Aug 13, 2020 | Asteroids, Bennu Mapper, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Guest Interview, Observatories, OSIRIS-REx, Our Solar System, Planets
Join us today as we share some mission updates, good and bad. The bad: Arecibo Observatory suffered damage from a snapped cable. The good: OSIRIS-Rex performed a final dress rehearsal for taking a sample of Bennu and NASA’s TESS finished its primary mission. Plus, we’re joined by postdoc Kynan Hughson to talk about this week’s Ceres news!
Aug 11, 2020 | Asteroids, Daily Space
Join us today as we cover all the news about Ceres that culminated in SEVEN papers, revealing the existence of a salty subsurface ocean and active cryovolcanism.
Jun 11, 2020 | Asteroids, Bennu Mapper, Cassini, Daily Space, Earth, Guest Interview, Mars, OSIRIS-REx, Our Solar System, Saturn, Titan
Join us today as we analyze news that Titan is moving away from Saturn more quickly than previously thought. Also, we look at recent photos of Mars’ moon Phobos taken by NASA’s Mars Odyssey. Finally, we note that there is possibly new volcanic activity underneath Germany. After those stories, we interview Dr. Jamie Molaro from PSI about her recent paper on asteroid Bennu.
Jun 1, 2020 | AAS, Asteroids, Comets, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, OSIRIS-REx, Supernovae
Join us today as we take a look at a possible new classification of high energy outbursts. Next, we examine the latest evidence that an exoplanet at our nearest stellar neighbor, Proxima Centauri, really exists. And finally, we go over a bunch of recent stories on asteroids and comets, including our own dinosaur-killer, Bennu, Ryugu, and Comet ATLAS.
May 22, 2020 | Asteroids, Bennu Mapper, Black Holes (Stellar), Daily Space, Milky Way, OSIRIS-REx
Join us today as we talk about radio transmitters found in the twinkling heart of the Milky Way. Then we’ll look at an asteroid that has a comet-like tail. And finally, Bennu is about to be sampled by OSIRIS-Rex, and we helped make that happen!