
Show overview
StarDate has published 131 episodes during 2026. That works out to roughly 5 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 2 days ago, with 131 episodes already out so far this year. Published by McDonald Observatory.
Episodes
131
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 131 episodesMoon and Jupiter
Sep 7, 20262 min
Moon and Companions
Sep 6, 20262 min
Moon and Mars
Sep 5, 20262 min
Red and Black
Sep 4, 20262 min
Third-Generation
Sep 3, 20262 min
Moon and Pleiades
Sep 2, 20262 min
Roman Telescope
Sep 1, 20262 min
Venus and Spica
Aug 31, 20262 min
Moon and Saturn
Aug 30, 20262 min
Going Dark
Aug 29, 20262 min
Celestial Sea
Aug 28, 20262 min
More Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27, 20262 min
Lunar Eclipse
Aug 26, 20262 min
Fast-Growing Planets
Aug 25, 20262 min
Hamal
Aug 24, 20262 min
Jupiter Rising
Aug 23, 20262 min
Changing Signs
Aug 22, 20262 min
Cloudy Crossing
Aug 21, 20262 min
Moon and Antares
Aug 20, 20262 min
Unknown Fate
Aug 19, 20262 min
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