Join us today as we talk about newly released research that suggests the waters on ancient Mars were subglacial and not free-flowing. Also, a black hole goes dormant and star formation goes wild.
Aug 13th: Snowball Earths
Join us today as we go back in time and examine what caused Earth to become a snowball… more than once
Aug 7th: UV Supernova Flash
Join us today as we learn that galaxies have magnetic fields, the ultraviolet flash of a type Ia supernova and directly image a multi-planet extrasolar system
Jul 29th: The Origin of Oddball Meteorite Family
Join us today while we take a look at the new origin story for an oddball family of meteorites. Yes, like a comic book hero, the parent (body) is no more.
Jul 22nd: New Target For New Horizons
Join us today as we look at all the spacecraft mission updates. First up, NASA’s New Horizons mission is searching for another Kuiper Belt Object to pass. Next, the Emirates Hope orbiter is set to launch to Mars this month. Finally, we get to share brand new images from the NASA/ESA Solar Orbiter, fresh off the press this morning.
Jul 10th: The Spooky Popcorn
Join us today as we talk about the first exposed planetary core ever discovered. We examine research that neutrinos may come from supermassive black holes. We look at the filaments found in the halo of galaxy cluster Abell 2255. And we find out that LIGO’s mirrors can vibrate due to quantum noise.
Jul 2nd: Mars Rains Mud
How mudstone formed in the Martian highlands? New images of dusty discs around stars and Hubble sees another planet-forming disc flap its bat-wings. All on today’s #dailyspace at #365DaysOfAstro
May 28th: Twinkling heart of the Milky Way, New type of asteroid, & Bennu
Join us today as we talk about radio transmitters found in the twinkling heart of the Milky Way. Then we’ll look at an asteroid that has a comet-like tail. And finally, Bennu is about to be sampled by OSIRIS-Rex, and we helped make that happen!
May 21st: Variable Star Rhythms, Europa’s Plumes, Pluto’s Haze & Dr. Catherine Johnson
Join us today as we talk about one of my favorite areas of research, pulsating stars, and how researchers have used data from NASA’s TESS mission to understand them. We also look at new evidence for watery plumes erupting from Jupiter’s moon Europa. And finally, we discuss how the SOFIA observatory has found clues for why Pluto’s atmospheric haze continues to exist.
Apr 29th: Massive Supernova & The Origins of ‘Omuamua
Astronomers announced the discovery of the brightest, most energetic, & most massive supernova. And the new theory possibly Explaining the mysterious interstellar object ‘Oumuamua!