Join us for a look at today’s top story: ESO telescopes captured the last moments of a star being destroyed by a black hole in a tidal disruption event. Plus scientists are studying Bennu’s surface to get ready for next week’s touch and go sample collection, and NOIRLab begins the process of restarting telescope operations at several observatories around the world.
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, including one from China and one from Russia.
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, including one from China and a bonus, first-of-its-kind, sub-orbital launch from Australia.
Astrophysicists have finally figured out how to tell neutron stars apart from black holes by finding the signature of the event horizon. Another team discovered that planetary nebulae likely get their unique shapes due to binary systems. And we present some updates on the origin of rocks (and rocks and rocks and pebbles) on Bennu. Same with Ryugu, but we don’t hate Ryugu.
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.
Join us for this week’s Rocket Roundup with host Annie Wilson as we look back at the launches that did and didn’t happen from the past week, including one success and one failure for China and a semi-success for Astra.
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