Mar 10, 2021 | Asteroids, Climate Change, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, JAXA, Perseverance, Stars
A new super-Earth has been discovered that has an extremely hot surface temperature, and this planet could be a boon for studying the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets. Plus, our daily news roundup, climate change, and how a petrified tree on Earth might help us hunt for fossils on Mars.
Mar 4, 2021 | ISRO, Mars 2020, Moon, Perseverance, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space China, Space History
Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Annie Wilson as we look back at the launches that happened over the last week, including international launches from China, India, and Russia. Plus, we look back at Beresheet, the ill-fated lander that launched on February 22, 2019.
Mar 1, 2021 | Daily Space, Earth, Galaxies, Mars, Moon, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Perseverance, Sky Watching, Supernovae, Venus
Scientists have been looking for the reclusive neutron star expected to be at the center of supernova 1987A for over thirty years, and they may have finally found it in new images from the Chandra and NuSTAR observatories. Plus, a look at conflicting papers on the object that wiped out the dinosaurs, a roundup of news, and this week’s What’s Up.
Feb 25, 2021 | Active Galaxies, Astrobiology, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Guest Interview, Mars, Mars 2020, Perseverance, Physics, Stars, Supermassive Black Holes
Feb 11, 2021 | Comets, Daily Space, Mars, Mars 2020, Random Space Fact, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Starlink
Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Annie Wilson as we look back at the launches that happened over the last week, including Yet Another Starlink and a surprise Chinese launch. Plus, updates on all those arriving Mars missions.
Feb 3, 2021 | Astrobiology, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Perseverance, Space History, Stars, Venus
A new system has been found that consists of six stars in three binary pairs, which are producing a bevy of eclipses with each other. They were found in TESS data with the help of machine learning. Plus, Venus, more exoplanet news, difficulties with the record of early life, and a look back at Marie Tharp’s groundbreaking work.