Citizen Science | The Daily Space

Betelgeuse smaller and closer than previously thought… what?

Oct 19, 2020 | Bennu Mapper, Cosmology, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Mars, Observatories, Star Forming Region, Stars

All of Betelguese’s strange behavior for the last year had everyone looking at the star, which the latest research shows is smaller and closer than previously calculated. Plus, InSight’s mole is finally all the way underground, new measurements of atomic hydrogen in distant galaxies, and two planets have been discovered around a red dwarf star.

Planetary Pandemonium for 16 October 2020

Oct 19, 2020 | Asteroids, Bennu Mapper, Crewed Space, Daily Space, ESA, JAXA, OSIRIS-REx, Pluto & Charon, Venus

Join us for our weekly tour through the local neighborhood! This week we cover how the ice caps on Pluto’s mountains form; we celebrate BepiColombo’s flyby of Venus; and we continue to prep for that Bennu sample. Plus planetary scientist Alan Stern is going to space!

Death by Spaghettification!

Oct 13, 2020 | Asteroids, Bennu Mapper, Daily Space, Gemini South, Observatories, OSIRIS-REx, Stars, Supermassive Black Holes

Join us for a look at today’s top story: ESO telescopes captured the last moments of a star being destroyed by a black hole in a tidal disruption event. Plus scientists are studying Bennu’s surface to get ready for next week’s touch and go sample collection, and NOIRLab begins the process of restarting telescope operations at several observatories around the world.

Cool worlds, exploding stars, and an asteroid that missed Earth

Aug 20, 2020 | Asteroids, Citizen Science, Daily Space, Earth, JAXA, Supernovae

Join us today as we look at how citizen science helped discover 100 cool worlds nearby. Then we examine evidence that exploding stars may have contributed to a mass extinction on Earth. Speaking of mass extinctions, an asteroid narrowly missed our planet last weekend. Because 2020.

Mission updates: Arecibo suffers damage, OSIRIS-Rex performs final rehearsal, TESS completes primary mission, plus guest Kynan Hughson talks Ceres

Aug 13, 2020 | Asteroids, Bennu Mapper, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Guest Interview, Observatories, OSIRIS-REx, Our Solar System, Planets

Join us today as we share some mission updates, good and bad. The bad: Arecibo Observatory suffered damage from a snapped cable. The good: OSIRIS-Rex performed a final dress rehearsal for taking a sample of Bennu and NASA’s TESS finished its primary mission. Plus, we’re joined by postdoc Kynan Hughson to talk about this week’s Ceres news!

Solar clock; Hubble constant; Universality of Free Fall; Neutron lifetime measurement; Interstellar parallax; Backyard astronomy exoplanet

Jun 12, 2020 | Citizen Science, Cosmology, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Physics, Stars, The Sun

Join us today as we look at six different astronomy stories. We start with a new clock of solar activity, then talk about three articles on updates to fundamental theories. We follow up with interstellar parallax observations and an exoplanet discovered through backyard astronomy.