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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...