Mar 1st: Celebrating the Mars Robots That Could
Robots on Mars have a long history of exceeding all possible expectations.Today, while we recognize NASA's Day of Remembrance, we also celebrate all the Mars missions that have done more than expected.
View ArticleMar 7th: Yes, Scientists DO Look at the (Dark Energy Survey) Data
Every time I get the digital “why can’t you scientists just look at the data” lecture, I wonder what people think scientists do. All we do is look at data including accelerating rate of expansion of...
View ArticleMar 15th: Early Black Holes Formed Before Stars?
We thought stellar mass black holes came from stars and that there might have been tiny primordial black holes that evaporated away, but that was it. Closed case. Black holes formed with all the normal...
View ArticleMar 22nd: Stability, Instability, Drama, & How We are Space Stuff
We are star stuff. This phrase serves as a gentle reminder that all the complex atom found their start either in the nuclear core of a star or in the nuclear explosions of a dying star or stars. But,...
View ArticleMar 29th: Grindavik, Iceland, and Volcanoes with Dr. Melissa Scruggs
Today EVSN still focused on Iceland and we have Dr. Melissa Scruggs (aka VolcanoDoc on Twitch) for a chat about Grindavik and all things volcanic in Iceland.
View ArticleApr 5th: How NASA Budget Cuts Will Hurt Space Sciences
Earlier in March, Congress voted into place the FY2024 budgets for multiple agencies, including NASA. The agency is being asked for an overall 2% cut. Today, Dr. Pamela Gay breaks down what these cuts...
View ArticleApr 12th: Planet Formation is (Still) Not Well Understood
One of our recurring topics is “Planet formation is not well understood,” and a trio of new papers is making it clear why planet formation continues to... not be well understood. Put simply: the...
View ArticleApr 19th: Following the Water Toward Climate Change
While experiencing hail and thunder IRL, we also saw press release after press release and article after article discussing climate change. This one-two punch of new science and the need for a new roof...
View ArticleApr 26th: An In-Depth Look at the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Eruption
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the Kingdom of Tonga erupted and despite communications being cut off scientists have gathered a wealth of information about the event and its outcome. More...
View ArticleMay 3rd: Catch the (Alien) Rainbow
Today EVSN discuss about planet WASP-76b which appears to be a giant iron glory in the atmosphere of another world: a circular rainbow, and it's not caused by refracted starlight!
View ArticleMay 10th: Supervolcanoes Remain Active Post-Eruption Longer Than Thought
Research into the Toba caldera and its super-eruption 75,000 years ago shows that magma continued to flow out of the volcano for thousands of years. Plus, magma and volcanoes throughout our solar system
View ArticleMay 17th: Io & Juno Begin to Part Ways
In February, on the closest approach, NASA's Juno spacecraft was within 930 miles of the closest moon Io’s surface. Since then, Io and Juno have parted ways, and Juno is now snuggling down into tighter...
View ArticleMay 24th: Massive Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica at Risk of Collapse
A team of scientists collected cores and modeled ice cliff failure and found that Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is melting more quickly than ever and could be at risk of collapse, threatening global...
View ArticleMay 31st: Carrington 2024
In this episode, we’re taking a closer look at Sunspot complex 3664 and the beautiful chaos that it’s been creating.
View ArticleJun 7th: Dark Matter Delays Supernova Signal
A supernova first observed in 2016 will be replayed in a few years because of the light’s journey through a galaxy cluster and how dark matter gravitationally warps space-time.
View ArticleJun 14th: Chinese Lander Detects Water on the Moon
China’s Chang’e-5 lunar lander has made the first in situ detection of water on the Moon, using reflectance spectroscopy from the surface of our natural satellite.
View ArticleJun 21st: Climate in Crisis & Stars in Formation
In this episode, we bring you stories on how JWST - Not LIGO and Virgo - spotted the most distant Black Hole merger to date, why the search for life on other worlds gets more challenging the more we...
View ArticleJun 28th: Planning To Go Back To The Moon
This week… there was a far too much news problem, the last flight of Virgin Galactic’s Unity suborbital spacecraft, the first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner capsule to the ISS, a more successful...
View ArticleJul 5th: JWST Reveals Star Formation Details
Let's take a fast-paced journey thru all that's new in space and astronomy and look at how JWST reveal star formation in never-before-seen details. The post Jul 5th: JWST Reveals Star Formation Details...
View ArticleJul 12th: Saturn’s Rings & Magnetic Fields Help Understand Planet’s Interior
Studies from Cassini found that the magnetic fields & a wave in the rings provide insight into the core structure and composition of the gas giant. The post Jul 12th: Saturn’s Rings & Magnetic...
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