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Neutron Star in Supernova 1987A May Have Been Found

Neutron Star in Supernova 1987A May Have Been Found

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...
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Touches Safely Down on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Touches Safely Down on Mars

Feb 25, 2021 | Active Galaxies, Astrobiology, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Guest Interview, Mars, Mars 2020, Perseverance, Physics, Stars, Supermassive Black Holes

Now that Percy is on Mars, operations are beginning, images are being downloaded, and Pamela will finally talk about this mission on air. Plus, a Weekend Update on all the stories from last week and an interview with Dr. Elisabeth R. Newton about finding exoplanets in...
Hubble Telescope Finds Cluster of Black Holes

Hubble Telescope Finds Cluster of Black Holes

Feb 22, 2021 | Black Holes (Stellar), Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Guest Interview, Mars, Milky Way, Our Solar System, Supernovae, White Dwarfs

While searching for an intermediate-mass black hole, scientists instead found a cluster of smaller black holes in the globular cluster NGC 6397. Plus, supernovae, meteorites, and an interview about mapping water ice on Mars with guests Gareth Morgan and Than Putzig...
Newly Discovered Solar System Object is ‘Farfarout’

Newly Discovered Solar System Object is ‘Farfarout’

Feb 17, 2021 | Astrobiology, Daily Space, ESA, Exoplanets, Galaxies, KBOs, Mars, Nebulae, Sky Watching

A newly found object nearly four times farther out from the Sun than Pluto now holds the record for the farthest observed in our solar system. Plus, forming super-Earths, finding potentially habitable planets, jellyfish galaxies, the Crab Nebula, and this week’s...
Betelgeuse Smaller Than Previously Calculated, Still Mystery

Betelgeuse Smaller Than Previously Calculated, Still Mystery

Feb 11, 2021 | Cassini, Climate Change, Daily Space, Earth, Galaxies, Mars, OSIRIS-REx, Saturn, Stars

Scientists collected fresh data on Orion’s bright star Betelgeuse to try and understand this star that caused so much controversy last year. They found it’s smaller than previously calculated, and last year’s dimming was likely caused by dust, but it’s also more...
Mystery of Mars’ Recurring Slope Lineae Possibly Solved

Mystery of Mars’ Recurring Slope Lineae Possibly Solved

Feb 8, 2021 | Climate Change, Earth, Galaxies, Mars, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Sky Watching, Stars

A new theory has been proposed that could answer the question of what causes recurring landslides on Mars: small-scale ice melting just below the surface may leave the regolith vulnerable to wind. Plus, a look at some of Earth’s ancient climate changes, a gamma-ray...
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