Cool worlds, exploding stars, and an asteroid that missed Earth
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript To understand our place in the Universe, we have to understand the Universe. That’s a tall task, though, and one I’m not generally equipped to cover. I prefer to stay closer to home, and I particularly...
Galaxies have magnetic fields, too; ultraviolet flash spotted with supernova; multi-planet system directly imaged; new method finds ‘lost’ worlds
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript NOTE: Stay tuned today at the end of the podcast and stream for the bonus content of the docking of the Progress 76 capsule at the International Space Station. I would like to start today’s episode by...
Massive star disappears; Symbiotic nova produces burst of gamma rays; “Capture the Dark” photography contest winners announced
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript Happy Tunguska Impact Day everyone! On this day in 1908, an object from space – an asteroid or comet – burst in the air over Krasnoyarsk Krai in Siberia, flattening 2,000 square kilometers of the...
Supernova in a lab; Organic molecules in a molecular cloud; Particle interactions in a dark matter detector
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript When labeling astronomers, we generally fall into a very small number of categories. There are the observational folks, the computational folks, the theorists, and the instrument builders. That’s most of us,...
Fast Blue Optical Transients; Proxima b is real; Asteroids and comets in the news
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript Good morning and welcome once again for Monday. This particular weekend was one that showed the greatest extremes of what this experiment called the United States of America is capable of. On one hand, we...About Our Podcast
Get your daily dose of all that’s new in space and astronomy. The sky is not the limit, as we bring you a fast-paced roundup of launches, landings, and everyday discoveries. The Daily Space is brought to you by the team behind CosmoQuest at the Planetary Science Institute, and features hosts Dr. Pamela L. Gay & Annie Wilson.
