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Event Horizon Telescope Captures New Image of Black Hole in M87

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,...
NASA’s SOFIA telescope reports water found in sunlit crater on Moon

NASA’s SOFIA telescope reports water found in sunlit crater on Moon

Oct 29, 2020 | AAS, Artemis, Asteroids, Bennu Mapper, Cosmology, Daily Space, Galaxies, KBOs, Moon, OSIRIS-REx, Our Solar System, Star Forming Region

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch  Transcript IMAGE: Venus in Minecraft. CREDIT: Kieri-Aniis Last weekend we streamed for 36 straight hours during the CosmoQuest Hangout-a-thon 2020. Our goals were to build a scale model of the solar system in Minecraft...
Betelgeuse smaller and closer than previously thought… what?

Betelgeuse smaller and closer than previously thought… what?

Oct 19, 2020 | Bennu Mapper, Cosmology, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Mars, Observatories, Star Forming Region, Stars

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch  Transcript Welcome to Monday. This is going to be a Monday of announcements, so please bear with me for a moment. The news is coming in just a moment.  IMAGE: This image shows Nightingale, the primary landing site...
Stars and Planets May Grow Up Together!

Stars and Planets May Grow Up Together!

Oct 9, 2020 | Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Observatories, Planetary Nebulae, Planets, Star Forming Region

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch  Transcript Today’s science is largely science that has resisted being understood: it’s the science of how star systems form and change the substance of the universe. At the most basic level, we struggle with questions...
Martian Dunes; Carina Nebula; Nobel Prize in Physics

Martian Dunes; Carina Nebula; Nobel Prize in Physics

Oct 7, 2020 | Daily Space, Gemini North, Mars, Nebulae, Star Forming Region, Supermassive Black Holes

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch  Transcript  NOTE: Due to technical difficulties, we do not have a transcript for today’s show. We apologize. If one becomes available in the future, we will edit this post. Stay tuned after the news for an...
Stellar eggs; Hubble uses lunar eclipse to detect Earth’s oxygen; Arecibo goes back to work after hurricane; Perseid meteor shower

Stellar eggs; Hubble uses lunar eclipse to detect Earth’s oxygen; Arecibo goes back to work after hurricane; Perseid meteor shower

Aug 10, 2020 | Astrobiology, Daily Space, Earth, ESA, Moon, Observatories, Star Forming Region

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch  Transcript Today’s top story is one that someday, some science fiction writer needs to use as inspiration for the third act of an asteroid attack story. In early July, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System,...
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