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Reconstructing 1000 Years of Solar Activity with Tree Rings

Jan 22, 2021 | Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Mars, Quasar, Sky Watching, The Sun

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

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, a super-puff planet, and plans for taking spectra of Venus’ surface, featuring our guest, PSI scientist Dr. Darby Dyer.

Climate Change Affects Harvest, Rocks, Shorelines… and Truffles?

Jan 18, 2021 | AAS, Daily Space, Earth, Galaxies, Stars, Supermassive Black Holes, Supernovae, Supernovae Remnants

Climate change is a leading problem in today’s society, and today we have a quartet of stories on its effect on the world around us. Plus, more coverage from the AAS meeting with three stories on black holes, as well as dating supernovae, breaking a star, and magnetic chaos in a galaxy.

Powerful GRB is Actually Giant Flare From Magnetar in Nearby Galaxy

Jan 15, 2021 | AAS, Asteroids, Daily Space, Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Moon, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Observatories, Physics, Spacecraft

Multiple international teams determine that a 2020 gamma-ray burst was actually a giant flare from a magnetar and that flare originated from a nearby galaxy. Plus, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is ready for a new survey, NASA extends two planetary missions, and What’s Up in the night sky this next week.

Rocket Roundup for January 13, 2021

Jan 15, 2021 | Daily Space, Rockets, Soyuz, Space China, Spacecraft, SpaceX

Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with guest host Dr. Pamela Gay as we look back at the launches and missions that happened over the last two weeks, including one from China, one from Arianespace, and one from SpaceX. Plus, the possibility of wooden satellites with community member Gordon Dewis.

Rocky Planet Found Orbiting Extremely Old Milky Way Star

Jan 13, 2021 | AAS, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Gemini North, Kepler, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Physics

Researchers using NASA’s TESS and the Keck Observatory found a rocky planet orbiting a 10-billion-year-old star in the Milky Way, up in the galaxy’s thick disk. Plus more planetary news from the AAS Winter Meeting, a magnetar, colliding galaxies, and gravitational wave news.