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Powerful GRB is Actually Giant Flare From Magnetar in Nearby Galaxy

Jan 15, 2021 | AAS, Asteroids, Daily Space, Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Moon, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Observatories, Physics, Spacecraft

Multiple international teams determine that a 2020 gamma-ray burst was actually a giant flare from a magnetar and that flare originated from a nearby galaxy. Plus, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is ready for a new survey, NASA extends two planetary missions, and What’s Up in the night sky this next week.

Rocket Roundup for January 13, 2021

Jan 15, 2021 | Daily Space, Rockets, Soyuz, Space China, Spacecraft, SpaceX

Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with guest host Dr. Pamela Gay as we look back at the launches and missions that happened over the last two weeks, including one from China, one from Arianespace, and one from SpaceX. Plus, the possibility of wooden satellites with community member Gordon Dewis.

Hubble Space Telescope Releases Galaxy Merger Montage

Jan 9, 2021 | Asteroids, Brown Dwarf, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Mars, Nebulae, Observatories, White Dwarfs

Hubble celebrates the new year with a release of six gorgeous galaxy mergers, imaged as a part of their investigation into star formation rates in such systems. Plus, a weird nebula, a big flare from a tiny star, wind on a brown dwarf, and more.

2021: A Look Ahead at the Night Sky, Space Flight, and Science

Jan 7, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Jupiter, JWST, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Observatories, Our Solar System, Perseverance, Rockets, Rovers, Sky Watching, Spacecraft, The Sun

We’re going to kick off the year with a look at upcoming night sky events, as well as scheduled spacecraft milestones and exciting space flights. Expect to hear about planets, eclipses, space tourism, crewed space missions, and a new ground-based telescope getting ready to go online. This year sounds potentially exciting in a bunch of good ways!

Rocket Roundup for January 6, 2021: Year in Review

Jan 7, 2021 | Asteroids, Crewed Space, Curiosity, Daily Space, JAXA, Mars, OSIRIS-REx, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Rovers, Soyuz, Space China, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Uncategorized

Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Annie Wilson as we look back at the launches and missions that happened last year, including test flights and first flights, mission launches and discoveries, and all the people in space (and their zero-gravity indicators). Plus space toilets.

Rocket Roundup for December 23, 2020

Dec 24, 2020 | Agencies, Daily Space, ISRO, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space China, Spacecraft, SpaceX

Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Annie Wilson as we look back at the launches that happened from the past week, and wow, there are a lot, including ones from Rocket Lab, Astra Space, the ISRO, Arianespace, SpaceX, and CASC.