Roscosmos Launches Progress MS-16 Resupply Mission to ISS
Progress MS-16 is an ISS resupply mission that launched on February 15 at 04:45 UTC from Site 31-6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
NASA’s TESS Finds Planetary System in Young Stellar Stream
A trio of exoplanets larger than Earth were found in orbit around a relatively young star in a recently discovered stellar stream.
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Touches Down on Mars
At approximately 2055 UTC on February 18, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars to much fanfare and excitement.
Astronomy and Planetary News: Weekend Update Style
Due to the weeklong hiatus, Pamela and Beth did a Weekend Update style rundown of several astronomy and planetary science stories.
Water Ice Resources Identified in Martian Northern Hemisphere
New maps of Mars’ northern hemisphere, created using several remote sensing techniques, show broad regions of subsurface water ice.
Ceramic Chips in Meteorites Mean Wild Days in Early Solar System
Ceramic chips embedded in meteorites lead to the discovery that our early solar system was more chaotic than previously thought.
Remains of Rocky Planets Found In Dying Stars
Scientists measured and analyzed planetary debris in the outer layers of white dwarfs and found some came from rocky worlds.
Scientists Estimate Four Dozen Novae Per Year in Milky Way
A team used the Palomar telescope to look for novae within the Milky Way and extrapolated that about four dozen happen every year.
Hubble Telescope Finds Cluster of Black Holes
Scientists looking for an intermediate-mass black hole in a globular cluster discover motions better explained by a population of black holes instead.
What’s Up: February 12 – 18, 2021
What’s Up: It is Mars Season, and this means not only are we seeing space mission after space mission reaching the Red Planet, but we’re also seeing Mars high in our skies.
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