Bumper Crop of Gravitational Wave Events Detected!
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript Yesterday, we talked about the accelerated timeline for OSIRIS-REx to stow the sample from Bennu. And we said we would update you all once we had new information. Of course, right after we went off the air...
NASA’s SOFIA telescope reports water found in sunlit crater on Moon
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript IMAGE: Venus in Minecraft. CREDIT: Kieri-Aniis Last weekend we streamed for 36 straight hours during the CosmoQuest Hangout-a-thon 2020. Our goals were to build a scale model of the solar system in Minecraft...
Planetary Pandemonium for 16 October 2020
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript Those of you who know me know that I have a favorite small body in our solar system: Jupiter’s moon Io. It is covered in volcanoes. Its surface is constantly being re-covered by lava. And plate tectonics is...
Did we mention OSIRIS-REx sampled Bennu this week?
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript In case you have been hiding under a rock, the OSIRIS-REx mission has successfully booped the rubble pile asteroid Bennu. IMAGE: Artist’s impression showing the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending...
Planetary Pandemonium for 16 October 2020
Media Listen on LibsynWatch on Twitch Transcript My first story is on everyone’s favorite not-planet, Pluto. Amazingly, the New Horizons flyby (Hi, Pluto!) provided us with enough data to analyze for years. The latest paper to come out covers the ice on the mountains,...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.
