From baby planets to ancient black holes, let’s look at the week’s space news.
Dec 20th: Searching for Dark Energy in Black Holes
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Dec 13th: Eccentric Minor Planet to Make Close Pass to Saturn’s Orbit in 2030
Astronomers will have a chance to observe a rare trans-Neptunian object from up close when 2014 UN271 make a close pass to Saturn’s orbit at the end of the decade
Dec 6th: Trojan Asteroids: Understanding the Past to Explore the Future
Nov 29th: Pluto’s Atmosphere Freezing Out as Pluto Moves Away
Stellar occultation when Pluto passed in front of a distant star gives info that Pluto’s atmosphere is freezing
Nov 22nd: Mars Could Have Supported Life Longer Than Thought
Astronomers discovered that Climate in Mars three billion years ago was similar to Earth now, with a stable ocean in the northern hemisphere
Nov 15th: Aerospace vs Climate Change
Nov 8th: Aquatic Planets Like Earth Could Abound in Milky Way
The formation of rocky worlds from dust particles containing ice & carbon, increasing the possibility of Milky Way filled with aquatic planets
Nov 1st: Hera & Clipper Plan With Other Worlds
Join us today as we deep dive into Hera and Clippers journey to look at other worlds, also news from black holes.
Oct 25th: Bumper Crop of Gravitational Wave Events Detected!
Today’s top story brings us 39 new gravitational wave detections of black holes and neutron stars, courtesy of the LIGO and VIRGO detectors.
Oct 19th: Neutron Star in Supernova 1987A May Have Been Found
Scientists have been looking for the neutron star expected to be at the center of supernova 1987A and they may have finally found it.