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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...

Six-Exoplanet System in Resonance, Challenges Formation Theories

Jan 27, 2021 | Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Kepler, Quantum, Supermassive Black Holes

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on YouTube Summary It’s a day ending in ‘y’, and planetary formation theories are once again being challenged. This time the challenge comes from a six-planet system with five planets in resonance. Plus a cloudless Jupiter,...

Anatomical Dissection of Planetary Nebula Using Hubble Images

Jan 20, 2021 | Climate Change, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Guest Interview, Jupiter, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Physics, Planetary Nebulae, Quasar, Supermassive Black Holes, Venus

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on YouTube Summary Our coverage of last week’s AAS meeting continues with new work on the formation of planetary nebula based on Hubble Space Telescope images. Plus, a massive quasar in the early universe, water ice on Ganymede,...

Climate Change Affects Harvest, Rocks, Shorelines… and Truffles?

Jan 18, 2021 | AAS, Daily Space, Earth, Galaxies, Stars, Supermassive Black Holes, Supernovae, Supernovae Remnants

Media Listen on LibsynWatch on YouTube Summary Climate change is a leading problem in today’s society, and today we have a quartet of stories on its effect on the world around us. Plus, more coverage from the AAS meeting with three stories on black holes, as well as...

Missing Black Hole Continues to Mystify Scientists

Dec 21, 2020 | Curiosity, Daily Space, Earth, ESA, Galaxies, Mars, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Stars, Supermassive Black Holes, Supernovae, White Dwarfs

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Summary A massive black hole should be in the galaxy cluster Abell 2261. Observations with Chandra and Hubble haven’t located it. Plus, classifying supernovae with AI, neutron stars, the lithium composition problem,...

Black Hole’s Dust Ring Casting Shadows

Nov 24, 2020 | Active Galaxies, Daily Space, Galaxies, Jupiter, Milky Way, Our Solar System, Saturn, Supermassive Black Holes, Very Large Array

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Summary Once again, we find that dust is the culprit, this time causing a black hole to cast shadows out from the heart of its galaxy. Plus, a fossil galaxy in the Milky Way, newborn jets, and more. Transcript This is...