Planetary Pandemonium: metal hydrogen, Galilean moons, and an asteroid
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript Welcome back to Fridays, everyone! Normally, being back after the summer hiatus would be a big deal, but this is 2020, all year, and so… what even is time? It’s still late March, right? Time is weird these...
Cosmic Microwave Background experiment; Astronomy and Climate; Bennu
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript Over the weekend, I saw one of the most confusing and horrifying weather warning maps I have ever seen. I wasn’t looking at the multiple cyclones and weather depressions in the world’s oceans; I was...
Mission update: Psyche; new tech; and a special Mars photo
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript No need to check your calendars, everyone. It really is Tuesday. Pamela and I have traded days this week for a couple of reasons: 1) almost all the press releases we got yesterday are embargoed until...
Cool worlds, exploding stars, and an asteroid that missed Earth
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript To understand our place in the Universe, we have to understand the Universe. That’s a tall task, though, and one I’m not generally equipped to cover. I prefer to stay closer to home, and I particularly...
Whole lotta what: Gamma-ray heartbeat heard; Stars with planets have no chemical fingerprint; ‘Oumuamua not made of molecular hydrogen ice
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch (WARNING: Audio inception fail at beginning.) Transcript Today’s news is entirely unsatisfying. In general, these stories create more questions than they answer. You are warned. Story one: Two objects, 100 light-years apart,...About Our Podcast
Get your daily dose of all that’s new in space and astronomy. The sky is not the limit, as we bring you a fast-paced roundup of launches, landings, and everyday discoveries. The Daily Space is brought to you by the team behind CosmoQuest at the Planetary Science Institute, and features hosts Dr. Pamela L. Gay & Annie Wilson.
