Feb 11, 2021 | Comets, Daily Space, Mars, Mars 2020, Random Space Fact, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Starlink
Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Annie Wilson as we look back at the launches that happened over the last week, including Yet Another Starlink and a surprise Chinese launch. Plus, updates on all those arriving Mars missions. Media Listen on...
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...
Nov 28, 2020 | Astrobiology, Comets, Curiosity, Daily Space, Earth, Mars, Our Solar System, Perseverance
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Summary In a surprise Planetary Pandemonium episode, we look at a comet that is caught in the process of moving from Centaur to Jupiter Family Comet and doing it on a human timescale. Also, an ancient Martian megaflood...
Sep 21, 2020 | Cassini, Comets, Daily Space, ESA, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Saturn
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript After last week’s constant thrum of new and exciting news, I’m somewhat relieved to say this particular Monday is a rather slow news day. We expect things to change as the week goes on. The virtual...
Aug 26, 2020 | Comets, Daily Space, ESA, Gemini North, Jupiter, Our Solar System
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript Hi. It’s me again. You may be wondering why you are seeing me on a Tuesday and not a Thursday. Much of our team is swamped with setting up and managing the Planetary Science Institute’s retreat, which...
Jul 21, 2020 | Comets, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Venus
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript The one thing that limits our ability to understand our universe, more than anything else, is money. Funding for space exploration limits how many spacecraft we can send to other worlds. Funding for...