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Mount Sharp, Mars, Shaped by Water and Wind
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Data and images from NASA's Curiosity rover found evidence that wind played a key role in erosional processes on the red planet, despite the lower atm...
BONUS CONTENT: Full-length interview with DART investigation team member Jian-Yang Li
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the full-length interview with Jian-Yang Li from our September 13th episode.
How to Build a Supervolcano in Just Four Million Years
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Using pockets of gas found in tiny crystals, scientists have created a timeline for the formation and eruption of four supervolcano events in northern...
Water Worlds May Hide Water Underground Summary
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A population study of 43 exoplanets orbiting M-dwarf stars used both the transit method and radial velocity method to find the densities of the worlds...
Climate Change Melts Glaciers, Greens the Arctic
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As global temperatures rise, Earth observations show that glaciers are retreating and ice sheets are melting everywhere from Greenland to Antarctica w...
SEASON PREMIERE: Catching up on news and rockets!
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As we return from our summer hiatus, we are back with a rundown of some of the stories that came out during the break. On the planetary front, JWST ha...
Machine Learning Pinpoints Martian Meteorite Origin
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Using layers of data from a variety of Martian missions, researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm that identified the actual crater fro...
All the Rockets and All the Rocks
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With the release of JWST's first science images behind us, we now catch up on all the rocket launches of the past few days. Meanwhile, Bennu continues...
JWST Releases First Five Science Images
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Starting with the stunning release of JWST's first image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 on July 11, the bonanza continued the morning of July 12 with ne...
Solar System Rotation Rate Due to Subatomic Interactions
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Using a first-principles approach, researchers have discovered that the differences in the rotational rate of the solar system are due to the inward a...
Electrons Swirl Like Water Under Specific Conditions
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Using etched tungsten ditelluride at nearly absolute zero, scientists have observed electrons swirling around like whirlpools, behaving as a fluid. Th...