Mission updates: Arecibo suffers damage, OSIRIS-Rex performs final rehearsal, TESS completes primary mission, plus guest Kynan Hughson talks Ceres
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript IMAGE: Dr. Kynan Hughson, courtesy Georgia Tech After the news today, we will be joined by Georgia Tech postdoc Dr. Kynan Hughson to go more in-depth about this week’s amazing wealth of publications on the...
Titan moving away from Saturn; Infrared photos of Phobos; Hints of new volcanism in Europe
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript IMAGE: Exfoliation features on a cliff face (a) and on boulders (b-f) with varying size and location. The bright dome on the horizon of panel (a) is a boulder behind the exfoliating cliff.CREDIT:...
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...
Twinkling heart of the Milky Way spotted; New type of asteroid discovered; Bennu is about to be sampled
Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript Yes folks, I said Friday! And this is no normal Friday; it is the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. Any other year I’d be on my way to a Science Fiction convention, and this year I kind of am. The long-running...
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft rehearses touching down on asteroid Bennu, deep sea vents could have kick-started life, and star orbiting the supermassive black hole moves as predicted by relativity, plus interview with astronomer Riley Connors
NASA’s first asteroid-sampling spacecraft is one step closer to touching down on asteroid Bennu. By mimicking rocky seafloor chimneys in the lab, scientists have produced new evidence that these features could have provided the right ingredients to kick-start life. A...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.
