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1 day ago | 
wqcs.org | Marian Summerall
At the mouth of Tiger Creek in Lake Kissimmee, Cynthia Diekema from Davenport and her husband accidentally paddled their canoe over an alligator in shallow water. The husband told officials the incident caused the animal to thrash, tipping them into the water. Maj. Evan Laskowski with the Southwest Region of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the 61-year-old woman fell onto the alligator and was bitten.
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2 days ago | 
cfpublic.org | Marian Summerall |Brendan Byrne
What’s ahead for commercial spaceCommercial space companies have played a critical role in the advancement of space exploration. Private companies are working on giant new vehicles, like SpaceX’s Starship and Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, that will aid in missions to the moon and Mars within the next several years.
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1 week ago | 
cfpublic.org | Marian Summerall
At the mouth of Tiger Creek in Lake Kissimmee, Cynthia Diekema from Davenport and her husband accidentally paddled their canoe over an alligator in shallow water. The husband told officials the incident caused the animal to thrash, tipping them into the water. Maj. Evan Laskowski with the Southwest Region of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the 61-year-old woman fell onto the alligator and was bitten.
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1 week ago | 
cfpublic.org | Marian Summerall |Brendan Byrne
The Trump Administration released its budget plans for NASA in 2026, cutting nearly 25% of the space agency’s funding. Programs like Mars Sample Return, the Space Launch System and the Orion Spacecraft would come to an end. We’ll speak with the planetary society’s Casey Drier about this proposal and the future of NASA science if the plan is approved by Congress. Then, we’re less than a month away from the start of the Atlantic hurricane season.
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2 weeks ago | 
cfpublic.org | Marian Summerall |Brendan Byrne
Astrophotography from your own backyardUsing telescopes and cameras, astrophotography is just one way that people bring space and art together. While giant space-based telescopes can take stunning pictures, a backyard telescope can capture some incredible images, too.
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3 weeks ago | 
cfpublic.org | Brendan Byrne |Marian Summerall
One hungry star!Observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have added a surprising twist to what scientists believed was the first star seen swallowing a planet. Roughly 10,000 light-years from Earth, the new data suggests that tidal forces, not stellar evolution, may be the real cause behind the dramatic event. Scientists estimate that the planet was about the size of Jupiter, orbiting even closer to its star than Mercury does to our Sun.
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1 month ago | 
cfpublic.org | Marian Summerall |Brendan Byrne
Ancient elements on the red planetIn a new discovery from the Curiosity rover, scientists have found the largest organic carbon molecules on Mars. Organic carbon is a building block element for habitable worlds. The long-chain organic carbon is typically associated with photosynthesis in plants here on Earth. On the curiosity rover, there is an instrument , which is a powerful tool that enables the robot to search for these organic and inorganic compounds.
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1 month ago | 
wusf.org | Marian Summerall
Alligators are looking for love. With mating season just around the corner in May, alligators Florida alligators this month are beginning their search for a mate which means they may cross paths with humans. During courtship, one of the main forms of communication from male alligators is bellowing – a low pitch growl that alligators make to signal to females in the area that they are looking for a mate and to establish dominance over other males in a territory.
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1 month ago | 
cfpublic.org | Marian Summerall
Alligators are looking for love. With mating season just around the corner in May, alligators Florida alligators this month are beginning their search for a mate which means they may cross paths with humans. During courtship, one of the main forms of communication from male alligators is bellowing – a low pitch growl that alligators make to signal to females in the area that they are looking for a mate and to establish dominance over other males in a territory.
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1 month ago | 
cfpublic.org | Marian Summerall |Brendan Byrne
With the spacecraft’s thrusters failing on its way to the International Space Station, Boeing’s Starliner mission was a harrowing journey. More remarkable than we first knew. Starliner’s commander Butch Wilmore shared incredible new detail about the mission with Ars Technica’s Eric Berger. We’ll speak with Berger about what he learned and what’s ahead for Starliner. Then, IPEx is a critical moon mission for NASA to study lunar soil, but its control room resides on our home planet.
