Show overview
StarDate has published 177 episodes during 2026. That works out to roughly 7 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 2 min and 2 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Science show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 177 episodes already out so far this year. Published by McDonald Observatory.
Episodes
177
Started
2026
Median length
2 min
Cadence
Near-daily
From the publisher
StarDate, the longest-running national radio science feature in the U.S., tells listeners what to look for in the night sky.
Latest Episodes
View all 177 episodesMoon and Saturn
Oct 23, 20262 min
First in Darkness
Oct 22, 20262 min
Ariel and Umbriel
Oct 21, 20262 min
Moon and Sea-Goat
Oct 20, 20262 min
Orionid Meteors
Oct 19, 20262 min
Meteor’ology
Oct 18, 20262 min
Ancient Meteorites
Oct 17, 20262 min
Getting the Scale
Oct 16, 20262 min
Missing Sibling
Oct 15, 20262 min
Moon and Antares
Oct 14, 20262 min
New Crater
Oct 13, 20262 min
Vesta
Oct 12, 20262 min
Messier 10
Oct 11, 20262 min
Double Cluster
Oct 10, 20262 min
Caroline’s Rose
Oct 9, 20262 min
Quiet Monster
Oct 8, 20262 min
Andromeda Galaxy
Oct 7, 20262 min
Moon and Regulus
Oct 6, 20262 min
Moon and Jupiter
Oct 5, 20262 min
Moon and Mars
Oct 4, 20262 min
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