Looking Skyward is a semi-regular conversation with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about astronomy and what astronomers are looking at right now.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been used to help scientists solve a mystery about the early universe. It involves the Era of Reionization, when the universe underwent dramatic changes. CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about this new development.
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In this installment of Looking Skyward, CAI's John Basile talks with Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about the discovery of a supernova in a galaxy not too far away.
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A new study details the first observation of an aging star swallowing a planet. CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about what happened and what it means for our own planet.
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Jupiter and its moons are the focus of a new European Space Agency mission. CAI's John Basile talks with Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about this new effort to understand a distant part of our solar system.
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In this installment of Looking Skyward, CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about a recent discovery involving a near-earth asteroid.
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Lately the Northern Lights have been giving sky-watchers some spectacular nighttime shows. CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about what's causing all this activity.
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In this installment of Looking Skyward, CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about the increasing problem of space junk. While Sanford and Son won't soon be opening a branch in space, there is a company that's planning to go out there to collect some of what's out there.
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In this installment of Looking Skyward, CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about advances in astronomy presented at a recent gathering of three thousand professional astronomers.
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In this edition of Looking Skyward, CAI's John Basile talks with Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about the latest looks at the Red Planet.....Mars.
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Space telescopes unexpectedly detected what is likely a record-breaking gamma-ray burst earlier this month. CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about the implications of this event.