Astronomy

In this episode we explore how our understanding of eclipses and witches have evolved from centuries ago.

The TRACERS mission will send satellites into Earth's orbit to study how the Earth and the sun's powerful magnetic fields interact.

Ed Stone, the former director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and longtime project scientist of NASA’s Voyager mission, was known for his steady leadership and enthusiasm for engaging the public in science.

In 1869, Iowa was directly in the path of a total solar eclipse.

Burlington local Brian Metzger joined Ben Kieffer on River to River to discuss how his theory on the origins of gold and other heavy metals in the universe was recently proven to be true.

The space probe Cassini has been exploring Saturn since 2004. One of the instruments on the two story tall spacecraft is from the University of Iowa…

It has been five years since the floods of 2008. Now, a week after another round of flooding in Eastern Iowa, IPR’s Durrie Bouscaren looks at how many…

A Burlington Middle School is now named after a key scientist in NASA’s Voyager program. Today the Edward Stone Middle School opens for classes and Ed…