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Mars's Hidden Heart: Unveiling the Red Planet's Solid Core
Season 2 Episode 241
Join us as we dive deep into the red planet's secrets! This episode explores recent scientific breakthroughs about Mars's internal structure, focusing on its mysterious core. Thanks to data from NASA…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Hidden Quasars Unveiled at Cosmic Dawn
Season 2 Episode 239
A new groundbreaking discovery by scientists from Ehime University and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has revealed supermassive black holes shrouded in dust in the early univer…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Martian Mudstones Reveal Potential Ancient Microbial Life
Season 2 Episode 240
Get ready to journey to Mars with us as we explore the exciting discovery of potential evidence for ancient microbial life by NASA's Perseverance rover! Our focus: the Bright Angel formation in Jezer…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
TRAPPIST-1e - Unraveling an Exoplanet's Ocean Potential
Season 2 Episode 238
Recent research using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has focused on the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world that orbits a red dwarf star and is located in the habitable zone. Scientist…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Catching the Universe's Brightest, Fastest Radio Bursts with James Webb
Season 2 Episode 237
This episode discusses the recent discovery of FRB 20250316A, one of the brightest fast radio bursts ever detected. Using the CHIME Outriggers array, researchers pinpointed its location in the galaxy…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Chasing Interstellar Comets
Season 2 Episode 236
The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has completed a mission study for a spacecraft project that could fly by an interstellar comet, offering valuable insights into objects from outside our solar …
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Giant Stars, Solar Electrons, and Gravitational Waves as an Alternative to Cosmic Inflation
Season 2 Episode 235
Gisnt Binary Stars Locked in Rapid Orbit:
Astronomers are studying a massive, binary star system called NGC 3603-A1, located in a dense, star-forming region. One star is 93 times the sun's mass and th…
Published on 2 months ago
This Week in Astronomy: Bennu - A Time Capsule, Hunting Cosmic Rays with Neutrinos and Before the Big Bang
Season 2 Episode 234
Bennu: A Time Capsule from the Early Solar System: Asteroid Bennu is made of material from different regions of the solar system and even from other stars. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples …
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
This week in Astronomy: Dark Matter Clues, Star vs Black Hole, and Roman Telescope’s Cosmic Quest
Season 2 Episode 233
Cosmic Clues in the Hunt for Dark Matter:
Scientists used light from distant black holes passing through galaxy clusters to search for axions—possible dark matter particles. By combining signals from …
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
This Week in Astronomy: Earliest Known Black Hole Found, Clumpy Galaxy in Early Universe and Stars Born Tilted
Season 2 Episode 232
In this week we'll be covering:
Astronomers discovered the most distant confirmed black hole, dating back 13.3 billion years. It lies in a tiny, bright galaxy called CAPERS-LRD-z9, and challenges curr…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago