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Earth and Orbit
Every morning at about 6:30 Central, three minutes on what happened in space and on this planet - the launches, the discoveries, the storms and the science - with an eye on the St. Louis sky. Written and narrated automatically from public sources, with a synthetic voice; no clickbait. Part of the stluker.com network.
Episodes
Earth and OrbitEarth and Orbit -- September 6, 2026
Three storms are moving across the Pacific right now, and none of them are waiting for each other.
Earth and OrbitEarth and Orbit -- September 5, 2026
BepiColombo is eight years into its cruise and entering the most dangerous part of its journey - the final approach to Mercury.
Earth and OrbitEarth and Orbit -- September 4, 2026
Three earthquakes shook different parts of the world yesterday, and they illustrate something worth thinking about: how much we can actually see depends…
Earth and OrbitEarth and Orbit -- September 3, 2026
Three tropical systems are already in motion across the Pacific right now, and they're operating in a specific constraint that yesterday's briefing touched on…
Earth and OrbitEarth and Orbit -- September 2, 2026
Three tropical systems are moving across the Pacific right now, and they're all active at once.
Earth and OrbitEarth and Orbit -- September 1, 2026
Three separate tropical systems are moving across the Pacific right now, and a wildfire in Oregon's Morrow County is burning east of the Pacific Northwest.
Earth and OrbitEarth and Orbit -- August 31, 2026
There's a particular kind of constraint running through things right now - not the dramatic kind where something finally breaks through, but the slower version…
Earth and OrbitEarth and Orbit -- August 30, 2026
There's a particular kind of persistence happening right now - not the dramatic kind where something finally breaks through, but the slower version where the…
Earth and OrbitEarth and Orbit -- August 29, 2026
There's a particular kind of waiting happening in space exploration right now - the kind where the next step forward depends on proving something that sounds…
Earth and OrbitEarth and Orbit -- August 28, 2026
Three tropical systems are holding their position across the Pacific, and the pattern they're making is starting to matter more than the storms themselves.
Earth and OrbitEarth and Orbit -- August 27, 2026
Three tropical systems are moving across the Pacific right now at distances that keep them from interfering with each other, and that spacing itself is…
Earth and OrbitEarth and Orbit -- August 26, 2026
There's a particular kind of waiting happening right now across the ocean systems, and it's worth paying attention to because the pattern is unusual enough…
Earth and OrbitEarth and Orbit -- August 25, 2026
There's a particular kind of constraint happening at different scales today-the physical limits we're running into as we try to understand what's actually out…
Earth and OrbitEarth and Orbit -- August 22, 2026
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck about 31 kilometers northwest of Aniso, Peru, yesterday, and the U.S.
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Earth and Orbit -- August 21, 2026
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck about 31 kilometers northwest of Aniso, Peru, yesterday.
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Earth and Orbit -- August 20, 2026
We're in eclipse season, and there's one coming in about a week that's rare enough to stop for.
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Earth and Orbit -- August 19, 2026
We're getting better at reading planets we can't actually see-and what we're finding is pushing the edges of what we thought was possible.
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Earth and Orbit -- August 18, 2026
We're watching Earth from space with increasing sophistication, and what satellites see is becoming harder to ignore.
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Earth and Orbit -- August 17, 2026
Welcome to today's Earth and Orbit for August 17, 2026 -- where we cover some of the stories happening in space and here on Earth. What we're tracking today is…
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Earth and Orbit -- August 16, 2026
Welcome to today's Earth and Orbit for August 16, 2026 -- where we cover some of the stories happening in space and here on Earth. We're tracking three…
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Earth and Orbit -- August 15, 2026
Welcome to today's Earth and Orbit for August 15, 2026 -- where we cover some of the stories happening in space and here on Earth. Indonesia took a significant…
Earth and OrbitEarth and Orbit -- August 14, 2026
Welcome to today's Earth and Orbit for August 14, 2026 -- where we cover some of the stories happening in space and here on Earth. We've got three tropical…
Earth and OrbitEarth and Orbit -- August 13, 2026
Welcome to today's Earth and Orbit for August 13, 2026 -- where we cover some of the stories happening in space and here on Earth. We're watching Earth's orbit…
Earth and OrbitEarth and Orbit -- August 12, 2026
Welcome to today's Earth and Orbit for August 12, 2026 -- where we cover some of the stories happening in space and here on Earth. We're looking at a cluster…
Earth and OrbitEarth and Orbit -- August 11, 2026
Welcome to today's Earth and Orbit for August 11, 2026 -- where we cover some of the stories happening in space and here on Earth. Space is becoming less…