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Space and astronomy broadcaster (Dr. Sky)

Radio and television broadcaster known as Dr. Sky; hosts The Dr. Sky Experience on 77 WABC and covers space, astronomy, aviation and weather. He also produces the station’s Dr. Sky space-news podcast.

Appearances: 246 · First: February 2018

Latest appearance · Oct. 4, 2026

Exoplanet Radio Signals, SpaceX’s Heavy Rocket Test and Nuclear Propulsion

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Radio and television broadcaster known as Dr. Sky; hosts The Dr. Sky Experience on 77 WABC and covers space, astronomy, aviation and weather. He also produces the station’s Dr. Sky space-news podcast.

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246 interviews

Newest first
2026 33 interviews
  1. Oct. 4, 2026 Exoplanet Radio Signals, SpaceX’s Heavy Rocket Test and Nuclear Propulsion 6:36
  2. Sept. 27, 2026 Supersonic Jets, SpaceX’s Next Starship Launch & Trump’s Golden Dome Defense System 7:14
  3. Sept. 20, 2026 The Science Behind Hurricanes, Cosmic Radiation and the Universe 5:22
  4. Sept. 13, 2026 Ben Franklin, Mars, and Asteroid Mining 6:29
  5. Sept. 6, 2026 The Search for Dark Matter and the Mysteries Hidden Beneath Antarctica 7:00
  6. Aug. 30, 2026 Earth's Extreme Forces and the Fight Over Pluto 6:14
  7. Aug. 23, 2026 Laser Communication Is the Future of Data Transfer 5:46
  8. Aug. 16, 2026 Earth's Ocean Floor Remains a Vast Scientific Mystery 6:01
  9. Aug. 9, 2026 The Cosmic Bubble Protecting Earth 7:59
  10. Aug. 2, 2026 The Psyche Mission Could Unlock the Future of Asteroid Mining 5:24
  11. July 26, 2026 SpaceX, Voyager and the Untold Stories of Apollo 11 6:39
  12. July 19, 2026 China's Mini-Moon Mission and Space's Next Frontier 6:20
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  1. July 12, 2026 The Search for Life on Mars and the Mystery of the Ancient Pyramids 7:01
  2. July 5, 2026 Understanding Solar Storms, GPS Disruptions and Deep Space 6:29
  3. June 28, 2026 Ancient Planetary Collisions, Ocean Mysteries and the Tunguska Event 6:14
  4. June 21, 2026 Diving Into Deep Sea Mysteries and Cosmic Frontiers 6:23
  5. June 14, 2026 Hypersonic Flight, Martian Mysteries and the Legacy of Einstein 7:09
  6. June 7, 2026 Blue Origin Explosion Delays NASA's Return to the Moon 8:09
  7. May 24, 2026 The Theory of Synthetic Alien Soldiers 8:45
  8. May 17, 2026 Big Bounce Theory Challenges Traditional Big Bang Model 7:20
  9. May 10, 2026 The Martian Moon Phobos May Be Destroyed 5:20
  10. May 3, 2026 New Mars Discoveries and Aviation's Greatest Mystery 4:49
  11. April 26, 2026 Incoming Fireballs, a Super El Niño and the Power of Our Sun 8:29
  12. April 19, 2026 Artemis III Delays Highlight Challenges in Returning to the Moon 6:35
  13. April 12, 2026 Artemis II Mission Highlights Gaps in Understanding of Moon and Planet 6:40
  14. April 5, 2026 The Secrets of Grand Central and the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids 4:14
  15. March 22, 2026 Mars Rovers, Space Discoveries, and Women Who Changed Science 6:51
  16. March 15, 2026 Dr. Sky Warns of Satellite Pollution, Wooden Spacecraft, and 2026's Potentially Intense El Niño 5:33
  17. March 8, 2026 Due To Budget Cuts Last Year, NASA Has Delayed The Return To The Lunar Surface 5:18
  18. March 1, 2026 Steve Kates on the Recurring Delays of NASA's Artemis 2 Moon Mission 6:16
  19. Feb. 22, 2026 Einstein's Life and the Universe's Most Powerful Particles 5:46
  20. Feb. 15, 2026 A New Comet Discovery and Humanity's Return to the Moon 5:20
  21. Feb. 8, 2026 AI Fighter Jets, Space Delays, and New Space Mysteries 5:36
2025 36 interviews
  1. Nov. 23, 2025 Chinese Space Lasers, Galactic Data and the Dimensions of Time 5:36
  2. Sept. 21, 2025 A Lead to Finding Life on Mars 8:25
  3. Sept. 7, 2025 An interstellar comet or maybe something else? 6:29
  4. Aug. 31, 2025 What is a fast radio burst? The most powerful blast of energy in astronomy. 7:43
  5. Aug. 17, 2025 The incredible accomplishments of astronaut Jim Lovell. 6:42
  6. Aug. 10, 2025 Did an earthquake in Russia wake up a dormant volcano? 7:21
  7. Aug. 3, 2025 Satellite on satellite attacks?
  8. July 27, 2025 A new theory on how life was formed on Earth. 7:28
  9. July 20, 2025 Remembering the amazing Apollo 11 landing on the moon.
  10. July 13, 2025 Did an interstellar probe get close to our solar system?
  11. July 6, 2025 The development of the B-2 stealth bombers.
  12. June 29, 2025 Is this international space station in trouble?
  13. June 22, 2025 The mystery of the Caspian Sea
  14. June 15, 2025 Do the Russians have a satellite with a kinetic weapon? 10:39
  15. June 8, 2025 The new administrator of NASA. 5:30
  16. June 1, 2025 New bacteria were discovered in a Chinese space station.
  17. May 25, 2025 What did Stanley Kubrick's movie predict? What came true? 6:42
  18. May 18, 2025 First images of atones. 7:04
  19. May 11, 2025 The May skies are in full view at sunset. 7:36
  20. May 4, 2025 10 million birds migrate over Georgia. 7:04
  21. April 27, 2025 Water found on Mars, and Venus, lights up the sky at sunset 5:35
  22. April 20, 2025 Lyrid meteor shower, April. 6:16
  23. April 13, 2025 Boeing Starline seconds from disaster 6:57
  24. April 6, 2025 First video of the polar region.
  25. March 30, 2025 The April skies at night.
  26. March 23, 2025 Starliner astronauts return to Earth. Facing complications.
  27. March 9, 2025 Trump vows to bring stranded astronauts home. 8:07
  28. March 2, 2025 Asteroid has zero chance of hitting Earth. 8:33
  29. Feb. 23, 2025 Asteroid potential in 2032 years. 7:06
  30. Feb. 16, 2025 Amazing facts about planet Earth. 8:21
  31. Feb. 9, 2025 Astroid on a collision course with Earth. 4:56
  32. Feb. 9, 2025 February has a full cold moon, and Venus is bright on Valentine's Day.
  33. Jan. 26, 2025 Star ship 7 launch details and what went wrong with Star Ship 33 8:22
  34. Jan. 19, 2025 Line up of visible planets at sunset. 8:34
  35. Jan. 12, 2025 Major Full Wolf Moon this month. 7:49
  36. Jan. 5, 2025 Massive volcano off the coast of Oregon. 8:31
2024 52 interviews
  1. Dec. 29, 2024 Look up, the January skies.
  2. Dec. 22, 2024 The Winter Solstice 7:38
  3. Dec. 15, 2024 Huge underwater quake nuclear blast? 7:28
  4. Dec. 8, 2024 China develops hypergravity machine that can compress time and space 6:28
  5. Dec. 1, 2024 China has built a new supersonic airliner. 6:25
  6. Nov. 24, 2024 The November skies. 7:04
  7. Nov. 17, 2024 The last Supermoon of 2024, November 15. 6:08
  8. Nov. 10, 2024 Artificial Intelligence in Space. 8:43
  9. Nov. 3, 2024 Comet visible in the evening sky 7:32
  10. Oct. 27, 2024 Boeing Intelsat 33E satellite blows up. 7:29
  11. Oct. 20, 2024 The Harvest Moon this week. Moon closest to Earth. 7:42
  12. Oct. 13, 2024 Tsuchinshan moving into the sunset will be spectacular. 6:46
  13. Oct. 6, 2024 Space X crew astronauts rescued from Boeing Starliner 6:04
  14. Sept. 29, 2024 Venus lights up the western sky at sunset. Mars Rover finding strange rocks. 7:58
  15. Sept. 22, 2024 What are rouge waves? Look for Venus in the western sky. 6:53
  16. Sept. 15, 2024 Polaris rocket launch. 870 miles above the earth. 7:27
  17. Sept. 8, 2024 Astronauts still stuck in space. Harvest moon coming. 7:25
  18. Sept. 1, 2024 Astronauts have not been coming home for a while. 6:51
  19. Aug. 25, 2024 Boeing Starliner, astronauts stranded update. Mars radio signal. 6:55
  20. Aug. 18, 2024 Fate of the Boeing Starliner astronauts. 10:23
  21. Aug. 11, 2024 Fate of the astronauts in the Boeing Starliner space module. 8:34
  22. Aug. 4, 2024 What Cities may become too hot to live in? Climate Change. 6:22
  23. July 28, 2024 Boeing Starliner spacecraft stuck in space until the end of July. 7:26
  24. July 21, 2024 Little-known facts of lighting. July skies. 6:50
  25. July 14, 2024 July sky events, next supermoon. 4:40
  26. July 7, 2024 Russian satellite explodes in space. A lot of debris. 6:31
  27. June 30, 2024 Bright Summer star. Antares in Scorpio. 8:13
  28. June 23, 2024 Climate activists deface Stonehenge. 6:30
  29. June 16, 2024 June skies in the night. 6:42
  30. June 9, 2024 Space X star ship launch June. June skies. 7:39
  31. June 2, 2024 Sunspot, more aurora lights. The June sky. 6:18
  32. May 26, 2024 Russian anti-satellite. Danger to the world. 5:46
  33. May 19, 2024 Watch for the northern aurora. 6:54
  34. May 12, 2024 A huge sunspot could interrupt communication. 6:15
  35. May 5, 2024 The James Webb telescope and the origin of stars. 6:31
  36. April 28, 2024 Mars research is threatened by NASA's budget. 6:21
  37. April 21, 2024 There are laws for finding a meteorite. 8:06
  38. April 14, 2024 The most mysterious thing in the universe. Dark matter. 8:23
  39. April 7, 2024 The full eclipse of the sun is April 8, 2024. 3:20 PM in NYC. 7:49
  40. March 31, 2024 Total eclipse of the sun April 8, 2024 5:18
  41. March 24, 2024 The great solar eclipse April 8, 2024 5:12
  42. March 17, 2024 Heavy missile launch. Ultimately, set for Mars. 6:27
  43. March 10, 2024 Origin of daylight savings time. 5:11
  44. March 3, 2024 Eclipse watch coming soon. 6:32
  45. Feb. 25, 2024 Sun spots and AT&T 3:47
  46. Feb. 18, 2024 Threat of Russian satellite war. 6:11
  47. Feb. 11, 2024 The saga of the 18,000 earth cycle. 7:28
  48. Feb. 4, 2024 Life on Mars? New evidence. 7:44
  49. Jan. 28, 2024 Update on the full eclipse in April. Memorials for Challenger & Columbia. 9:37
  50. Jan. 21, 2024 Eclipse day is 78 days away. Governor Hochul notes. 7:59
  51. Jan. 14, 2024 80 days till total eclipse. Peregrine moon mission scrubbed. 6:38
  52. Jan. 7, 2024 Earth closest to the sun this week. 8:12
2023 51 interviews
  1. Dec. 31, 2023 Major sky events in 2024. 6:52
  2. Dec. 24, 2023 The long night moon, the last full moon of 2023. 5:12
  3. Dec. 17, 2023 Solar flares can knock out utilities. 7:54
  4. Dec. 10, 2023 The December skies, what to look for. 6:34
  5. Dec. 3, 2023 The skies of December. 7:08
  6. Nov. 26, 2023 Jupiter's Great Red Spot shrinking. 8:38
  7. Nov. 12, 2023 November sky, when and where to look. 8:42
  8. Nov. 5, 2023 China's space exploration. 6:52
  9. Oct. 29, 2023 Full Hunter's moon this week. 6:52
  10. Oct. 22, 2023 Jupiter dominates the night sky. 5:46
  11. Oct. 15, 2023 The marvels of the Fall sky. 7:36
  12. Oct. 8, 2023 Fine issued for space junk…littering space. 7:42
  13. Sept. 24, 2023 The Autumn Equinox and Spur Moon. 8:07
  14. Sept. 17, 2023 The mid-September skies. 6:27
  15. Sept. 10, 2023 Malaysian flight 370, new evidence. 5:55
  16. Sept. 3, 2023 How old is the universe? In the skies this week. 5:57
  17. Aug. 27, 2023 India's moon landing South poll of the moon. 7:23
  18. Aug. 20, 2023 What happened to Einstein's brain? 7:29
  19. Aug. 13, 2023 Solar flare shuts down radio 8:43
  20. Aug. 6, 2023 Mars volcanos. Was there once a sea? 8:18
  21. July 30, 2023 UFO hearings in Congress. Strange stuff. 9:10
  22. July 23, 2023 Strange facts about the moon and Apollo 11. 7:38
  23. July 16, 2023 Mid-July skies offer great views of the Milky Way! 9:34
  24. July 9, 2023 Hottest day on earth since 1979. 9:26
  25. July 2, 2023 Marvels of the July skies. 7:30
  26. June 25, 2023 Humans pump out so much water from Earth that it tilts. 8:53
  27. June 18, 2023 Fastest star in the universe. New moon, dark sky. 7:22
  28. June 11, 2023 Space Force launches spy satellite. 7:56
  29. June 4, 2023 The June sky is full of wonders. 8:32
  30. May 28, 2023 Venus and Mars converge in late May skies. 7:48
  31. May 21, 2023 More water in the universe than previously thought. 7:41
  32. May 14, 2023 Is water more common in the solar system than we thought?
  33. May 7, 2023 Water detected on a distant exoplanet. 10:03
  34. April 30, 2023 Japanese Hakuto lunar lander lost contact. The Spring skies. 7:54
  35. April 23, 2023 Elon Musk's missile blows up 4 minutes into the flight. 8:13
  36. April 16, 2023 Japanese asteroid contained the building blocks of life. 5:42
  37. April 9, 2023 Artemis 2 moon mission astronauts selected 8:20
  38. April 2, 2023 5 planets align in the night sky. 8:13
  39. March 26, 2023 Nuclear reactor on the moon. 8:03
  40. March 19, 2023 Lockheed Martin, Son of Blackbird, SR2 7:44
  41. March 12, 2023 Space Force and the mystery rocket. 8:56
  42. March 5, 2023 Saturn's moon Titan…gases and ice. 8:38
  43. Feb. 26, 2023 Webb telescope views galaxy 500 million years old. 6:34
  44. Feb. 19, 2023 New details on China spy balloon and discoveries in the March skies. 7:38
  45. Feb. 12, 2023 Update on the Chinese spy balloon. 7:48
  46. Feb. 5, 2023 The earth's core has reversed polarity. What does that mean? 7:55
  47. Jan. 29, 2023 Look towards the sky, the ancient comet. 7:24
  48. Jan. 22, 2023 Comet ZTF was last seen 50,000 years ago. 6:38
  49. Jan. 15, 2023 Visible in the night sky this week. 7:17
  50. Jan. 8, 2023 A comet last seen by Neandrathals visible in January sky. 9:52
  51. Jan. 1, 2023 Big sky events for 2023. 5:07
2022 42 interviews
  1. Dec. 25, 2022 The planets have aligned. 6:23
  2. Dec. 18, 2022 The true promise of nuclear fusion. 8:06
  3. Dec. 11, 2022 The Geminid Meteor shower. 6:47
  4. Dec. 4, 2022 Orion moon mission update. Mars and the naked eye. 6:41
  5. Nov. 27, 2022 December sky full of sights. 6:07
  6. Nov. 20, 2022 Mass extinction 500 million years ago. 6:55
  7. Nov. 13, 2022 Look up! Meteor season is in full swing. 6:27
  8. Nov. 6, 2022 Total lunar eclipse on election day. Harbinger? 8:56
  9. Oct. 30, 2022 Cosmic rays, where they come from. Harmful? 6:29
  10. Oct. 23, 2022 Mars draws nearer to earth. See without a telescope. 7:06
  11. Oct. 16, 2022 Tom Cruise movie in space. 4:41
  12. Oct. 9, 2022 Massive sunspots affect radio waves. 5:36
  13. Oct. 2, 2022 The October sky is full of wonders. 5:45
  14. Sept. 25, 2022 Huge Artemis rocket scheduled to launch. 5:48
  15. Sept. 18, 2022 Major solar flare this week. The weekend sky. 5:13
  16. Sept. 4, 2022 Artemis moon rocket on the launch pad. To the moon and back. 7:37
  17. Aug. 28, 2022 Huge moon rocket on the launch pad this week. 5:51
  18. Aug. 21, 2022 We're going back to the moon! 5:47
  19. Aug. 14, 2022 Big Bang timetable is older by 200 million years. 5:32
  20. Aug. 7, 2022 The summer skies are full of wonder. 5:45
  21. July 31, 2022 Chinese missile crashing to earth. 7:11
  22. July 24, 2022 Moon rockets and radio bursts. 5:56
  23. July 17, 2022 Stunning photos from James Webb telescope. 5:40
  24. July 10, 2022 James Webb telescope photos billion years ago. 8:53
  25. July 3, 2022 Huge rockets to lead space exploration. 5:34
  26. June 26, 2022 Huge new rockets to explore space. 6:05
  27. June 19, 2022 Black holes and Chinese aliens. 6:03
  28. June 12, 2022 Wonders of the universe. New UFO information. 5:18
  29. June 5, 2022 Mach 6 aircraft, SR advanced planes to the moon. 7:16
  30. May 29, 2022 Meteor shower this week. Tau Herculids Meteor storm. 4:29
  31. May 22, 2022 UFO report Congress. 144 sightings since 2004. 4:30
  32. May 15, 2022 Black holes, first photos emerge. 5:15
  33. May 8, 2022 Full eclipse of the moon May 15, 2022. Columbus knew. 4:59
  34. April 10, 2022 The April skies are full of wonders. 4:25
  35. March 27, 2022 The wonders of the Spring skies. 6:37
  36. March 20, 2022 James Webb's space probe reveals the origins of the world. 5:49
  37. March 13, 2022 Ancient maps and the March skies. 6:21
  38. Feb. 27, 2022 Pilots see UFOs & ancient maps. 6:22
  39. Feb. 13, 2022 Satellites knocked out by sun pulse. 5:31
  40. Feb. 6, 2022 Antarctica full of surprises, James Webb telescope 3:45
  41. Jan. 23, 2022 Undersea volcano is affecting weather patterns. 7:37
  42. Jan. 9, 2022 James Webb telescope leaves our world for other worlds. 5:36
2021 16 interviews
  1. Dec. 19, 2021 The Parker probe of the sun and the Webb telescope launch. 4:57
  2. Dec. 12, 2021 Meteor showers in the December skies. 5:09
  3. Nov. 28, 2021 Asteroids deflected from earth trajectory. 8:24
  4. Nov. 7, 2021 The November skies are a fall treat. 3:17
  5. Oct. 17, 2021 Northern Lights heard and seen. Captain Kirk blasts off. 7:39
  6. Sept. 26, 2021 Mars had water; where has it gone? Can Rover find it? 7:41
  7. Sept. 5, 2021 The September sky .. Harvest moon September 20th. 5:34
  8. Aug. 15, 2021 Look into the clear dark sky just after midnight to see the Perseid Meteor Shower 7:17
  9. July 25, 2021 The moon wobbles and forest fires create weather. 8:27
  10. June 27, 2021 Summer sky full surprises… Mars. 10:16
  11. May 23, 2021 Sunspots can be dangerous. China/Mars 9:18
  12. May 2, 2021 Space junk almost hit astronauts. 8:44
  13. April 4, 2021 The ship in the Suez Canal and the moon. 6:45
  14. March 7, 2021 Secrets of Mars "Perseverance" landing 9:31
  15. Feb. 14, 2021 Venus and Jupiter conjunction 9:50
  16. Jan. 10, 2021 Planets converge tonight 7:37
2020 8 interviews
  1. Dec. 13, 2020 Meteors break sound barrier. 6:17
  2. Nov. 22, 2020 Space junk and mini moons 6:41
  3. Oct. 18, 2020 Mars is as close to the earth as it gets. The bright star in the Eastern sky. 5:16
  4. Sept. 13, 2020 Closest earth approach to Mars in 15 years. 7:06
  5. July 19, 2020 The comet Neowise. See it now or in 6,000 years. 4:31
  6. May 10, 2020 Sky gazing from your place of isolation 4:41
  7. April 19, 2020 Stargazing while isolating. What else are you going to do? 5:10
  8. Feb. 23, 2020 Bezos, Musk building internet in space. 1,500+ satellites. 11:00
2019 7 interviews
  1. Dec. 8, 2019 December sky. Meteor showers, Mars, and a cold winter moon. 4:58
  2. Sept. 8, 2019 The Harvest Moon in the September sky. 500 year storm on Jupiter. 6:51
  3. July 21, 2019 50 years since landing on the moon. 6:49
  4. June 9, 2019 Jupiter and moons visible in SE sky. 7:33
  5. April 21, 2019 "Dr.Sky" – Black Holes and Meteor showers 6:28
  6. Feb. 24, 2019 "Dr.Sky" – Hole in the atmosphere, radiation threat 8:26
  7. Jan. 13, 2019 "Dr.Sky" – Asteroid target practice/Lunar eclipse 8:33
2018 1 interview
  1. Feb. 25, 2018 "Dr.Sky" – China is heading for a moon landing 7:38
Steve Kates Exoplanet Radio Signals, SpaceX’s Heavy Rocket Test and Nuclear Propulsion