Astrophysicists have finally figured out how to tell neutron stars apart from black holes by finding the signature of the event horizon. Another team discovered that planetary nebulae likely get their unique shapes due to binary systems. And we present some updates on the origin of rocks (and rocks and rocks and pebbles) on Bennu. Same with Ryugu, but we don’t hate Ryugu.
Cassini data is still providing good science, and researchers recently found out that the northern hemisphere of Enceladus has fresh ice! Plus scientists directly measured the distance to a magnetar, and comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has an aurora.
While Venus has dominated the news cycle this week, scientists were publishing papers on other planets, both within our solar system and without. We look at a warm Jupiter orbiting a cool star, the composition of Uranus’ moons (save your jokes for the Q&A), and how life may be hard to detect on Mars. Plus Hubble has released a brand new image of Jupiter with Europa, and they are gorgeous.
Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Annie Wilson as we look back at the launches that did and didn’t happen from the past week, including one success and one failure for China and a semi-success for Astra.
Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Annie Wilson as we look back at the launches from the past week, including an Arianespace launch from French Guiana, a full complement of Starlink satellites from SpaceX, two Chinese launches, and a bonus grain silo hop!
Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Annie Wilson as we look back at the launches from the past week: SpaceX managed to pull off one of their two planned launches, and Rocket Lab finally got their fourteenth launch off the ground.
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