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Event Horizon Telescope Captures New Image of Black Hole in M87

Apr 5, 2021 | Climate Change, Daily Space, Earth, Globular Cluster, Jupiter, Moon, Science, Sky Watching, Star Forming Region, Stars, Supermassive Black Holes

The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration released a new image yesterday that shows the black hole in M87 once again, but this time, with new details. Using polarized light, the team was able to capture photographic evidence of magnetic fields. Plus, Jupiter’s winds,...

Detection of High-Energy Particle Confirms Decades Old Theory

Mar 15, 2021 | Asteroids, Cosmology, Daily Space, Earth, Galaxies, Mars, Observatories, Physics, Sky Watching, Spacecraft, Supernovae Remnants

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica detected an electron antineutrino, confirming another piece of the Standard Model and proving that neutrino astronomy is feasible. Plus, a meteorite, wormholes, zodiacal light, and our weekly What’s Up segment. Media...

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...

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...

Hubble Space Telescope Releases Galaxy Merger Montage

Jan 9, 2021 | Asteroids, Brown Dwarf, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Mars, Nebulae, Observatories, White Dwarfs

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Summary Hubble celebrates the new year with a release of six gorgeous galaxy mergers, imaged as a part of their investigation into star formation rates in such systems. Plus, a weird nebula, a big flare from a tiny...