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LPSC: All the Planetary News You Can Handle

LPSC: All the Planetary News You Can Handle

Mar 21, 2021 | Daily Space, Exoplanets, Fast Radio Bursts, LPSC, Mars, Mars 2020, Neptune, Perseverance, Physics, Planets, Pluto & Charon

Monday was the first day of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, and we are going to spend at least the next two weeks sharing as much science as possible. The conference is taking place virtually this year, and of course, Mars is the big focus. Plus icy...
Detection of High-Energy Particle Confirms Decades Old Theory

Detection of High-Energy Particle Confirms Decades Old Theory

Mar 15, 2021 | Asteroids, Cosmology, Daily Space, Earth, Galaxies, Mars, Observatories, Physics, Sky Watching, Spacecraft, Supernovae Remnants

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica detected an electron antineutrino, confirming another piece of the Standard Model and proving that neutrino astronomy is feasible. Plus, a meteorite, wormholes, zodiacal light, and our weekly What’s Up segment. Media...
New Type of Dark Energy Proposed Could Solve Conflicting Calculations

New Type of Dark Energy Proposed Could Solve Conflicting Calculations

Mar 7, 2021 | Cosmology, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Mars, Sky Watching, Stars, The Sun

Issues with calculating the expansion rate of the universe have led to differences in the results, depending on the method used. A pair of physicists have proposed a new type of dark energy to resolve the conflict. Plus, volcanic ash and volcanoes, the composition of...
Neutron Star in Supernova 1987A May Have Been Found

Neutron Star in Supernova 1987A May Have Been Found

Mar 1, 2021 | Daily Space, Earth, Galaxies, Mars, Moon, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Perseverance, Sky Watching, Supernovae, Venus

Scientists have been looking for the reclusive neutron star expected to be at the center of supernova 1987A for over thirty years, and they may have finally found it in new images from the Chandra and NuSTAR observatories. Plus, a look at conflicting papers on the...
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Touches Safely Down on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Touches Safely Down on Mars

Feb 25, 2021 | Active Galaxies, Astrobiology, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Guest Interview, Mars, Mars 2020, Perseverance, Physics, Stars, Supermassive Black Holes

Now that Percy is on Mars, operations are beginning, images are being downloaded, and Pamela will finally talk about this mission on air. Plus, a Weekend Update on all the stories from last week and an interview with Dr. Elisabeth R. Newton about finding exoplanets in...
Hubble Telescope Finds Cluster of Black Holes

Hubble Telescope Finds Cluster of Black Holes

Feb 22, 2021 | Black Holes (Stellar), Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Guest Interview, Mars, Milky Way, Our Solar System, Supernovae, White Dwarfs

While searching for an intermediate-mass black hole, scientists instead found a cluster of smaller black holes in the globular cluster NGC 6397. Plus, supernovae, meteorites, and an interview about mapping water ice on Mars with guests Gareth Morgan and Than Putzig...
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