The Daily Space

Event Horizon Telescope Captures New Image of Black Hole in M87

Apr 5, 2021 | Climate Change, Daily Space, Earth, Globular Cluster, Jupiter, Moon, Science, Sky Watching, Star Forming Region, Stars, Supermassive Black Holes

The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration released a new image yesterday that shows the black hole in M87 once again, but this time, with new details. Using polarized light, the team was able to capture photographic evidence of magnetic fields. Plus, Jupiter’s winds,...

Rocket Roundup for March 24, 2021

Apr 1, 2021 | Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space History, Spacecraft

In this week’s Rocket Roundup, host Annie Wilson presents one Russian launch and Rocket Lab’s “They Go Up So Fast”. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at Voskhod 2, which launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 18, 1965. Media Listen...

Iceland Has a New Volcanic Fissure Erupting in Fagradalsfjall

Mar 31, 2021 | Cassini, Climate Change, Daily Space, Earth, Guest Interview, Mars, Titan

After much “will it / won’t it” over the last few weeks in the wake of increased (and then decreased) seismic activity, an eruption in Iceland finally started with a brand new fissure near Fagradalsfjall. No lives are threatened, so Pamela is ecstatic. Plus, arctic...

LPSC: Studying Microorganisms Trapped in Salt as Martian Analog

Mar 29, 2021 | Asteroids, Astrobiology, Bennu Mapper, Daily Space, Earth, ESA, Guest Interview, LPSC, Moon, OSIRIS-REx, Perseverance, Rovers, Space China, Space Policy, Supermassive Black Holes

We interview a pair of scientists who have examined microorganisms embedded in halite crystals to determine the feasibility of finding similar evidence of past life in return samples from Mars. Plus, ‘Oumuamua, Bennu, Ryugu, winds on Jupiter and a space jellyfish....

LPSC: Water on Mars Never Left After All

Mar 22, 2021 | Asteroids, Astrobiology, Daily Space, Earth, Galaxies, LPSC, Mars, OSIRIS-REx, Quasar, Science, Sky Watching, The Sun

New research shows that most of the water once thought to have escaped Mars is actually still trapped in the minerals in the crust. And life may still be present and accessible on the red planet. Plus, a cosmic lens, Bennu, volcanoes, more news from LPSC 2021, and our...