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

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

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!

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Titan moving away from Saturn; Infrared photos of Phobos; Hints of new volcanism in Europe

Titan moving away from Saturn; Infrared photos of Phobos; Hints of new volcanism in Europe

Join us today as we analyze news that Titan is moving away from Saturn more quickly than previously thought. Also, we look at recent photos of Mars’ moon Phobos taken by NASA’s Mars Odyssey. Finally, we note that there is possibly new volcanic activity underneath Germany. After those stories, we interview Dr. Jamie Molaro from PSI about her recent paper on asteroid Bennu.

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Gamma ray bursts in hypernovae; newborn giant exoplanets confirmed; Guest Dr Jian-Yang Li and interstellar comet 2I/Borisov

Gamma ray bursts in hypernovae; newborn giant exoplanets confirmed; Guest Dr Jian-Yang Li and interstellar comet 2I/Borisov

Join us today when we learn about new research on how gamma ray bursts and hypernovae are related. Then we look at new adaptive optics that have proven images of protoplanets are real images of real planets. Finally, we are joined by Dr. Jian-Yang Li from the Planetary Science Institute to talk about interstellar comet 2I/Borisov.

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