FMWT Playlist #339 – 3/1/19

NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter looks at the Moon in 3D. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image. Feed Me Weird Things! with DJ Din Sibo 03/01/2019 02:00AM to 05:00AM Listen in the Audio Archives at www.wortfm.org • Fresh for two weeks after show date We’re Different! Winter Pledge Drive 2019 Donate to WORT 89.9FM, Madison at http://www.wortfm.org! • […]

FMWT Playlist #338 – 2/22/19

The most detailed images of Ultima Thule — obtained just minutes before the spacecraft’s closest approach at 12:33 a.m. EST on Jan. 1 — have a resolution of about 110 feet (33 meters) per pixel. Their combination of higher spatial resolution and a favorable viewing geometry offer an unprecedented opportunity to investigate the surface of […]

FMWT Playlist #337 – 2/15/19

Opportunity Mars Rover: January 24, 2004 – February 13, 2019 This self-portrait of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity comes courtesy of the Sun and the rover’s front hazard-avoidance camera. The dramatic snapshot of Opportunity’s shadow was taken as the rover continues to move farther into “Endurance Crater.” The image was taken on sol 180 (July […]

FMWT Playlist #336 – 2/8/19

NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has captured a huge mosaic of two bubbling clouds in space, known as the Heart and Soul nebulae. Feed Me Weird Things! with Cardinal Din Sibo 02/08/2019 02:00AM to 05:00AM Listen in the Audio Archives at www.wortfm.org • Fresh for two weeks after show date Crank The Yank! • 02:00AM “Weird Al” Yankovic “You […]

FMWT Playlist #335 – 2/1/19

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center photographer Lauren Hughes takes photos of the Super Blue Blood Moon eclipse from California’s Trona Pinnacles Desert National Conservation for the Jan. 31 of the total lunar eclipse that provided a rare opportunity to capture a supermoon, a blue moon and a lunar eclipse at the same time. A supermoon […]

FMWT Playlist #334 – 1/25/19

Asteroid 1998 WT24 (left in December 2001, right on December 11, 2015) taken by NASA’s the 230-foot (70-meter) DSS-14 antenna at Goldstone, California. Feed Me Weird Things! with Cardinal Din Sibo 01/25/2019 02:00AM to 05:00AM Listen in the Audio Archives at www.wortfm.org • Fresh for two weeks after show date Crank The Yank – Fourth Week Polka! • 02:02AM […]

FMWT Playlist #333 – 1/18/19

(February 2001) — A “sunburst” at Earth’s limb caught the attention of one of the STS-98 astronauts who was standing on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis at the time. Various colors are reflected at different points in the 35mm frame. Feed Me Weird Things! with Cardinal Din Sibo 01/18/2019 02:00AM to […]

FMWT Playlist #332 – 1/11/19

Feed Me Weird Things! with Cardinal Din Sibo 01/11/2019 02:00AM to 05:00AM Listen in the Audio Archives at www.wortfm.org • Fresh for two weeks after show date Crank The Yank! • 02:02AM “Weird Al” Yankovic “Amish Paradise” composed by “Weird Al” Yankovic from “Bad Hair Day” (1996) on Rock ‘n Roll Records — Crank The Yank! • 02:05AM Rob […]

FMWT Playlist #331 – 1/4/19

The first color image of Ultima Thule, taken at a distance of 85,000 miles (137,000 kilometers) at 4:08 Universal Time on January 1, 2019, highlights its reddish surface. At left is an enhanced color image taken by the Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC), produced by combining the near infrared, red and blue channels. The center […]

FMWT Playlist #330 – 12/28/18

Feed Me Weird Things! with Cardinal Din Sibo 12/28/2018 02:00AM to 05:00AM Listen in the Audio Archives at www.wortfm.org • Fresh for two weeks after show date. A look back on 2018, mostly. Crank The Yank -Fourth Week Polka! • 02:02AM “Weird Al” Yankovic “Hooked On Polkas” composed by “Weird Al” Yankovic from “Dare To Be Stupid” (1985) on […]