Asteroids | The Daily Space

Twinkling heart of the Milky Way spotted; New type of asteroid discovered; Bennu is about to be sampled

May 22, 2020 | Asteroids, Bennu Mapper, Black Holes (Stellar), Daily Space, Milky Way, OSIRIS-REx

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript Yes folks, I said Friday! And this is no normal Friday; it is the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. Any other year I’d be on my way to a Science Fiction convention, and this year I kind of am. The long-running...

SpaceX get’s their rocket test on; Artemis update; & Guest Dr Jim Richardson talks crater erosion

May 7, 2020 | Artemis, Asteroids, Guest Interview, SpaceX

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch The News Today is one heck of a slow news day, but what it lacks in diversity it makes up for in lift. Our first story is one related to rockets that evaded yesterday’s Rocket Roundup. On Tuesday night, SpaceX’s SN4...

The Allan Hills Meteorite ALH84001; Asteroid 1998 OR2’s 6 million km miss; & Comet Atlas’s Exquisite Death

Apr 30, 2020 | Asteroids, Astrobiology, Comets, Daily Space, Mars, Podcast

Not every day is equal. Some days are rockier than others. Take today for example, we have three stories that involve rocks, ice, and other stuff that can really wreck your day. Join us as we discuss the Allan Hills Meteorite ALH84001, Asteroid 1998 OR2’s 6 million km...

Yale’s EXPRES looks to the skies of a scorching, distant planet, a new model explains the unique characteristics of Arrokoth, interstellar asteroids found hiding in plain sight, and new comprehensive geologic map of the moon released

Apr 24, 2020 | Asteroids, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Moon, Podcast

Yale’s Extreme PREcision Spectrometer (EXPRES) is giving a closer look at the atmosphere of a distant planet, a model developed at the Faculty of Physics at the Technion, in collaboration with German scientists at Tübingen, explains the unique properties of...

Crew Dragon to be crewed May 27, impacts on asteroids make regolith, Comet Borisov lends insights, and the California Nebula gloriously ends Spitzer Mission

Apr 20, 2020 | Asteroids, Comets, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Planetary Nebulae, Podcast, SpaceX

The first flight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nearly nine years finally has a launch date: May 27. The impact of small bodies hitting an asteroid pulverizes its surface, making new regolith, while seismic shaking produced by the impact causes...

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft rehearses touching down on asteroid Bennu, deep sea vents could have kick-started life, and star orbiting the supermassive black hole moves as predicted by relativity, plus interview with astronomer Riley Connors

Apr 16, 2020 | Asteroids, Astrobiology, OSIRIS-REx, Podcast, Spacecraft, Supermassive Black Holes

NASA’s first asteroid-sampling spacecraft is one step closer to touching down on asteroid Bennu. By mimicking rocky seafloor chimneys in the lab, scientists have produced new evidence that these features could have provided the right ingredients to kick-start life. A...