Jun 27th: When the Universe Attacks
Today we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Fermi Paradox by looking at a bunch of science capable of preventing and destroying civilizations The post Jun 27th: When the Universe Attacks appeared...
View ArticleJul 4th: 2 Tales of 2 decades: Rubin Observatory & SpaceX Starship
Join us as we look at two parallel stories - the development of the Vera Rubin Observatory and the SpaceX Starship rocket. Both projects are 20 years in the making The post Jul 4th: 2 Tales of 2...
View ArticleJul 11th: Lightweight Mars-sized Planet Found in TESS Data
A Mars-sized planet was found just 31 light-years away, orbiting its star every eight hours and having 55 percent the mass of the Earth, leading scientists to conclude it’s mostly made of an...
View ArticleJul 18th: Magnetic Fields Help Find Ocean Worlds
Researchers have determined how to effectively measure the magnetic fields at Neptune to determine if any of the moons are ocean worlds… The post Jul 18th: Magnetic Fields Help Find Ocean Worlds...
View ArticleJul 25th: Volunteer Stargazer
Lets take a look at how volunteers throughout history have aided in scientific explorations and tell you how you can get involved with our latest community science projects. The post Jul 25th:...
View ArticleAug 1st: Saturn’s Rings Are Made of a Broken-up Moon
Using computer simulations, researchers have pieced together a possible scenario where Titan caused another of Saturn’s moons to break up and become the beautiful ring system we see today The post Aug...
View ArticleAug 8th: It Came From the Outer Solar System
This week episode talk about the newly discovered outer solar system objects to interstellar comet 3I/Atlas to the Perseid Meteor shower The post Aug 8th: It Came From the Outer Solar System appeared...
View ArticleAug 15th: Cool Worlds, Exploding Stars, & an Asteroid That Missed Earth
Join us today as we look at how citizen science helped discover 100 cool worlds nearby and examine evidence contributed to a mass extinction The post Aug 15th: Cool Worlds, Exploding Stars, & an...
View ArticleAug 22nd: Stars and Planets May Grow Up Together!
New images taken with the ALMA Observatory show a young proto-stellar disk with the rings and gaps of planetary formation growing together, once again challenging our preconceptions The post Aug 22nd:...
View ArticleAug 29th: Dual Quasars, Tidal Disruption Events & a Halo For Andromeda
Join us today as we examine observations for dual quasars in the process of merging and a star being torn apart by its supermassive black hole. The post Aug 29th: Dual Quasars, Tidal Disruption Events...
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