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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Touches Safely Down on Mars

Feb 25, 2021 | Active Galaxies, Astrobiology, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Guest Interview, Mars, Mars 2020, Perseverance, Physics, Stars, Supermassive Black Holes

Now that Percy is on Mars, operations are beginning, images are being downloaded, and Pamela will finally talk about this mission on air. Plus, a Weekend Update on all the stories from last week and an interview with Dr. Elisabeth R. Newton about finding exoplanets in...

Hubble Telescope Finds Cluster of Black Holes

Feb 22, 2021 | Black Holes (Stellar), Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Guest Interview, Mars, Milky Way, Our Solar System, Supernovae, White Dwarfs

While searching for an intermediate-mass black hole, scientists instead found a cluster of smaller black holes in the globular cluster NGC 6397. Plus, supernovae, meteorites, and an interview about mapping water ice on Mars with guests Gareth Morgan and Than Putzig...

Magnetar Exhibits Bizarre Behavior, Identity Crisis

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...

Anatomical Dissection of Planetary Nebula Using Hubble Images

Jan 20, 2021 | Climate Change, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Guest Interview, Jupiter, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Physics, Planetary Nebulae, Quasar, Supermassive Black Holes, Venus

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on YouTube Summary Our coverage of last week’s AAS meeting continues with new work on the formation of planetary nebula based on Hubble Space Telescope images. Plus, a massive quasar in the early universe, water ice on Ganymede,...

Strange Exoplanet Could Be Similar to Theoretical Planet 9

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...

Dark Energy Camera Takes Detailed Pics of Magellanic Clouds

Dec 4, 2020 | Daily Space, Galaxies, Guest Interview, Moon, Observatories

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Summary The Dark Energy Camera captures SMASHingly detailed images of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, assisting in an attempt to map the two structures and understand their history. Plus formation of the Moon, a new...