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Luminous Kilonova Challenges Gamma-ray Burst Theories

Nov 15, 2020 | Astrobiology, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Mars, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Observatories, Physics, Rockets, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Venus, Very Large Array

First Brown Dwarf Discovered Using Radio Observations

Nov 11, 2020 | Asteroids, Astrobiology, Exoplanets, Fast Radio Bursts, Jupiter, Mars, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Observatories, OSIRIS-REx, Planets

We’re back! Today we’re bringing you all the latest news, from a fast radio burst in our galaxy to the first brown dwarf discovered using radio telescopes. And telescopes are the hot topic today: using them, renaming them, and sadly, breaking them. Plus the Atacama Desert and Martian life, Europa’s glow, and a roundup of recent planetary science stories.

Bumper Crop of Gravitational Wave Events Detected!

Nov 1, 2020 | AAS, Asteroids, Bennu Mapper, Cosmology, Daily Space, Exoplanets, JAXA, Jupiter, Neptune, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, OSIRIS-REx, Our Solar System, Saturn, Supermassive Black Holes, Titan, Uranus

Today’s top story brings us 39 new gravitational wave detections of black holes and neutron stars, courtesy of the LIGO and VIRGO detectors. Also, it’s Titan’s turn for interesting molecules in the atmosphere, and researchers examined impact craters to see what might lie beneath Titan’s surface. Plus, Hayabusa2’s impact on Ryugu and an updated origin story for Jupiter and Saturn.

Planetary Pandemonium for 16 October 2020

Oct 23, 2020 | Asteroids, Bennu Mapper, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Jupiter, OSIRIS-REx, Our Solar System

New radio images from the ALMA telescope show the direct effects of Io’s volcanism on its atmosphere. Plus, we’ll take a look at the next NASA missions to small bodies that we have to look forward to now that OSIRIS-REx has completed the first touch-and-go sample. And you should smile and wave up at the sky because there are exoplanets that could see us, too

Betelgeuse smaller and closer than previously thought… what?

Oct 19, 2020 | Bennu Mapper, Cosmology, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Mars, Observatories, Star Forming Region, Stars

All of Betelguese’s strange behavior for the last year had everyone looking at the star, which the latest research shows is smaller and closer than previously calculated. Plus, InSight’s mole is finally all the way underground, new measurements of atomic hydrogen in distant galaxies, and two planets have been discovered around a red dwarf star.

Exoplanet guardians, quasar jets, and a globular cluster

Oct 16, 2020 | Daily Space, Exoplanets, Globular Cluster, Quasar, Supermassive Black Holes

Today we look at three astronomical stories! First, simulations show that rocky Super-Earth sized exoplanets have a Jupiter-sized guardian. Then a study of over 700 quasars shows they form because of… magnetic fields, of course! And finally, spare observation time leads to the discovery of a metal-poor globular cluster near the Andromeda Galaxy.