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Saturn’s Rings are Made of a Broken-up Moon

Sep 17, 2022 | Astrobiology, Daily Space, Earth, Mars, Mars 2020, Perseverance, Review, Rocket Lab, Rockets, Saturn, Spacecraft, Volcanoes

Using computer simulations, researchers have pieced together a possible scenario where Titan caused another of Saturn’s moons to break up and become the beautiful ring system we see today. Plus, organic molecules on Mars, the death of the dinosaurs, and a review of Lightyear on Disney+.

SEASON PREMIERE: Catching up on news and rockets!

Sep 7, 2022 | Artemis, Blue Origin, Cosmology, Crewed Space, Daily Space, ESA, Exoplanets, Galaxies, ISRO, Jupiter, JWST, Mars, Mars 2020, Perseverance, Rocket Lab, Rockets, Space China, Space Policy, SpaceX, Starlink, Stars, The Sun

As we return from our summer hiatus, we are back with a rundown of some of the stories that came out during the break. On the planetary front, JWST has been taking amazing images and learning about exoplanets. On the astrophysics front, we’ve got stories on dark matter and Betelgeuse. And there were thirty orbital launches, including a whole lot of Starlinks… but not including Artemis.

All the Rockets and All the Rocks

Jul 14, 2022 | Asteroids, Daily Space, ESA, Exoplanets, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, OSIRIS-REx, Rocket Lab, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, SpaceX, Starlink, Vega

With the release of JWST’s first science images behind us, we now catch up on all the rocket launches of the past few days. Meanwhile, Bennu continues to be a favorite research topic and is the subject of three new papers released this week. Plus, pulsar-orbiting planets, and this week in rocket history, we look back at GEOTAIL.

Climate Change: African Lakes Sequestering Carbon Dioxide

Jun 30, 2022 | Asteroids, Climate Change, Daily Space, Moon, Rocket Lab, Rockets, Space History, Spacecraft, Volcanoes

Today we look at a trio of climate change stories, which are mostly bad news, although one study has discovered that African lakes are doing more sequestering of greenhouse gases than emissions. Plus, the CAPSTONE launch, meteorite crystals, and this week in rocket history, a mission that launched… but failed.

Differences Fall Away Like Sand on Titan

May 4, 2022 | Daily Space, Jupiter, Mars, Rocket Lab, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Starlink, Supernovae, The Sun, Titan

Using spherical grains called ooids, found on Earth in shallow, tropical waters, scientists have found a possible mechanism for the formation of hydrocarbon sand on Titan. Plus, rocket launches, Jupiter and Mars, space explosions, and this week in rocket history, we look back at Britain’s Ariel satellite program.

Protoplanet Image Supports Alternate Formation Theory

Apr 6, 2022 | Active Galaxies, Artemis, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Jupiter, JWST, Rocket Lab, Rockets, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Stars

In a joint discovery announced by the Subaru and Hubble telescopes, researchers have captured images of a gas giant protoplanet whose distant formation supports the disk instability theory. Plus, galaxies, more galaxies, a couple of rocket launches, and updates on JWST and SLS.