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How to Build a Supervolcano in Just Four Million Years

Sep 14, 2022 | Blue Origin, Daily Space, Earth, Our Solar System, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Star Forming Region, Starlink, Supernovae Remnants, Volcanoes

Using pockets of gas found in tiny crystals, scientists have created a timeline for the formation and eruption of four supervolcano events in northern Chile more than twenty million years ago. Plus, rocket launches, gorgeous new space images, and an interview with Jian-Yang Li about the upcoming DART mission’s impact.

Water Worlds May Hide Water Underground

Sep 10, 2022 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Mars, Milky Way, Space History, Space Policy, Star Forming Region, Stars

A population study of 43 exoplanets orbiting M-dwarf stars used both the transit method and radial velocity method to find the densities of the worlds and a surprising pattern emerged. The planets are less dense than expected, suggesting they are not purely rock but half-rock and maybe half-water. Plus, star factories in the Milky Way, glaciers on ancient Mars, and This Week in Space History.

JWST Releases First Five Science Images

Jul 13, 2022 | Daily Space, ESA, Exoplanets, Galaxies, JWST, Nebulae, Planetary Nebulae, Star Forming Region, Stars

Starting with the stunning release of JWST’s first image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 on July 11, the bonanza continued the morning of July 12 with newly released images of Stephan’s Quintet, the Carina Nebula, the Southern Ring Nebula, and exoplanet WASP-96b. Plus, that controversial name and what’s ahead for the newest space observatory.

Bennu’s Boulders Act as Body Armor

Jun 23, 2022 | AAS, Artemis, Asteroids, Climate Change, Earth, Galaxies, Pluto & Charon, Rockets, Space History, Star Forming Region

An analysis of the craters on Bennu’s surface provides evidence that the rubble pile asteroid is protected from smaller impacts by the boulders scattered on the surface. Plus, the SLS Wet Dress Rehearsal, dwarf galaxies around M81, and this week in rocket history, we look back at the X-15 hypersonic plane.

Pulsar Found Racing Through Supernova Remnant

Jun 22, 2022 | AAS, Daily Space, Galaxies, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Rockets, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Star Forming Region, Starlink, Stars, Supernovae Remnants, White Dwarfs

Researchers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory have found that a known pulsar is moving through a supernova remnant at over one million miles per hour. Plus, the life and death of stars, new pictures of the Large Magellanic Cloud, and all of the SpaceX rocket launches.

Wobbling Star Produces Fastest Nova Ever Discovered

Jun 17, 2022 | AAS, Asteroids, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Nebulae, Sky Watching, Spacecraft, Star Forming Region, Supernovae, The Sun, White Dwarfs

Observations of V1674 Hercules reveal a nova produced by the white dwarf star that dimmed in only one day. Additionally, the strange star wobbles every 501 seconds, producing flashes in visible and X-ray light. Plus, more results from the 240th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, a farewell to SOFIA, and What’s Up is the June solstice.