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Latest Gaia Telescope Data Release Gives More Insight Into Milky Way

Latest Gaia Telescope Data Release Gives More Insight Into Milky Way

Dec 8, 2020 | Asteroids, Book Club, Earth, ESA, Milky Way, Planetary Nebulae, Science, Stars

Media Listen on LibsynWatch on Twitch  Summary The release of the Gaia space telescope’s Early Data Release 3 has paved the way for a 3D map of the Milky Way, a glimpse at its history, and the acceleration of our own solar system. Plus, Alaskan volcanoes, the...
Black Hole’s Dust Ring Casting Shadows

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...
New Pieces Placed in Milky Way Formation and Evolution Puzzle

New Pieces Placed in Milky Way Formation and Evolution Puzzle

Nov 24, 2020 | Astrobiology, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Fast Radio Bursts, Jupiter, Milky Way, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Supernovae

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch  Transcript (not included due  to technical issues) Two new research papers examine how the Milky Way galaxy was formed and how it evolved. Plus, we take a look at stories on the prospects for life elsewhere in the...
Did we mention OSIRIS-REx sampled Bennu this week?

Did we mention OSIRIS-REx sampled Bennu this week?

Oct 22, 2020 | Asteroids, Bennu Mapper, Daily Space, Milky Way, OSIRIS-REx, Supermassive Black Holes, Very Large Array

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch  Transcript In case you have been hiding under a rock, the OSIRIS-REx mission has successfully booped the rubble pile asteroid Bennu.  IMAGE: Artist’s impression showing the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending...
Science Story Double Feature

Science Story Double Feature

Sep 28, 2020 | Asteroids, Daily Space, Mars, Milky Way, Quantum, Saturn, Supermassive Black Holes

Media Listen on LibsynWatch on Twitch  Transcript In today’s top story, we have an update on the Event Horizon Telescope’s observations of the supermassive black hole in the core M87.  In 2019, an amazing image of the glowing material and bent light twisting...
X-ray view of the sky; Hubble images planetary nebulae; Planets form more quickly than previously thought

X-ray view of the sky; Hubble images planetary nebulae; Planets form more quickly than previously thought

Jun 19, 2020 | Daily Space, ESA, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Milky Way, Planetary Nebulae

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch  Transcript Astronomy can be described in many ways: awe-inspiring, mind-blowing, complicated. There are so many adjectives to pick from that sometimes calling it astronomical is the safest bet. Today though, our...
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