Join us as we take a look back two weeks’ worth of planetary stories, including solar system research on a binary trans-Neptunian object, diamonds in meteorites, the stratification of Titan’s lakes, and how Jupiter affected Venus’ habitability. Plus we go farther into space and see how super flares affect the chances for life on exoplanets and find an exoplanet with vaporized metal in its atmosphere.
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.
Join us today for a trio of solar system stories! First, shallow lightning and mushballs in Jupiter’s atmosphere help find “missing” ammonia. Next, a massive planetary wave in Venus’ atmosphere goes back at least 35 years. Finally, InSight’s seismograph provides the first direct measurement of subsurface boundaries.
Join us today for exciting news that Venus still has active volcanoes! Also, mini-Neptune/super-Earth exoplanets are possibly irradiated ocean worlds, minus Kevin Costner. And we’ll talk about how to observe comet NEOWISE over the next few days as it climbs higher in the northern hemisphere’s night sky.
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