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Planetary Pandemonium: All the planetary stories that were NOT about Venus

Sep 18, 2020 | Astrobiology, Daily Space, ESA, Exoplanets, Our Solar System, Perseverance, Planets, Uranus

While Venus has dominated the news cycle this week, scientists were publishing papers on other planets, both within our solar system and without. We look at a warm Jupiter orbiting a cool star, the composition of Uranus’ moons (save your jokes for the Q&A), and how life may be hard to detect on Mars. Plus Hubble has released a brand new image of Jupiter with Europa, and they are gorgeous.

Gas giant found orbiting white dwarf star and a Wolf-Rayet binary produces dust

Sep 17, 2020 | Daily Space, Exoplanets, Gemini North, Guest Interview, Stars, The Sun, White Dwarfs

Join us today as we take a look at today’s top story – a planet has been found still in orbit around its white dwarf star even after a supernova. Then we discuss how a Wolf-Rayet binary system is a dust factory. Finally, new works show neutron stars are NOT producing all those heavy elements, the solar minimum is over, Plus special guest, Sara Seager from MIT.

Phosphine found in Venus clouds leads to more questions

Sep 15, 2020 | Astrobiology, Daily Space, Venus

Join us today as we continue our coverage of this morning’s big news that researchers at multiple institutions found the molecule phosphine in the clouds of Venus. While this news is not confirmation of life, it is an exciting possibility for further research.

Planetary Pandemonium: metal hydrogen, Galilean moons, and an asteroid

Sep 11, 2020 | Asteroids, Daily Space, Jupiter, Our Solar System, Planets

Join us for this week’s Planetary Pandemonium as host Beth Johnson covers some of the planetary science news for the week, including metal hydrogen (WHAT), Galilean moons (IO), and a newly discovered asteroid, courtesy of a citizen scientist (WOW). Plus an update on Arecibo Observatory.

Cosmic Microwave Background experiment; Astronomy and Climate; Bennu

Sep 10, 2020 | Asteroids, Conferences, Cosmology, Daily Space, Earth, Observatories

Join us today as we look at a next-generation Cosmic Microwave Background experiment and then try to get a handle on how astronomy and climate interact. Also, Bennu is ejecting particles into space, because… Bennu.

Mission update: Psyche; new tech; and a special Mars photo

Sep 1, 2020 | Asteroids, Curiosity, Daily Space, Mars, Moon, Spacecraft

Join us today for an update on the Lucy mission to asteroid Psyche. Plus we take a look at a couple new pieces of tech in development, designed to help explore the Moon and Mars. And Curiosity brings us a special Mars photo that isn’t about the ground!