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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...