck For Finding Planets-5 Min...

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 01/02/12

The Old Moon In The New Moon's Arms -5 Min

Length 05:05 Premiere Date 11/28/11

Super Bright Jupiter And Venus Share The Sky With Three...

Length 05:06 Premiere Date 11/21/11

Planets, Stars And The Moon At Dawn's Early Light-5 Min

Length 05:09 Premiere Date 11/14/11

Pairs Of Planets At Dusk And Dawn-5 Min Version

Length 05:05 Premiere Date 11/07/11

The Monsters Of The Sky For Halloween-5 Min

Length 05:10 Premiere Date 10/24/11

Pegasus, The Pleiades and More-5 Min

Length 05:05 Premiere Date 10/17/11

The Secret Lives Of Stars-5 Min

Length 05:04 Premiere Date 10/10/11

The Hunter's Moon for 2011-5 Min Version

Length 05:05 Premiere Date 10/03/11

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The Science Behind the Northern Lights

Recent Episodes

Two Astronomical Doggos | December 18 - December 24

Celebrate the Birth of JWST! | December 25 - December 31

Find Gemini and See Some Meteors | December 4 - December 10

Do Conjunctions Actually Matter? | December 11 - December 17

Zelda’s Giant Rupee in the Sky | November 13 - November 19

You Can See Two Star Clusters Right Now | Nov. 27 - Dec. 3

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Clips & Previews

"Does That Moon Look Super To You?" 1 min. version

"Star Gazing On The Shortest Nights Of The Year" 1 Min versi

"That Lucky Old Sun"- 1 Min. version

"Oh, Venus!" 1 min. Version

"A Planetary Feast For May" 1 min. version

"The Moon Kisses Winter And Jupiter Good-Bye" 1 min. version

"Farewell To Orion, Look High For The Lion and Get Ready For

"There's Something Special About Saturn"- 1 Min. version

"Take The Seven-Day Star Gazers" Challenge" 1 min. Version

"Astronomy Day And More" 1 min. version

"Twin Stars Hang Out With The Twin Planets" 1 Min version

"Jumpin' Jupiter"- 1 Min. version

The Planets Dance At Twilight And The Return Of The False D

Specials

Pluto: The Rise and fall of Our Ninth Planet

Why is Halley's Comet So Famous?

Hubble vs. Webb: Who's More Powerful?

How to Spot Your Favorite Constellations

Hubble vs. James Webb Space Telescope: What's the Difference

How’s the Weather on the Moon?

The Science Behind the Northern Lights

What is a Meteor Shower? (Featuring The Leonids)

What is the Farthest Space Object We can See?

The Gold Mirrors of James Webb Space Telescope

The 5 Types of Nebulae

What is a Shooting Star?

Stargazing Like a Pro

"Planets of the New Year" Dec 28-Jan 3rd 5 Min

"Behold the New Year's Eve Star" Dec 21-27th 5 Min

"Orion in Perspective" Dec 14-20th 5 Min

"Happy Winter Solstice" Dec 7-13th 5 Min

"Finding a Planet in the Daytime" Nov 30th-Dec 6th 5 Min

"Celestial Shapes of the Season" Nov 23rd-29th 5 Min

"The Secret Lives of Stars" Nov 16th-22nd 5 Min

"Here Come the Leonids!" Nov 9th-15th 5Min

"Two Frogs Hopping and Two Planets Wandering" Nov 2-8th 5Min

"Planetary Ping Pong!" Oct 26th-Nov 1st 5 Min

"Monsters In The Sky" Oct 19th-25th 5 Min

"Solar System Samba!" Oct 12th-18th 5 Min

"Planets Before Sunrise" Oct 5th-11th 5 Min

"Cygnus The Spectacular Swan" Sept 28th-Oct 4th 5 min

"Super Moon, Harvest Moon, Lunar Eclipse" Sept 21-27th 5 min

"The False Dawn of Omar Khayyan" Sept 14th-20th 5 min

"Star Hoping In The September Sky" 5 min version

"Ta-Ta Tetrad" Sept 7th - Sept 13th 5 min

"Sizing Up The Stars In The Summer Triangle" 5 min version

"Yay! Winter's Back! Well, Almost" 5 Min version

"The Moon Sure Gets Around" 5 Min version

That's It! We're Off To Vega

"Plan Now For The Perseid Meteor Shower" 5 min version

"Measuring The Cosmos" 5 Min version

"Along The Milky Way" 5 Min version

"It's Zubeneschamali And Zubenelgenubi Time" 5 min. version

"Independence Day Constellation Fest" 5 min

"The Evening Star Meets The King Of The Planets" 5 min

"What A Line Up!" 5 Min

"Day Star Day" 5 Min

"Venus And The Super Duper Jupiter Conjunction" 5 min

"Venus, Venus, Burning Bright, First Star I See Tonight" 5 m

"The Wanderers" 5 Min version

"Saturn, Simply The Best" 5 Min version

"Something's Moving Out There" 5 min. version

"Connecting The Dots The Star Gazers Way" 5 min version

"A Lion At Night With Plenty Of Planetary Light" 5 Min versi

"Albedo" 5 Min version

"Venus Between The Clusters" 5 min. version

"Bye-bye Mars & Venus vs The Pleiades 5 min version

"3 Lunar Eclipses In Less Than A Year" 5 min version

"Leo the Lion Chases Orion" 5 Min version

"Go Find Some Dark" 5 Min version