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Confirmed: 68 New Gravitational Lenses

Sep 30, 2022 | Asteroids, Cosmology, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Earth, Guest Interview, Moon, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space China, Spacecraft, Stars

Using a machine learning algorithm, scientists have confirmed 68 out of 77 potential gravitational lens candidates from a subset of over 5,000 possibilities. Plus, generation one stars, astronauts coming home, dating craters on Earth, lunar glass, and an interview with Amanda Sickafoose regarding the DART mission.

Being a Star: Nature vs Nurture

Sep 21, 2022 | Active Galaxies, Daily Space, Earth, Enceladus, ESA, Globular Cluster, Jupiter, JWST, Mars, Moon, Rockets, Saturn, Sky Watching, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Starlink, Stars, The Sun

Asteroseismologists are combining data from TESS, Kepler, and eventually, JWST to study stellar oscillations in ‘infant’ stars, with the goal of creating new models for how such young stars form and evolve over time. Plus, JWST images Mars, Hubble images stars, and SpaceX manages to launch another Starlink mission in spite of weather delays.

Saturn’s Rings are Made of a Broken-up Moon

Sep 17, 2022 | Astrobiology, Daily Space, Earth, Mars, Mars 2020, Perseverance, Review, Rocket Lab, Rockets, Saturn, Spacecraft, Volcanoes

Using computer simulations, researchers have pieced together a possible scenario where Titan caused another of Saturn’s moons to break up and become the beautiful ring system we see today. Plus, organic molecules on Mars, the death of the dinosaurs, and a review of Lightyear on Disney+.

Mount Sharp, Mars, Shaped by Water and Wind

Sep 16, 2022 | Climate Change, Cosmology, Curiosity, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, JAXA, Mars, Moon, Physics, Quantum, Rockets, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, Supernovae, White Dwarfs

Data and images from NASA’s Curiosity rover found evidence that wind played a key role in erosional processes on the red planet, despite the lower atmospheric volume. Plus, astrophysics and cosmology news, a baby exoplanet, and this week in space history, we look back at an uncrewed lunar mission from Japan.

How to Build a Supervolcano in Just Four Million Years

Sep 14, 2022 | Blue Origin, Daily Space, Earth, Our Solar System, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Star Forming Region, Starlink, Supernovae Remnants, Volcanoes

Using pockets of gas found in tiny crystals, scientists have created a timeline for the formation and eruption of four supervolcano events in northern Chile more than twenty million years ago. Plus, rocket launches, gorgeous new space images, and an interview with Jian-Yang Li about the upcoming DART mission’s impact.

Climate Change Melts Glaciers, Greens the Arctic

Sep 9, 2022 | Climate Change, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Mars, Moon, Nebulae, Neptune, Our Solar System, Rockets, Science, Sky Watching, Space China, Spacecraft, Uranus

As global temperatures rise, Earth observations show that glaciers are retreating and ice sheets are melting everywhere from Greenland to Antarctica while regions of the Arctic are getting greener. Plus, collaborations lead to new Mars and exoplanet discoveries, several rockets launched, and this week’s What’s Up involves Dr. Brian May of Queen.