Jan 29, 2021 | Asteroids, Daily Space, Dark Matter, Earth, Galaxies, Moon, Sky Watching, Space History, SpaceX
Summary Dark matter is only acted upon by the force of gravity according to new research, which constrains the potential range of mass for the elusive particles. Plus, how precipitation affects the Earth’s crust, a pair of ancient asteroid impacts in Germany, NASA’s...
Jan 15, 2021 | AAS, Asteroids, Daily Space, Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Moon, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Observatories, Physics, Spacecraft
Media Listen on LibsynWatch on Twitch Summary Multiple international teams determine that a 2020 gamma-ray burst was actually a giant flare from a magnetar and that flare originated from a nearby galaxy. Plus, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is ready for a...
Jan 9, 2021 | Asteroids, Brown Dwarf, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Mars, Nebulae, Observatories, White Dwarfs
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Summary Hubble celebrates the new year with a release of six gorgeous galaxy mergers, imaged as a part of their investigation into star formation rates in such systems. Plus, a weird nebula, a big flare from a tiny...
Jan 7, 2021 | Asteroids, Crewed Space, Curiosity, Daily Space, JAXA, Mars, OSIRIS-REx, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Rovers, Soyuz, Space China, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Uncategorized
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Summary Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Annie Wilson as we look back at the launches and missions that happened last year, including test flights and first flights, mission launches and discoveries, and all...
Dec 22, 2020 | Asteroids, Comets, Daily Space, Earth, JAXA, Jupiter, Observatories, Saturn, Science
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Summary USGS volcanologists and seismologists have been working around the clock to collect data on Kīlauea’s latest eruption after two years of dormancy. Plus, all the volcano news you can handle, as well as a...
Dec 18, 2020 | Asteroids, Brown Dwarf, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, JAXA, Jupiter, Neptune, Planets, Saturn, Sky Watching, Space China, The Sun
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Summary Scientists using Hubble to track storms on Neptune found that a current storm has reversed direction and possibly shed a fragment. Plus, an update on Hayabusa2’s sample return, a non-technological radio...