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December 2012 Edition:

Mars and the media: what's hype?
what's real?
It’s not the end of the world; it’s the
beginning of winter
 
Biggest black hole discovered The origins of stars and planets
 
Beautiful astronomical images December sky report

November 2012 Edition:

Record setting leap from the stratosphere New planet found right next door
 
What's next with NASA spaceflight? Beautiful astronomical images
 
November sky report    

October 2012 Edition:

Small planets around metal-poor stars Mars again: discoveries from
NASA's Mars fleet
 
Bright comets heading our way A hot halo around the Milky Way
 
A tale of three planets:
Venus, Earth, and Mars
Beautiful astronomical images
 
October sky report    

September 2012 Edition:

Remembering Neil Armstrong Endeavour flies to Los Angeles
 
Curious about Mars? The Curiosity journey begins, with special guest Allen Chen, JPL's Operations Lead for the Curiosity landing. Allen Chen
 
HOT TOPIC: Is our weather related to climate change?
With special guest, Joao Teixeira, Deputy Director, JPL Center for Climate Science
 
Beautiful astronomical images September sky report

August 2012 Edition:

WE'RE LANDING ON MARS!
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory with the Curiosity rover will land on Mars
August 5, 2012.
SPECIAL GUEST:
John Callas, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Project manager of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover project.
 
SPECIAL GUEST:
Leonard David, space journalist
Astronaut Sally Ride Remembering Dr. Sally Ride
 
Pluto has a fifth moon! Beautiful Astronomical Images
 
August Sky Report    

July 2012 Edition:

Small planets around metal-poor stars A black hole ejected from its galaxy
 
NuStar launched Secret spy shuttle lands
 
Special guest Andre Bormanis:
Remembering Ray Bradbury
Beautiful astronomical images
 
Map of the night sky July sky report    

June 2012 Edition:

Tales from the zone of centrality with
Special Guest: Dr. E.C. Krupp,
Director of Griffith Observatory
Maya calendars tell us 2012 is NOT
the end of time
 
Rare Venus transit on June 5, 2012 Beautiful astronomical images
 
Space X launches first commercial mission to rendezvous with NASA's International Space Station Map of the night sky June sky report

May 2012 Edition:

Asteroid mining in the news Past Milky Way smash-ups?
 
Mysterious cosmic rays still mysterious Beautiful astronomical images
 
Map of the night sky May sky report - partial solar eclipse alert! Latest Space and Astronomy News (Details coming soon)


April 2012 Edition:

Special Guest: Dr. Dan Durda (Southwest Research Institute), Research Astronomer, Pilot, and Astronomical Artist Dark Matter Baffles Again
   
Dangerous Asteroids in the News Again Beautiful Astronomical Images
   
Map of the night sky April Sky Report    

March 2012 Edition:

Joao Teixeira Special Guest:
Caltech Professor George Djorgovski
Joao Teixeira Wind and Water on Mars
   
Cold Clumps of Gas in the Milky Way Interacting Dwarfs
   
Map of the night sky Beautiful Astronomical Images Map of the night sky March Sky Report
       

February 2012 Edition:

Joao Teixeira Giant solar storm
sparks fears of the end of the world
Dark galaxy
sparks fears of the end of the world
 
Beautiful Astronomical Images Map of the night sky February Sky Report

January 2012 Edition:

Jess Adkins SPECIAL GUESTS: Dr. Jess F. Adkins,
Paleoclimatologist and Professor of Geochemistry and Global Environmental Science, California Institute of Technology
Joao Teixeira and Joao Teixeira, Deputy Director,
JPL Center for Climate Science
 
Hidden great lakes on Europa? Beautiful Astronomical Images
       
Map of the night sky January Sky Report    

December 2011 Edition:

* Due to the weather-related closure of Griffith Observatory, the December 2011 edition of All Space Considered was cancelled

November 2011 Edition:

Dr. Charles Beichman SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Charles Beichman Executive Director,
NASA ExoPlanet Science Institute,
California Institute of Technology

"The Search For Other Earths: Latest Results on a 2500-Year Old Quest"
Image of deep space Beautiful Astronomical Images
 
Map of the night sky November Sky Report    

October 2011 Edition:

LISA RANDALL SPECIAL GUEST AND BOOK SIGNING:
LISA RANDALL, Harvard University
U A R S spacecraft Space junk falls to Earth:
the sky really is falling!
 
Planets around a distant sun A host of new worlds Albert Einstein Law-breaking neutrinos
 
Galaxy n g c 281 Beautiful Astronomical Images Map of the night sky October sky report

September 2011 Edition:

Meet Joao Teixeira, climate scientist from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Higgs or no Higgs?
 
The Moon's rocky past A little Antarctica in Texas?
 
Beautiful Astronomical Images Map of the night sky September Sky Report


August 2011 Edition:

Space shuttle Atlantis returns to Earth:
The End of an Era
A New Moon for Pluto
 
Vesta Fiesta Curiosity Satisfied by Mars Landing
Site Announcement
 
Beautiful Astronomical Images Map of the night sky August Sky Report

July 2011 Edition:

Solar Cycle Weirdness Photo of Space X launch of Falcon 9 missle New Type of Supernova
 
Voyager at the Solar System Boundary Beautiful Astronomical Images
 
Map of the night sky Sky Report    

June 2011 Edition:

Special Guests: Us!
Join Griffith Observatory Curatorial staff who will answer your questions, cover stories we had to skip in previous programs, and have a leisurely opportunity to Consider All Space!
Beautiful Astronomical Images
 
Sky Report    

May 2011 Edition:

Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity: Finding the Perfect Spot
Special Guest: Dr. Matthew Golombek,
Research geologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.
 
Beautiful Astronomical Images Celebrating Alan Shepard and
50 Years of American Space Travel
 
May Sky Report    

April 2011 Edition:

Violent Planet
SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. James Dolan,
Professor of Earth Science,
University of Southern California
 
Endeavour's Last Ride What's Super About the Moon?
       
Beautiful Pictures Sky Report

March 2011 Edition:

Picture of Lunar Eclipse Discovery delivers Robonaut Andromeda’s disk dissected
 
The sun unleashes an X-class flare Photo of microscopic bacteria Protoplanetary disk imaged around a nearby star
 
Photo of Space X launch of Falcon 9 missle Beautiful astronomical images Map of the night sky March sky report

February 2011 Edition:

Special Guest: A conversation with DR. BRIAN GREENE Physicist and best-selling author Brian Greene will share insights from his latest book, THE HIDDEN REALITY: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos.  Professor Greene, perhaps best known from his first book, The Elegant Universe, is an expert in cosmology.  A book-signing will precede and follow All Space Considered.

Picture of Lunar Eclipse The green blob returns Zodiacal shiftiness - what is your sign?
 
Artists concept of a black hole in space surrounded by stars 2010 ties for the warmest year on record - what role does the Sun play? Photo of microscopic bacteria Tragedy touches the NASA family
 
Photo of Space X launch of Falcon 9 missle Antimatter from terrestrial lightning? Map of the night sky February sky report

January 2011 Edition:

Picture of Lunar Eclipse 'Tis the season for eclipses How Saturn got its rings
 
Artists concept of a black hole in space surrounded by stars Feeding frenzy for a black hole - what turns it on? Photo of microscopic bacteria More arsenic and old life - is science ever "wrong?"
 
Photo of Space X launch of Falcon 9 missle Can NASA compete with private space services? Map of the night sky January sky report
 
Photo of Solar Dynamic Observatory image of the Sun Year in review - the biggest stories in the universe, 2010 Photograph of Juno spacecraft in front of Juipter Looking forward to 2011 - what's up next year?

December 2010 Edition:

Mars and the Moon over Manhattan Arsenic and old bacteria ... New paths for alien life? Blackness Remembering Allan Sandage
 
Parachute Test Mysterious rocket launch? Hubble Image of the Coma Galaxy Beautiful astronomical images
 
Flash of light on Jupiter What did we learn from Comet Hartley? Flash of light on Jupiter Meet James Bullock. Expand your cosmological horizons!
 
Flash of light on Jupiter December sky report: very-high-lunar-eclipse edition    

November 2010 Edition:

Mars and the Moon over Manhattan Changes at the edge of the solar system
 
Blackness Space Shuttle Discovery's last mission
       
Parachute Test NASA's EPOXI mission to Comet Hartley Hubble Image of the Coma Galaxy Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
Mission ends
       
Flash of light on Jupiter Beautiful astronomical images Flash of light on Jupiter November sky report

October 2010 Edition

Mars and the Moon over Manhattan Galaxy building blocks
 
Blackness Mysterious Mars
       
Parachute Test Fine structure constant - not so constant? Hubble Image of the Coma Galaxy Uncertainty at NASA
       
Flash of light on Jupiter Beautiful astronomical images Flash of light on Jupiter October sky report

September 2010 Edition:

Mars and the Moon over Manhattan Mars is as big as the full moon - NOT!
 
Blackness Seeing in the dark: Dark matter, dark energy
       
Parachute Test Highlights and lowlights from commercial space exploration Drowned Rickshaw Planet Earth report: Extreme planet
       
Hubble Image of the Coma Galaxy Beautiful astronomical images Flash of light on Jupiter September sky report


August 2010 Edition: SPECIAL EDITION: LIGHT OF THE VALKYRIES

Watch our new planetarium show, Light of the Valkyries, at 7:45 then follow us behind the scenes for The Making of Light of The Valkyries.

Tickets are required for Light of the Valkyries. Tickets go on sale at 7:00 p.m. for the 7:45 show. Tickets cannot be sold in advance. Prices are $7 for adults, $5 for FOTO members, seniors, and students, and $3 for children 5-12. Children under 5 cannot be admitted to the Samuel Oschin Planetarium. There can be no late seating. For more information on buying tickets, click here.
 
The Making of Light of The Valkyries and the rest of All Space Considered will begin at 8:30 p.m. in the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon.
 
Report from Easter Island: Eclipse 2010 August Sky report: Perseid Alert!

July 2010 Edition:

Kepler finds 750 Planets? Hanny's Voorwerp....what is it?
 
Hayabusa comes home from Itokawa July Sky Report
 
Plan for the fall... What would you like to see at All Space Considered?    

June 2010 Edition:

Black Holes Light Up
When Galaxies Merge
C. Don Dixon
Secret X37B Space Plane Spied On!
       
Mars Phoenix Lander Declared Dead! June Sky Report: Ceres and Comet McNaught C/2009R1 and more!
       
Crazy Multi-Planetary System  

May 2010 Edition:

First images of the sun from the Solar Dynamics Observatory Griffith Observatory's 75th birthday
 
Hubble's 20th birthday Volcanoes in the solar system
 
Beautiful Astronomical Images May Sky Report

April 2010 Edition:

 
Extreme Creatures - on Earth and Beyond Who Owns the Moon?
 
The First Stars Major Milestones in Private Space Exploration
 
Beautiful Astronomical Images: the Milky Way Halo, the Orion Nebula, and more April Sky Report

February, 2010 Edition:

 
Haitiquake Haiti Earthquake: Living on an Active Planet Sun Waking Up the Quiet Sun
 
Comingup Coming Attractions: Astronomy and Space in 2010 Picture Gallery: Hubble, Moon, Mars, and more
 
DECSKY Plus February Sky Report    
 

December, 2009 Edition:

Dr.Krupp Featured Topic: The Truth About 2012
Dr. E. C. Krupp, Director, Griffith Observatory, presents Time's Up According to the rules of the Maya calendar system, a primary interval ends on the winter solstice, 2012. Recent claims promote the date's galactic alignment and link it with the detailed structure of the Milky Way Galaxy, information known only though modern astronomy. Dr. Krupp will detail how the 2012 beliefs about global transformation, solar system alignment, rogue planets, catastrophic pole shifts, and calamitous sunspots have been fabricated and marketed and what the universe is really doing on the winter solstice in 2012.
 
MoonBase Water on the Moon: what does it mean? Atlantis Space Shuttle Atlantis' Penultimate Flight: the last crew rotation to the International Space Station
 
MilkyWay New Views of the Heart of the Milky Way Galaxy Free Spirit Mars Rover in Trouble?

November, 2009 Edition:

Don Lincoln Special Guest: Don Lincoln
Senior Physicist, currently affiliated with Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the United States’ premier particle physics laboratory. Don Lincoln is the author of the new book, The Quantum Frontier: The Large Hadron Collider.  The Large Hadron Collider is a new “atom smasher” designed to recreate the conditions of the universe just scant fractions of a second after the Big Bang. In The Quantum Frontier, Dr. Lincoln explains the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the physics it is intended to explore.
 
A ribbon in the sky A ribbon in the sky discovered at the edge of the solar system Atmosphere around distant planet Organic molecules found in a distant planet
 
Ares X Rocket experiencing bow shock Maiden flight of a new U.S. rocket Hubble Space Telescope Latest images from Mars and Hubble
 
November Skyreport November Sky Report    

October, 2009 Edition:

Andy Chaikin Special Guest: Andy Chaikin
Award-winning science journalist and space historian Andrew Chaikin has authored books and articles about space exploration and astronomy for more than 25 years. Mr. Chaikin is best known as the author of A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts, widely regarded as the definitive account of the moon missions. This acclaimed work was the main basis for Tom Hanks' 12-part HBO miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon, which won the Emmy for best miniseries in 1998. Mr. Chaikin discussed NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), including its crash to the lunar surface, scheduled for October 9th, 2009.
 
Hubble Image Refurbished Hubble Space Telescope Releases Its First New Images Moon Water on the Moon and Mars
 
Ares I-X Ares I/X test flight on Oct 31st LCROSS LCROSS impact tests for ice on the Moon Oct 9th
 
Sky Map Plus October Sky Report and all the latest news from space!    

September 2009 Edition:

Enceladus Cool Topic for a Hot Summer: Ice in the Solar System Icy moons of the outer solar system + Comet cocktails and life of Earth Latest news from the Martian poles + Water ice of Earth's moon? Ice on Earth: Past, Present, Future Ron Kwok Meet Ron Kwok Polar Remote Sensing Scientist from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
 
Extrasolar Planets Planetary "Pile-up" Around Another Star. Could it happen here? Sky Map September Sky Report What's Happening in the sky this month?