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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...

Six Star Eclipsing System Found in TESS Data with AI Help

Feb 3, 2021 | Astrobiology, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Perseverance, Space History, Stars, Venus

A new system has been found that consists of six stars in three binary pairs, which are producing a bevy of eclipses with each other. They were found in TESS data with the help of machine learning. Plus, Venus, more exoplanet news, difficulties with the record of...

Anatomical Dissection of Planetary Nebula Using Hubble Images

Jan 20, 2021 | Climate Change, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Guest Interview, Jupiter, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Physics, Planetary Nebulae, Quasar, Supermassive Black Holes, Venus

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on YouTube Summary Our coverage of last week’s AAS meeting continues with new work on the formation of planetary nebula based on Hubble Space Telescope images. Plus, a massive quasar in the early universe, water ice on Ganymede,...

Luminous Kilonova Challenges Gamma-ray Burst Theories

Nov 15, 2020 | Astrobiology, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Mars, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Observatories, Physics, Rockets, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Venus, Very Large Array

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript This is the Daily Space for today, Friday, November 13, 2020. I am your host, Beth Johnson, and I am here to put science in your brain. Unfortunately, Dr. Pamela is dealing with a host of grant deadlines, so...

Planetary Pandemonium for 16 October 2020

Oct 19, 2020 | Asteroids, Bennu Mapper, Crewed Space, Daily Space, ESA, JAXA, OSIRIS-REx, Pluto & Charon, Venus

Media Listen on LibsynWatch on Twitch Transcript My first story is on everyone’s favorite not-planet, Pluto. Amazingly, the New Horizons flyby (Hi, Pluto!) provided us with enough data to analyze for years. The latest paper to come out covers the ice on the mountains,...

Planetary Pandemonium: Double Dose

Oct 9, 2020 | Asteroids, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Jupiter, Our Solar System, Titan, Venus

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript Well, it’s been a wild couple of weeks, hasn’t it? I don’t have a lot more to say about my friend and colleague Paranor that hasn’t already been said. He was a huge supporter of me and my work and kept me...