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Mount Sharp, Mars, Shaped by Water and Wind

Sep 16, 2022 | Climate Change, Cosmology, Curiosity, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, JAXA, Mars, Moon, Physics, Quantum, Rockets, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, Supernovae, White Dwarfs

Data and images from NASA’s Curiosity rover found evidence that wind played a key role in erosional processes on the red planet, despite the lower atmospheric volume. Plus, astrophysics and cosmology news, a baby exoplanet, and this week in space history, we look back at an uncrewed lunar mission from Japan.

Machine Learning Pinpoints Martian Meteorite Origin

Jul 15, 2022 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Earth, Fast Radio Bursts, Jupiter, Mars, Review, Science, Sky Watching, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Supernovae

Using layers of data from a variety of Martian missions, researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm that identified the actual crater from which a particular Martian meteorite originated. Plus, a radio heartbeat, and our last What’s Up and review of the season.

Wobbling Star Produces Fastest Nova Ever Discovered

Jun 17, 2022 | AAS, Asteroids, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Nebulae, Sky Watching, Spacecraft, Star Forming Region, Supernovae, The Sun, White Dwarfs

Observations of V1674 Hercules reveal a nova produced by the white dwarf star that dimmed in only one day. Additionally, the strange star wobbles every 501 seconds, producing flashes in visible and X-ray light. Plus, more results from the 240th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, a farewell to SOFIA, and What’s Up is the June solstice.

Hubble Observations Make For a More Precise Hubble Constant

May 21, 2022 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Galaxies, Mars, Review, Rockets, Rovers, Spacecraft, Stars, Supernovae

Over the past three decades, astronomers around the world have been using the observations of the Hubble Space Telescope to more precisely calculate the expansion of the universe. And they have converged on a precision of just over 1%. Plus, Boeing launches Starliner, Voyager 1 struggles, and Erik reviews his favorite camera lens.

Galaxy Used as Cosmic Telescope to Peer Back in Time

May 20, 2022 | Daily Space, Earth, Galaxies, Moon, Sky Watching, Spacecraft, Star Forming Region, Stars, Supernovae, The Sun

With a groundbreaking technique, astronomers have used a galaxy as a gravitational lens to backlight two hydrogen clouds, peering back 11 billion light-years at our early universe. Plus, volcano water on the Moon, a quadruple star system, and this week’s What’s Up takes a careful look at the Sun.

Supernova Evidence Found in Comet Fragment

May 19, 2022 | Asteroids, Comets, Daily Space, Earth, Mars, Our Solar System, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Supernovae, The Sun

A forensic analysis of the element concentration found in the Hypatia stone finds evidence in the cometary fragment, which may have impacted Earth 28 million years ago, of a supernova origin story. Plus, Ceres, Mars, and this week in rocket history, we look back at SpaceX’s COTS Demo Flight 2.