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...
Stellar eggs; Hubble uses lunar eclipse to detect Earth’s oxygen; Arecibo goes back to work after hurricane; Perseid meteor shower
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript Today’s top story is one that someday, some science fiction writer needs to use as inspiration for the third act of an asteroid attack story. In early July, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System,...
Quick plunge in sunlight caused Snowball Earths; remnants of globular cluster found; loop quantum cosmology breaks our brains
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript It’s 2020, and it’s impossible to know what new terrible thing is going to make Murder Hornets and squirrels with the bubonic plague look normal. Showing us that things could indeed be worse is a new paper...
Titan moving away from Saturn; Infrared photos of Phobos; Hints of new volcanism in Europe
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript IMAGE: Exfoliation features on a cliff face (a) and on boulders (b-f) with varying size and location. The bright dome on the horizon of panel (a) is a boulder behind the exfoliating cliff.CREDIT:...
Fast Blue Optical Transients; Proxima b is real; Asteroids and comets in the news
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript Good morning and welcome once again for Monday. This particular weekend was one that showed the greatest extremes of what this experiment called the United States of America is capable of. On one hand, we...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.
