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Primordial Black Holes Make the Galaxy Go 'Round
Episode 361
We take a look at some Beta Pic Disk shots before journeying back to the earliest era of the universe and the possible formation of primordial black …
2 years, 2 months ago
Full Circle to the Origins of Carbon and Exotic Gravity
Episode 360
The Astroquarks celebrate their 360th episode with discoveries showing carbon much earlier in the universe than previously thought possible, and an e…
2 years, 2 months ago
Volcanic Activity on Venus RIGHT NOW!
Episode 359
There is a mountain - or should we say a volcano - of evidence, building that suggests volcanic activity on Venus during the time of the Magellan mis…
2 years, 2 months ago
Watery Erigone and Rogue Stars in the Milky Way
Episode 358
New observations of Erigone, the parent body of an asteroid family, indicate its rocks are juicy with water. That makes it both a potential resource …
2 years, 3 months ago
Dyson Spheres and a Molten Planet
The Astroquarks delve into the possibility of giant alien constructs around stars, and the strange weather on a planet that is unreasonably close to …
2 years, 3 months ago
The Low Down on Big G and the Young Moon of Dinkinesh
Episode 356
NASA's Lucy mission discovered a surprising moon of the small asteroid Dinkinesh on its way to the orbit of Jupiter. New studies of that moon, a cont…
2 years, 3 months ago
Dark Matter Wins Again
Episode 355
A clever test of dark matter and an alternative theory of gravity to explain the motions of stars around galaxies results in another check in the win…
2 years, 3 months ago
Surprises from Bennu and the Milky Way
Episode 354
Analysis of the samples returned from the asteroid Bennu have revealed surprising assemblages of minerals that put new constraints on the origin of t…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Dark Ages of the Universe
Episode 353
We peer back in time both to the murky history of our own solar system and to the dark ages of the universe. The JWST has confirmed that dwarf galaxi…
2 years, 5 months ago
A Nova Visible this Year?
Episode 352
One of only a handful of recurrent novas, white dwarf stars that undergo a periodic explosive brightening as they accrete material from a neighboring…
2 years, 5 months ago