Mar 21st: Overlooked Exoplanet Found by Citizen Scientists
Using data provided by the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 citizen science project, volunteers found a possible large planet or brown dwarf orbiting its star. The post Mar 21st: Overlooked Exoplanet Found by...
View ArticleMar 28th: Star Formation Occurs in Competitive Environment
A survey of the stellar nursery in the Orion Nebula Cluster provides evidence that stars compete for material and their size. The post Mar 28th: Star Formation Occurs in Competitive Environment...
View ArticleApr 4th: The Book of Mars, Star Formation, & More
Time for news in space and astronomy, lets deep dive into Mars science. Also DESI takes a census of central black holes & star formation The post Apr 4th: The Book of Mars, Star Formation, &...
View ArticleApr 11th: Space is Hard
Let's take a fast-paced journey through all that's new in space and astronomy, including new results from Perseverance Rover, Venusian Volcanism, Mars Sample Return (or not), Intuitive Machines'...
View ArticleApr 18th: From the Beginning of the Universe to the Beginning of Spring, it’s...
Let's take a fast-paced journey through all that's new in space and astronomy, including dark energy news, the death of supersymmetry, a closer look at remoting sensing in Earth science, and tales from...
View ArticleApr 25th: Magnetar Exhibits Bizarre Behavior, Identity Crisis
A radio-loud magnetar first observed in March suffered an apparent identity crisis, behaving like a pulsar until gradually settling into magnetar-like emissions in July. The post Apr 25th: Magnetar...
View ArticleMay 2nd: Federal Budget Cuts: An Extinction-level Event
This week we look at how the elimination of science programs, projects, datasets, and funding may be shaping into an extinction-level event for US Space-related sciences. Come cry with us. The post May...
View ArticleMay 9th: Astronomers Discover 63 Galaxies in Protocluster
Astronomers researching the G237 protocluster find 63 galaxies within, all producing stars and more galaxies at a high rate, acting as a “shipyard” for their region of the cosmos The post May 9th:...
View ArticleMay 16th: Iceland Has a New Volcanic Fissure Erupting in Fagradalsfjall
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...
View ArticleMay 23rd: Cosmic Mystery Solved & Stellar Missing Link Discovered
Today’s top story focuses on the Blue Ring Nebula, a phase of a star merger never seen before, providing missing link for merger progression The post May 23rd: Cosmic Mystery Solved & Stellar...
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