In a groundbreaking cosmic quest, the COSMIC project at the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) is expanding the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). More about this project on today’s #365DaysOfAstro podcast
What are the best ways to see planets around other stars? One can imagine that it is not easy. This episode looks at ways astronomers find exoplanets.
NASA works on many missions using tried and true technology, but they also invest in creative ideas that could drive the future of space exploration. It’s called NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts or NIAC.
Does 2016 EJ203 a TNO object? And lets learn more about polar vortex winds and the stratospheric polar night jet wind.
Gemini North, one half of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, is now peering deeper into the dusty dwellings of young stars with its new IGRINS-2 instrument
The Observer’s Calendar for March 2024 talk about Asteroids like Juno and Thalia, the Moon pairing with Jupiter and Mercury plus spotting the star Sirius in the daytime sky.
Every time I get the digital “why can’t you scientists just look at the data” lecture, I wonder what people think scientists do. All we do is look at data including accelerating rate of expansion of the Universe…
NASA’s Juno mission has observed mineral salts and organic compounds on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. Data for this discovery was collected by the Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) spectrometer aboard the spacecraft during a close flyby of the icy moon.
How do we track dangerous asteroids? What can impacts do to us? What do we plan to do if The Big One is headed for us? Is Armageddon a documentary?
As more commercial companies are targeting the Moon, NASA is working with partners to deliver its payloads to the lunar surface. Today let’s talk about NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Program.