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We have a little bit of everything. Hear the voices of the astronomy community on the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast, or catch up on the news with our Daily Space episodes. Also catch launches, landings, and other special events as they happen with us on Twitch.
Other Future Events
- July 16-18, 2021
CosmoQuest-a-Con
A celebration at the Intersection of Space and Creativity - October 23-24
Hangout-a-thon
(Tentative)
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November 27: Life as We Know It
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Citizen Science
CosmoQuest invites you to help NASA scientists make maps of scientifically interesting features in our Solar System. You can map craters on the Moon, and trace the splatter of asteroid impacts on Vesta. All these worlds are yours to explore!
Currently we’re rebuilding all our citizen science projects with a new interface. We’ll get you sciencing again as soon as we can.
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Blog
Cold Quasar Defines New Stage in Galaxy Evolution
We look at a new family of galaxies called “cold quasars” where there is an active black hole emitting high energy X-rays as well as colder gas shining dimly in infrared light.
Massive Radio Galaxies Found With MeerKat Telescope
When it comes to finding massive galaxies with massive jets, the MeerKAT radio observatory in South Africa has the sensitivity to see things like never before.
New Instrument Reveals Site of Planet Birth Near Young Star
Scientists have observed changes in the protoplanetary disk of young star HD 163296 to see where a planet is starting to form.
Groundbreaking Analysis of Martian Glaciers Reveals Long History
In a new study of Martian glaciers, a team worked backward to figure out how Mars was oriented when the glaciers were deposited, and when over time things happened.
Using Earthquake Forensics to Study Subduction from Space
A team of scientists has developed an inverse method for analyzing the composition of surface and subsurface rocks using post-seismic GPS data.
Exploring the Solar Wind With a New View of Small Sun Structures
Using a combination of high-resolution data from various NASA missions, researchers have carefully studied how tiny solar plumelets can evolve over time, affecting space weather solar system wide.
Solar Activity Reconstructed Over a Millennium
A new paper explains how a team of researchers figured out how exactly to recreate nearly one thousand years’ worth of solar activity data by using tree rings.
Random Space Fact: Parker Solar Probe
During its closest approach to the Sun, the Parker Solar Probe will be traveling so fast that it could go from the Earth to the Moon in 50 minutes.
Test of Artemis 1 Rocket Misses Goals
The long-awaited Green Run for the Space Launch System Core Stage occurred on January 16th. What was supposed to be a 480-second burn, but the engines shut down after only 67.2 seconds.