Let’s take a fast-paced journey thru all that’s new in space and astronomy, including a potentially killer asteroid, a new look at the history of Earth’s water, and a mini-quasi-moon.
Mar 7th: Temperatures That Kill
EVSN Archive
Feb 28th: Black Holes Can Clear Way For Star Formation
Contrary to the destructive role supermassive black holes are thought to play in the lives of stars, it turns out that certain types of galaxies benefit from black holes clearing the way and keeping star formation going.
Feb 21st: Moons May Be Beneficial to Life Beyond Earth
New simulations find that to form a moon with a similar size ratio to our own system, certain types of planets are needed
Feb 14th: Craters in Northern Canada Offer Clues to Titan
New research presented the used of Haughton impact crater in Arctic Canada as a potential analog for impact craters on Titan, one of the targets of the upcoming Dragonfly mission.
Feb 7th: Cool Worlds, Exploding Stars, & An Asteroid That Missed Earth
Jan 31st: Space Stories of Joy
It’s the kind of week where we feel the need to put joy into the world, and we’ve made the decision to just find stories to bring a smile and share them with you.
Jan 24th: New Pieces Placed in Milky Way Formation
Two new papers examine how the Milky Way galaxy was formed and how it evolved. Plus, we take a look at stories on the prospects for life elsewhere in the cosmos.
Jan 17th: Free-flowing Water On Ancient Mars? Not So Fast!
Jan 10th: End-Permian Extinction Lasted 10X Longer on Land Than in Water
The biggest mass extinction event on Earth occurred at the end of the Permian period. Now, scientists have found that the terrestrial portion of the event lasted nearly ten times as long as the ocean version.
Jan 3rd: Science Here & Far
This week we take a loot at Dark Comets, Io’s gooey mantle, the colonization of a Ryugu sample, galaxies growing too fast too early, and more.