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Discovery of Twin Supernovae Could Open Up Dark Energy Experiments

May 12, 2021 | Asteroids, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Mars, OSIRIS-REx, Planets, Star Forming Region, Supernovae, Voyager I & II

Researchers found that among about 50 supernovae, many had nearly identical spectra, paving the way for making more accurate distance calculations. These calculations, in turn, open up the possibility of using supernovae to better search for dark energy. Plus, OSIRIS-REx, Voyager I, planetary formation, and volcanoes on Mars.

Rare Triple Tsunami Recorded Near New Zealand

May 3, 2021 | Astrobiology, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Mars, The Sun, Venus

On March 5, 2021, three separate, large earthquakes occurred within hours of each other near New Zealand, and all three produced a tsunami. The resulting changes in wave height were recorded with special buoys. Plus, a radar blackout at Mars, a giant planet growing, small galaxies in the early Universe, and what even is a day?

Fourteen Gamma Ray Sources Are Possibly Stars Made of Antimatter

Apr 30, 2021 | Asteroids, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Mars, Milky Way, Moon, Sky Watching, Stars

Gamma rays given off by fourteen different sources in our sky could be a sign of the existence of antistars, leading to the potential for breaking the standard cosmological model. Plus, nano dust, the HI-SEAS experiment, hydroxyl at an exoplanet, and this week’s What’s Up.

Rocket Roundup for April 28, 2021

Apr 30, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Mars, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX

This week, the entire team gathers to share stories on Crew-2, another OneWeb launch, NROL-82, and a Chinese launch. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at the launch of NASA’s TESS on April 18th, 2018.

End-Permian Extinction Lasted Ten Times Longer on Land Than Water

Apr 29, 2021 | Astrobiology, Climate Change, Cosmology, Curiosity, Daily Space, Dark Matter, Earth, Mars, Moon, Space History, Stars, Supermassive Black Holes

The biggest mass extinction event on Earth occurred at the end of the Permian period, resulting in the extinction of 95% of marine life and 80% of terrestrial life. Now, scientists have found that the terrestrial portion of the event lasted nearly ten times as long as the ocean version. Plus, a spaghettified star, the search for Moon Trees, all about Mars, and new works on dark matter and dark energy.

Rocket Roundup for April 21, 2021

Apr 23, 2021 | Blue Origin, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Earth, Mars, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space History, Spacecraft

In this week’s Rocket Roundup, host Pamela Gay presents a suborbital Blue Origin launch, the return of Soyuz MS-17, a hovering Ingenuity drone, and an Earth Day special on Earth observatories. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at STS-31, which launched from the Kennedy Space Center on April 24th, 1990.