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Iceland Has a New Volcanic Fissure Erupting in Fagradalsfjall

Mar 31, 2021 | Cassini, Climate Change, Daily Space, Earth, Guest Interview, Mars, Titan

After much “will it / won’t it” over the last few weeks in the wake of increased (and then decreased) seismic activity, an eruption in Iceland finally started with a brand new fissure near Fagradalsfjall. No lives are threatened, so Pamela is ecstatic. Plus, arctic...

LPSC: Studying Microorganisms Trapped in Salt as Martian Analog

Mar 29, 2021 | Asteroids, Astrobiology, Bennu Mapper, Daily Space, Earth, ESA, Guest Interview, LPSC, Moon, OSIRIS-REx, Perseverance, Rovers, Space China, Space Policy, Supermassive Black Holes

We interview a pair of scientists who have examined microorganisms embedded in halite crystals to determine the feasibility of finding similar evidence of past life in return samples from Mars. Plus, ‘Oumuamua, Bennu, Ryugu, winds on Jupiter and a space jellyfish....

LPSC: Water on Mars Never Left After All

Mar 22, 2021 | Asteroids, Astrobiology, Daily Space, Earth, Galaxies, LPSC, Mars, OSIRIS-REx, Quasar, Science, Sky Watching, The Sun

New research shows that most of the water once thought to have escaped Mars is actually still trapped in the minerals in the crust. And life may still be present and accessible on the red planet. Plus, a cosmic lens, Bennu, volcanoes, more news from LPSC 2021, and our...

Rocket Roundup for March 17, 2021

Mar 21, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Starlink

In this week’s Rocket Roundup, host Annie Wilson presents not one but two SpaceX Starlink launches as well as two Chinese launches. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at the Gemini 8 mission, which launched March 16th, 1966. Media Listen on Libsyn Watch...

LPSC: All the Planetary News You Can Handle

Mar 21, 2021 | Daily Space, Exoplanets, Fast Radio Bursts, LPSC, Mars, Mars 2020, Neptune, Perseverance, Physics, Planets, Pluto & Charon

Monday was the first day of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, and we are going to spend at least the next two weeks sharing as much science as possible. The conference is taking place virtually this year, and of course, Mars is the big focus. Plus icy...

Detection of High-Energy Particle Confirms Decades Old Theory

Mar 15, 2021 | Asteroids, Cosmology, Daily Space, Earth, Galaxies, Mars, Observatories, Physics, Sky Watching, Spacecraft, Supernovae Remnants

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica detected an electron antineutrino, confirming another piece of the Standard Model and proving that neutrino astronomy is feasible. Plus, a meteorite, wormholes, zodiacal light, and our weekly What’s Up segment. Media...