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Superkilonova and Artemis II Recap
Episode 422
Gravitational waves and light combine to reveal what is suspected to be a superkilonova which is much cooler than the name suggests. Cool in the cool…
4 months ago
A Whisper of a Hint of Primordial Black Holes plus Earth BLOBs
Episode 422
Gravitational Wave observatory LIGO has seen a signature that looks like the merger of primordial (pre-stellar, big bang (not big band!) era) black h…
5 months, 1 week ago
Supermassive Black Holes Supersoaking Other Galaxies
Episode 419
Supermassive black holes can be terrible neighbors. New research shows that their powerful jets of charged particles can shut down star formation in …
6 months ago
Snowball Earth was Cold and Scary and the Milky Way Magnetic Field is a Mess
Episode 418
The Earth spent some crazy amounts of time (tens of millions of years) completely frozen over. And not, in the grand scheme of things, all that long …
6 months, 1 week ago
Planetary Nebulae and Active Asteroids Get a Closer Look
Episode 417
There's always been a fuzzy line between asteroids and comets, and new observations of asteroids in the vicinity of Jupiter provide a hint to the ori…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
A Dark Universe Unveiled
Episode 416
Scientists head to the volcanic fields of Iceland to test instruments for the VERITAS mission to Venus, Artemis II is ready for its historic flight t…
7 months ago
Crazy Spinners in the Asteroid Belt and S8 Tension
Episode 415
The amazing discoveries from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have already started, and the astroquarks take a look at some close to home. Asteroids big…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Cosmic Rays from Everywhere and Stringy Ancient Galaxies
Episode 414
The Parker Solar Probe flies through the Sun's corona, MAVEN has gone silent, and new data shed light on the origins of cosmic rays. JWST's observati…
8 months, 1 week ago
Interstellar Star Scars and Poop on Mars
Episode 413
We explore the dining and drinking choices for astronauts, complex chemicals discovered in asteroid samples, and untangling the web of scars in the l…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Gravothermalizing and Baby Black Holes
Episode 412
There's a new funky proposal for small black holes in the early universe, and another potential dark matter candidate. Learn about cannibal stars and…
8 months, 3 weeks ago