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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.

Gravitational waves lead to ground-breaking, “impossible” discovery; Triple-star planetary rings

Sep 8, 2020 | Black Holes (Stellar), Cosmology, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Supermassive Black Holes

Join us today as we examine major news coming out last week from institutions analyzing data from the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors: the largest and farthest collision detected yet has led to the discovery of an “impossible” black hole. Plus a triple-star system has planetary rings and the camera that will be at the heart of the Vera Rubin Observatory takes its first images… of broccoli.

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!

Dual quasars; tidal disruption events; and a halo for Andromeda

Aug 31, 2020 | Daily Space, Galaxies, Gemini North, Quasar, Supermassive Black Holes

Join us today as we examine observations for dual quasars in the process of merging and a star being torn apart by its supermassive black hole. Plus, Hubble data used to map a halo around the Andromeda galaxy.

Rocket Roundup for August 26, 2020

Aug 27, 2020 | Daily Space, Mars, Mars 2020, Rockets, Rovers, Space China

Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Dave Ballard as we look back at the launches that did and didn’t happen. It was a light week, with only the launch of a Chinese Long March 2D to revisit.

Europa, Ganymede, and more pictures of Comet NEOWISE

Aug 26, 2020 | Comets, Daily Space, ESA, Gemini North, Jupiter, Our Solar System

Join us today as we look at how fractures on Europa’s surface are leading scientists to reevaluate the geologic past of the Jovian moon. Speaking of Jovian moons, Sweden has finished an instrument for the JUICE mission that will measure electromagnetic fields and map the oceans of Ganymede. And finally, Comet NEOWISE continues to make headlines with new images from Hubble and Gemini.