Sep 15, 2020 | Astrobiology, Daily Space, Venus
Join us today as we continue our coverage of this morning’s big news that researchers at multiple institutions found the molecule phosphine in the clouds of Venus. While this news is not confirmation of life, it is an exciting possibility for further research.
Sep 11, 2020 | Asteroids, Daily Space, Jupiter, Our Solar System, Planets
Join us for this week’s Planetary Pandemonium as host Beth Johnson covers some of the planetary science news for the week, including metal hydrogen (WHAT), Galilean moons (IO), and a newly discovered asteroid, courtesy of a citizen scientist (WOW). Plus an update on Arecibo Observatory.
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.
Sep 9, 2020 | Daily Space, Rockets, Space China, SpaceX, Starlink, Vega
Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Annie Wilson as we look back at the launches from the past week, including an Arianespace launch from French Guiana, a full complement of Starlink satellites from SpaceX, two Chinese launches, and a bonus grain silo hop!
Sep 8, 2020 | Black Holes (Stellar), Cosmology, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Supermassive Black Holes
Join us today as we examine major news coming out last week from institutions analyzing data from the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors: the largest and farthest collision detected yet has led to the discovery of an “impossible” black hole. Plus a triple-star system has planetary rings and the camera that will be at the heart of the Vera Rubin Observatory takes its first images… of broccoli.
Sep 2, 2020 | Daily Space, Rockets, SpaceX
Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Annie Wilson as we look back at the launches from the past week: SpaceX managed to pull off one of their two planned launches, and Rocket Lab finally got their fourteenth launch off the ground.