An analysis of the Moon rocks sample returned by the Chang’e-5 implies a previously unknown heat source in the region.
Jun 13th: A Moon Rock Samples Show Signs of Late Volcanism
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Jun 6th: Happy Space News!
Lets take a closer look at the search for a possible planet in our outer solar system & also aurorae here, Jupiter, & Neptune
May 30th: A Failing Look at Earth, a First Look at Other Worlds
In this week’s closer look we are going to look at the earth-facing missions that are getting dragged down by our atmosphere and will be forcibly retired by physics in the next few years, again with no replacements in the works
May 23rd: Cosmic Mystery Solved & Stellar Missing Link Discovered
Today’s top story focuses on the Blue Ring Nebula, a phase of a star merger never seen before, providing missing link for merger progression
May 16th: Iceland Has a New Volcanic Fissure Erupting in Fagradalsfjall
After much “will it / won’t it” over the last few weeks in the wake of increased (and then decreased) seismic activity, an eruption in Iceland finally started with a brand new fissure near Fagradalsfjall
May 9th: Astronomers Discover 63 Galaxies in Protocluster
Astronomers researching the G237 protocluster find 63 galaxies within, all producing stars and more galaxies at a high rate, acting as a “shipyard” for their region of the cosmos
May 2nd: Federal Budget Cuts: An Extinction-level Event
This week we look at how the elimination of science programs, projects, datasets, and funding may be shaping into an extinction-level event for US Space-related sciences. Come cry with us.
Apr 25th: Magnetar Exhibits Bizarre Behavior, Identity Crisis
A radio-loud magnetar first observed in March suffered an apparent identity crisis, behaving like a pulsar until gradually settling into magnetar-like emissions in July.
Apr 18th: From the Beginning of the Universe to the Beginning of Spring, it’s All Science
Let’s take a fast-paced journey through all that’s new in space and astronomy, including dark energy news, the death of supersymmetry, a closer look at remoting sensing in Earth science, and tales from the launch pad.
Apr 11th: Space is Hard
Let’s take a fast-paced journey through all that’s new in space and astronomy, including new results from Perseverance Rover, Venusian Volcanism, Mars Sample Return (or not), Intuitive Machines’ failure to land upright