Weekly Space Hangout: September 30, 2020, Dr. John Kiss Discusses the Growth of Plants in Space
https://youtu.be/AgDiv5WZQi0 This week, we welcome Dr. John Kiss from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro (UNCG). Tonight, Dr. Kiss will…
Testing the Rover That’ll Land on Phobos
Rovers seem to be proliferating all over Mars. There are currently 4 on the surface, and another (Perseverance) will be…
Astronomers think they’ve found an exoplanet in a galaxy 23 million light-years away
Using a variety of techniques astronomers have successfully identified thousands of exoplanets, which are planets orbiting stars outside of our…
Cheops Finds a World That’s Utterly Alien From Anything We Have in the Solar System
The ESA's CHEOPS (Characterizing Exoplanets Satellite) mission has announced its first discovery. It's called WASP-189 b, and it's a blistering…
A Galaxy has been Found That’s as Bright as a Quasar… But it’s Not a Quasar
Astronomers have found a new type of galaxy that is very old, very distant and very bright in ultraviolet light.…
Another Starship Test Tank is Pushed to the Limit and Explodes
SpaceX just passed another milestone with the SN7.1 test tank, which they tested to failure by pressurizing it until it…
Maybe Volcanoes Could Explain the Phosphine in Venus’ Atmosphere
The detection of phosphine in Venus' atmosphere was one of those quintessential moments in space science. It was an unexpected…
Is There Life Deep Underground on Mars?
It’s been a great month for planetary science. Scientists first discovered the chemical signature of phosphine on Venus, then found…
Astronomers Find a New Binary Object in the Kuiper Belt
Scientists from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have presented the discovery of a binary pair of objects way out in…
Just A Couple Of Weeks From Now, OSIRIS-REx Will Grab A Sample From Bennu
NASA is about to achieve another first for their organization. In about three weeks time, on October 20th, the OSIRIS-REx…