New gravitational lens candidates; Mud flows on Mars; TRAPPIST-1 planets aligned with star’s rotation

New gravitational lens candidates; Mud flows on Mars; TRAPPIST-1 planets aligned with star’s rotation

May 18, 2020 | Citizen Science, Cosmology, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Mars

Join us today as we talk about gravitational lensing, new candidates for lenses, and how the search for Dark Energy could progress. We also look at a mud monster that is actually a lab experiment showing how mud could flow like lava on Mars. Next, we enjoy that the TRAPPIST-1 planets are orbiting as expected. And finally, we give a quick shoutout to researchers everywhere using their equipment to help in the fight against COVID-19.

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Hidden black holes, Mars Magnetic field, banded brown dwarfs, & special guest Andreas Faisst

Hidden black holes, Mars Magnetic field, banded brown dwarfs, & special guest Andreas Faisst

May 6, 2020 | Black Holes (Stellar), Brown Dwarf, Guest Interview, Mars

Today we take a tour of space and time. Our news carries us from a newly discovered black hole in the nearby universe, to magnetism on Mars, and even looks at how we are doing meteorology on nearby brown dwarf stars. We are also joined by CalTech scientist Andreas Faisst, who is the US lead principal investigator for ALPINE, a 70-hour program using ALMA to study the early universe.

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