Rocket Roundup for October 21, 2020
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript First up: a suborbital launch. On Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at 13:38 UTC, Blue Origin launched a New Shepard rocket from Corn Ranch Spaceport in Texas. Although the mission, named New Shepard-13, didn’t...
Betelgeuse smaller and closer than previously thought… what?
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript Welcome to Monday. This is going to be a Monday of announcements, so please bear with me for a moment. The news is coming in just a moment. IMAGE: This image shows Nightingale, the primary landing site...
Planetary Pandemonium for 16 October 2020
Media Listen on LibsynWatch on Twitch Transcript My first story is on everyone’s favorite not-planet, Pluto. Amazingly, the New Horizons flyby (Hi, Pluto!) provided us with enough data to analyze for years. The latest paper to come out covers the ice on the mountains,...
Exoplanet guardians, quasar jets, and a globular cluster
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript Sometimes, we get papers and press releases where the cool news and the news they are trying to push forward are not entirely the same thing. Today, we received a pair of press releases about a new paper in...About Our Podcast
Get your daily dose of all that’s new in space and astronomy. The sky is not the limit, as we bring you a fast-paced roundup of launches, landings, and everyday discoveries. The Daily Space is brought to you by the team behind CosmoQuest at the Planetary Science Institute, and features hosts Dr. Pamela L. Gay & Annie Wilson.
