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<title>Tracking the planets this spring</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 9, 2013) We&apos;re gaining about three minutes of daylight every day now, and the winter constellations such as Orion are starting to slip below the horizon. Jupiter will be the brightest object in the sky other than the moon. Look in the southwest sky in the early evening near the Pleiades. This weekend, the crescent moon will be paired up with Jupiter in the early evening.Look for Saturn in the morning sky in the southwest. In May we will start to see Venus in the western sky close to Jupiter. Martha Foley talks with St. Lawrence University astronomer Aileen O&apos;Donoghue. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21770/20130409/tracking-the-planets-this-spring">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Solar Weather</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 28, 2013) Solar weather does more than create light shows at polar latitudes. When the sun acts up, the effects can range from communications interference on earth to lethal doses of radiation for unprotected astronauts. Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager talk about heavenly weather. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/8517/20130228/natural-selections-solar-weather">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Dust off the binoculars: Comet Panstarrs cometh</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 26, 2013) The days are lengthening, but there&apos;s still plenty to see in the night sky.  St. Lawrence University astronomer Aileen O&apos;Donoghue joins Todd Moe to talk about the Snow Moon, the meteor that landed in Russia and Comet Panstarrs on the horizon. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21515/20130226/dust-off-the-binoculars-comet-panstarrs-cometh">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Saturn, Jupiter...and comets on the way</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 8, 2013) Clear nights in the forecast, and the waning crescent Moon make for a great opportunity to bundle up and get outside for some sky-watching.St. Lawrence University physics professor Aileen O&apos;Donoghue tells Martha Foley that Jupiter and Saturn are high and bright in the sky these days. Aileen&apos;s advice: bring good binoculars because there&apos;s a good chance you could see Jupiter&apos;s famous moons. And she has news for later this winter, too. There are two comets on our way. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21212/20130108/saturn-jupiter-and-comets-on-the-way">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Cosmic Rays</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 6, 2012) Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager discuss cosmic rays. While many people may think cosmic rays only affect astronauts or satellites—objects in space—computers and other electronic equipment on Earth can be affected too. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15074/20121206/natural-selections-cosmic-rays">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>An appreciation for the darkest days of the year</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 4, 2012) Aileen O&apos;Donoghue, who teaches astronomy and physics at St. Lawrence University, loves this time of year, when the sun sets early and rises late. She shares her enthusiasm with Martha Foley, and talks about some of the events of the ext couple of weeks.The waning crescent moon meets Spica, Saturn and Mercury at sunrise in the next few days. And a winter meteor shower, the Geminids, peaks Dec.13. And then, there&apos;s the winter solstice coming up Dec. 21. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21012/20121204/an-appreciation-for-the-darkest-days-of-the-year">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>November skies offer early risers lots to see</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 6, 2012) Planets are on the move in in the mornings, in both the eastern and western skies. Astronomer Aileen O&apos;Donoghue sketched the scenes in conversation with Martha Foley Tuesday morning, and she also explained why the moon matters so much in the ocean&apos;s tides, like those that swept ashore during superstorm Sandy. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20818/20121106/november-skies-offer-early-risers-lots-to-see">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Saturday Equinox means autumn to many</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 18, 2012) Unfortunately, Aileen O&apos;Donoghue is home sick, so she can&apos;t share her thoughts on the upcoming Equinox, this Saturday at 10:45am. However, O&apos;Donoghue did ask listeners to join her next week at St. Lawrence University, where there will be a 3-day Climate Change Forum on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. O&apos;Donoghue, an astronomy and climate professor in the physics department at St. Lawrence, has been working with the staff to organize this forum. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20500/20120918/saturday-equinox-means-autumn-to-many">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Watching the late summer sky</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 28, 2012) A blue moon, Venus, Jupiter and watching the summer stars — Todd Moe talks with St. Lawrence University astronomer Dr. Aileen O&apos;Donoghue. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20382/20120828/watching-the-late-summer-sky">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>In the night sky: stars, planets and a meteor shower</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 31, 2012) Astronomer Aileen O&apos;Donoghue stopped by the studios this morning with an update on stars and planets to watch for this summer. Venus has risen in the morning sky. Mars, Saturn and Spica are near the horizon after sunset. And the Perseid meteor shower is on its way in the next two weeks.O&apos;Donoghue teaches physics at St. Lawrence University. She told Martha Foley she&apos;s also looking forward to the landing of NASA&apos;s &quot;Curiosity&quot; science lab on Mars August 6. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20228/20120731/in-the-night-sky-stars-planets-and-a-meteor-shower">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections:  stellar distances</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 28, 2012) Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager talk about stars and the very clever ways we can tell their distance from the earth. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/14114/20120628/natural-selections-stellar-distances">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: the Pleaides</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 21, 2012) The Greeks called them &quot;The Seven Sisters,&quot; but a look at the Subaru logo shows the Japanese saw them differently. This familiar star cluster constellation actually contains thousands of stars when viewed through a telescope, as well as brown dwarf proto-stars and dust nebulae and newly-forming solar systems. Martha Foley and Curt Stager look at the night sky. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/13979/20120621/natural-selections-the-pleaides">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Earthlings watch the Venus Transit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 6, 2012) Yesterday evening Venus made its last journey across the face of the sun, as seen from Earth, until the year 2117. People of all ages covered the southeast corner of the St. Lawrence University practice fields to get their look at earth’s closest neighboring planet, peering through one of the big telescopes or a pair of safe solar glasses. Tasha Haverty joined the crowd, and talked to physics professor Jeff Miller, as well as Lillian LePage and her son Wally, Chip Jenkins and Tucker Catanzaro for today&apos;s Heard Up North. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19938/20120606/earthlings-watch-the-venus-transit">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>News from the solar system</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 15, 2012) St. Lawrence University physics professor Aileen O&apos;Donoghue shared news of big events in the solar system in conversation with Martha Foley this morning. She explained how a solar eclipse can begin on May 21st and end on May 20th; Mars is on the move, and we&apos;ll have a once-in-a-century chance to see Venus &quot;transit&quot; in front of the Sun on June 5. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19831/20120515/news-from-the-solar-system">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Night sky full of planets, on the move</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 17, 2012) It&apos;s been a great year for planet-watching. So says astronomer Aileen O&apos;Donoghue, who teaches physics at St. Lawrence University.She was in the NCPR studio this morning to share the news about Mars, Saturn and Venus. O&apos;Donoghue also had a tip for a good view of the waxing crescent Moon and the Pleiades on April 23. She spoke with Martha Foley. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19682/20120417/night-sky-full-of-planets-on-the-move">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>International Space station will be visible Friday night over North Country</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 13, 2012) Stargazers will have the chance tonight to take a look at the International Space Station. The space station will be visible this evening just after sunset—but St. Lawrence University astronomer Jeffrey Miller says it should be easy to spot with the naked eye, even in the bright early-nighttime sky. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19669/20120413/international-space-station-will-be-visible-friday-night-over-north-country">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Heard Up North: Planting vegetables by the moon</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 11, 2012) It says in the Bible that there is a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted. Right now, it’s time to plant, some things anyway. On this past Easter Sunday Tasha Haverty worked a trade with longtime North Country gardener, Isis Melhado. If Tasha helped with the onions, the reluctant Isis would explain a little about her method.Weaver and gardener Isis Melhado lives outside Canton along the Little River, and times her planting by the phases of the Moon. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19648/20120411/heard-up-north-planting-vegetables-by-the-moon">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Why it&apos;s warm, and more about the night sky</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 20, 2012) Physics professor Aileen O&apos;Donoghue&apos;s visit to NCPR studios this morning was a two-fer. O&apos;Donoghue teaches astronomy and climate at St. Lawrence University. So this morning, before talking about where the planets are in the night sky, and how the lovely new moon will rise this week, she explained how the scant snow this winter is contributing to the current hot spell.She talked with Martha Foley. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19528/20120320/why-it-apos-s-warm-and-more-about-the-night-sky">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Northern lights should be on the rise</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 6, 2012) Alerts went out this week about solar activity that could be a predictor of northern lights. In the studio this morning, St. Lawrence University astronomer, and physics professor, Aileen O&apos;Donoghue explains the Sun&apos;s electromagnetic storms, and tells Martha Foley it&apos;s hard to predict the aurora for sure. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19435/20120306/northern-lights-should-be-on-the-rise">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Planets on the move in the night sky</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 21, 2012) Planets are &quot;zooming&quot; across the night sky, according to St. Lawrence University astronomer and physic professor Aileen O&apos;Donoghue. She sketched out how to follow the waxing crescent moon to find what&apos;s moving in the west, Venus and Jupiter, over the next week—and lots more—in a conversation with Martha Foley. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19354/20120221/planets-on-the-move-in-the-night-sky">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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