Feb 3, 2021 | Daily Space, Dark Matter, Galaxies, Guest Interview, JAXA, Jupiter, Mars, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Stars
A radio-loud magnetar first observed in March 2020 suffered an apparent identity crisis, behaving like a pulsar until gradually settling into magnetar-like emissions in July. Plus, Mars’ moon Phobos, Jupiter’s moon Ganymede, and an interview with SETI Institute...
Jan 7, 2021 | Asteroids, Crewed Space, Curiosity, Daily Space, JAXA, Mars, OSIRIS-REx, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Rovers, Soyuz, Space China, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Uncategorized
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Summary Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Annie Wilson as we look back at the launches and missions that happened last year, including test flights and first flights, mission launches and discoveries, and all...
Dec 22, 2020 | Asteroids, Comets, Daily Space, Earth, JAXA, Jupiter, Observatories, Saturn, Science
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Summary USGS volcanologists and seismologists have been working around the clock to collect data on Kīlauea’s latest eruption after two years of dormancy. Plus, all the volcano news you can handle, as well as a...
Dec 18, 2020 | Asteroids, Brown Dwarf, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, JAXA, Jupiter, Neptune, Planets, Saturn, Sky Watching, Space China, The Sun
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Summary Scientists using Hubble to track storms on Neptune found that a current storm has reversed direction and possibly shed a fragment. Plus, an update on Hayabusa2’s sample return, a non-technological radio...
Dec 16, 2020 | Asteroids, Astrobiology, Book Club, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Guest Interview, JAXA, Jupiter, Mars, Our Solar System, Planets, Science, Sky Watching, Uranus
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Summary HD 106906 b is an exoplanet 336 light-years away, 11 times the size of Jupiter, and possibly an analog of our own not-yet-discovered Planet 9. Plus, a large body of water ice has been discovered on Mars, and we...
Dec 8, 2020 | Asteroids, Astrobiology, Daily Space, JAXA, Moon, Physics, Space China, Space History, The Sun
Media Listen on LibsynWatch on Twitch Summary The first sunspot image released by the not-yet-completed Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope is highly detailed and a sample of the images to come. Plus, all the sample return missions, how the Sun bends light, and building...