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Eccentric Minor Planet to Make Close Pass to Saturn’s Orbit in 2030

Jun 23, 2021 | Agencies, Comets, Daily Space, Earth, Jupiter, Milky Way, Our Solar System, Physics, Venus

Minor planet 2014 UN271, discovered in data collected by the Dark Energy Survey, is set to make a close pass to Saturn’s orbit at the end of the decade, giving astronomers a chance to observe a rare trans-Neptunian object from up close…ish. Plus, Venus, Jupiter, the Milky Way, and an invisible galactic structure discovered quite by accident.

NASA Working to Restore Hubble Telescope’s Payload Computer

Jun 19, 2021 | Daily Space, Dark Matter, Exoplanets, Galaxies, KBOs, Spacecraft, Stars

The payload computer aboard the Hubble Space Telescope stopped running on Sunday, June 13, 2021, and now the operations team is working to either save the module or switch to a backup. Plus, a protoplanetary disk, stellar mega-flares, missing dark matter, trans-Neptunian objects, and a review of Brandon Sanderson’s novel Skyward.

Craters in Northern Canada Offer Clues to Titan

Jun 18, 2021 | Daily Space, Dark Matter, Earth, Galaxies, Milky Way, Stars, Titan

New research presented at the Workshop on Terrestrial Analogs for Planetary Exploration used the Haughton impact crater in Arctic Canada as a potential analog for impact craters on Titan, one of the targets of the upcoming Dragonfly mission. Plus, giant spinning structures, the slowing of the Milky Way, a blinking star, and volcanoes here on Earth.

Black Holes Can Clear Way For Star Formation

Jun 16, 2021 | Climate Change, Daily Space, Earth, ESA, Exoplanets, Guest Interview, Spacecraft, Stars, Supermassive Black Holes, Venus

Contrary to the destructive role supermassive black holes are thought to play in the lives of stars, it turns out that certain types of galaxies benefit from black holes clearing the way and keeping star formation going. Plus, lightning at the edge of space, a landslide in the Himalayas, and an interview with Dr. Darby Dyar and Dr. David Grinspoon about the recent selection of three different Venus missions.

Stellar Siblings Found and Both Have Planets

Jun 14, 2021 | AAS, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Guest Interview, Mars, Rovers, Spacecraft, Stars, Zhurong

Two seemingly unrelated stars, each with several exoplanets, turn out to be members of an enormous, diffuse star cluster. Plus, baby squid go to the ISS, new images from China’s Zhurong rover, a brightening blazar, and an interview with scientist Sophia Gad-Nasr and artist Cathrin Machin about how art and science work together.

Solar Systems Vary From Star Type to Star Type

Jun 11, 2021 | AAS, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Fast Radio Bursts, Guest Interview, Jupiter, Kepler, Planetary Nebulae, Planets, Spacecraft, Stars

In new research, scientists examined the populations of stars observed by the Kepler and K2 missions and found that the solar systems were different depending on the type of star involved. Plus, CHIME results, a brown dwarf’s atmosphere, a stream of stars in the Milky Way, and an interview with PSI’s Dr. Candice Hansen about the recent Ganymede flyby of NASA’s Juno spacecraft.