Observatories Archives - Page 8 of 10

Gas giant found orbiting white dwarf star and a Wolf-Rayet binary produces dust

Sep 17, 2020 | Daily Space, Exoplanets, Gemini North, Guest Interview, Stars, The Sun, White Dwarfs

Join us today as we take a look at today’s top story – a planet has been found still in orbit around its white dwarf star even after a supernova. Then we discuss how a Wolf-Rayet binary system is a dust factory. Finally, new works show neutron stars are NOT producing all those heavy elements, the solar minimum is over, Plus special guest, Sara Seager from MIT.

Cosmic Microwave Background experiment; Astronomy and Climate; Bennu

Sep 10, 2020 | Asteroids, Conferences, Cosmology, Daily Space, Earth, Observatories

Join us today as we look at a next-generation Cosmic Microwave Background experiment and then try to get a handle on how astronomy and climate interact. Also, Bennu is ejecting particles into space, because… Bennu.

Dual quasars; tidal disruption events; and a halo for Andromeda

Aug 31, 2020 | Daily Space, Galaxies, Gemini North, Quasar, Supermassive Black Holes

Join us today as we examine observations for dual quasars in the process of merging and a star being torn apart by its supermassive black hole. Plus, Hubble data used to map a halo around the Andromeda galaxy.

Europa, Ganymede, and more pictures of Comet NEOWISE

Aug 26, 2020 | Comets, Daily Space, ESA, Gemini North, Jupiter, Our Solar System

Join us today as we look at how fractures on Europa’s surface are leading scientists to reevaluate the geologic past of the Jovian moon. Speaking of Jovian moons, Sweden has finished an instrument for the JUICE mission that will measure electromagnetic fields and map the oceans of Ganymede. And finally, Comet NEOWISE continues to make headlines with new images from Hubble and Gemini.

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!

Stellar eggs; Hubble uses lunar eclipse to detect Earth’s oxygen; Arecibo goes back to work after hurricane; Perseid meteor shower

Aug 10, 2020 | Astrobiology, Daily Space, Earth, ESA, Moon, Observatories, Star Forming Region

Join us today for news about the evolution of stellar eggs. Additionally, Hubble takes advantage of a lunar eclipse to probe our atmosphere. Then we celebrate Arecibo reopening after Hurricane Isaias and doing more science. Plus it’s time for the Persieds!