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.
Apr 12th: Climate Change Affects the Birds and the Bees
From plastics invading the Arctic Ocean to the changing morphology of birds in response to rising temperatures and the problems with pathogens killing off pollinators like bees, we examine some of the effects of climate change on Earth’s ecosystems.
Nov 6th: Smoking Moon & Dead Comet
Today’s Travelers in the Night discuss about liquid water in Enceladus and A potentially hazardous asteroid 2015 TB145 close approach to Moon and then to the Earth.
May 1st: Ganymede’s Layers & Deep Listen
Today Traveler’s in the Night talk about Ganymede’s layer with an iron-rich core which creates a magnetic field. And also about Breakthrough Prize Foundation SETI projects
Mar 25th: News Roundup
Time for weekly news roundup with @WSHCrew. This week we have 5,000 exoplanets, Flyby of Ganymede, SLS, Starship, & James Webb Space Telescope
Oct 31st: Future Impact Possibilities & The Oceans of Ganymede
Today’s story: These three asteroids are some of the objects to be listed on the NASA Sentry Risk Table & the oceans of ganymede
July 7th: Awesome Astronomy July 2021 News Round Up
Jun 21st: What is Required to Confirm Alien Life: Non-Sentient Edition
Are we alone in the Universe? It’s one of the biggest scientific questions we can possibly ask. And yet, with rovers on Mars, missions planned to visit Europa and Ganymede. Powerful telescopes able to detect the atmospheres of exoplanets, we’re closer than ever to finding out the answer.
Jun 11th: Roving Mars with Perseverance and MASTCAM-Z
New images of Ganymede! And a discussion about Roving Mars with Perseverance and MASTCAM-Z
with Darian Dixon. #365DaysOfAstro