Cassini | The Daily Space

Betelgeuse Smaller Than Previously Calculated, Still Mystery

Feb 11, 2021 | Cassini, Climate Change, Daily Space, Earth, Galaxies, Mars, OSIRIS-REx, Saturn, Stars

Scientists collected fresh data on Orion’s bright star Betelgeuse to try and understand this star that caused so much controversy last year. They found it’s smaller than previously calculated, and last year’s dimming was likely caused by dust, but it’s also more complex than thought. Plus, galaxies, Earth’s forests, ice on Mars, and Saturn’s moon Rhea.

Explore Gravitational Wave Events in Interactive Graphic

Jan 25, 2021 | Cassini, Curiosity, Daily Space, Dark Matter, Earth, Mars, NuSTAR, Our Solar System, Physics, Titan, Uncategorized

A data visualization designer has created an interactive graphic that allows us to explore all 50 gravitational wave events recorded to date, and some even have sounds! Plus, blue jet lightning and all the planetary science stories we can handle. Happy Friday!

Enceladus, a magnetar, and a comet aurora, oh my!

Sep 21, 2020 | Cassini, Comets, Daily Space, ESA, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Saturn

Cassini data is still providing good science, and researchers recently found out that the northern hemisphere of Enceladus has fresh ice! Plus scientists directly measured the distance to a magnetar, and comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has an aurora.

Why pulsars shine brightly; Antares’ atmospheric layers; Volcanic craters on Titan

Jun 16, 2020 | Cassini, Daily Space, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Stars, Titan, Very Large Array

Join us today as we consider a new paper on why pulsars shine so brightly (hint: it’s those pesky magnetic fields). We take a look at new images of Antares’ massive atmospheric layers. Finally, we share a story from our own Planetary Science Institute: evidence has been found that there are volcanic craters on Saturn’s moon, Titan.

Titan moving away from Saturn; Infrared photos of Phobos; Hints of new volcanism in Europe

Jun 11, 2020 | Asteroids, Bennu Mapper, Cassini, Daily Space, Earth, Guest Interview, Mars, OSIRIS-REx, Our Solar System, Saturn, Titan

Join us today as we analyze news that Titan is moving away from Saturn more quickly than previously thought. Also, we look at recent photos of Mars’ moon Phobos taken by NASA’s Mars Odyssey. Finally, we note that there is possibly new volcanic activity underneath Germany. After those stories, we interview Dr. Jamie Molaro from PSI about her recent paper on asteroid Bennu.