- www.digitaltrends.com Life found on Ryugu asteroid sample, but it’s not as exciting as it sounds
A recent discovery made by scientists working with a sample of rock from outer space highlights one of the huge challenges that such work involves.
- www.nytimes.com Uranus and Neptune May Conceal Vast Oceans of Water
A scientist simulated the contents of the ice giant worlds, and found that a fluid layer may explain each planet’s strange magnetic field.
- www.theregister.com Oscar-7: Space's oldest working hardware still has secrets
It's never aliens, but it could be underground TV repair techs
- abc7chicago.com UNC graduate student discovers planet orbiting around nearby star, astronomers say
Madyson Barber, a grad student at the University of North Carolina, was researching young transiting systems in space when she made a remarkable discovery.
- phys.org Ryugu asteroid sample rapidly colonized by terrestrial life despite strict contamination control
Panspermia is the hypothesis that life can survive the transfer between planetary bodies as a secondary path for life to get started on planets throughout a solar system. The discovery of extraterrestrial life on asteroids or within meteorites would have profound implications for understanding the o...
Rods and filaments of organic matter, interpreted as filamentous microorganisms, were observed on the sample's surface. Variations in size and morphology of these structures resembled known terrestrial microbes. Observations showed that the abundance of these filaments changed over time, suggesting the growth and decline of a prokaryote population with a generation time of 5.2 days.
Population statistics indicate that the microorganisms originated from terrestrial contamination during the sample preparation stage rather than being indigenous to the asteroid.
Results of the study determined that terrestrial biota had rapidly colonized the extraterrestrial material, even under strict contamination control. Researchers recommend enhanced contamination control procedures for future sample-return missions to prevent microbial colonization and ensure the integrity of extraterrestrial samples.
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What Andromeda would look like from Earth if it was brighter (and clearer).
bsky.app Space (@redditspaceviewes.bsky.social)What you would see if Andromeda was brighter in the night sky
- arstechnica.com As NASA increasingly relies on commercial space, there are some troubling signs
“The government’s really got to look at itself.”…
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(Old) picture of Pluto captured by the New Horizons spacecraft
Does anyone know why it looks like Pluto has an atmosphere in this picture?
- thedebrief.org James Webb Space Telescope Finds Stunning Evidence for Alternate Theory of Gravity - The Debrief
New discoveries from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope offer unexpected support for an alternate theory of gravity first proposed in 1998.
- phys.org Astronomers discover two galaxies aligned in a way where their gravity acts as a compound lens
An international team of astronomers has discovered an instance of two galaxies aligned in a way where their gravity acts as a compound lens. The group has written a paper describing the findings and posted it on the arXiv preprint server.
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NASA and Roscosmos disagree on cause and severity of ISS air leak
spacenews.com NASA and Roscosmos disagree on cause and severity of ISS air leak - SpaceNewsNASA and Roscosmos continue to disagree on the cause and severity of an air leak in the Russian segment of the International Space Station.
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A sample of Moon's far side retrieved by Chang'e-6 implies unique volcanic eruptions 2.8 billion years ago
Most of Moon, like samples collected from Apollo missions, is composed from an enriched magma source (called KREEP) derived from material formed in the Earth-proto-Moon impact, however this sample shows a geochemical composition related to volcanic eruptions not associated with KREEP
How long did this volcanism last on the moon?
Why is this magma source isolated to the far side of the moon?
Exciting to see the first analysis of these unique samples and their implications in the history of the Moon!
- arstechnica.com Firefly Aerospace rakes in more cash as competitors struggle for footing
The Series D fundraising round was “oversubscribed” and netted Firefly $175 million.
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Good space podcasts?
Hey everyone, I'm looking for some good in-depth space podcasts. I got into Startalk with Neil DeGrasse Tyson a few months ago and have listened to a ton of the episodes, but I've been trying to branch out and find more information heavy podcasts and ended up checking out the Cool Worlds podcast which is much more informative than Startalk IMO, while I still like that it definitely feels like they lean more into entertainment rather than informational content.
I'd like to find some more in-depth discussions about Astronomy and Astrophysics, I'm a huge space nerd so I prefer it to be more in-depth even if some of it will potentially go above my head. I've been reading Astronomy stack exchange questions for months now as my bedtime reading, and even though a ton of the answers go into complicated math/physics that I can't understand, I still love it, so I'd like to find the same thing in podcast format if possible.
Any recommendations for some good podcasts about space?
Bonus question, what are some good space audiobooks? Not sci-fi, I already have a big list of things I want to listen to/read but actual informative books based on Astronomy/Astrophysics. I've already gone through Welcome to the Universe by Michael Strauss but it's not the greatest as a strict audiobook since it frequently references diagrams in the accompanying PDF. I have a job that allows me to listen to whatever I want all day, but I can't be stopping what I'm doing to look at something, merely listen.
Thanks!
Edit: Already getting some great answers, thank you all for the suggestions! It's much appreciated.
Edit 2: You guys are awesome, thanks for all the recommendations!
- www.theregister.com Voyager space probe closes in on a 50 year mission
Dwindling power and problematic communications, but the spacecraft just keeps on going
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Uranus' moon Miranda may have an ocean beneath its surface, study finds
phys.org Uranus' moon Miranda may have an ocean beneath its surface, study findsA new study suggests Uranus' moon Miranda may harbor a water ocean beneath its surface, a finding that would challenge many assumptions about the moon's history and composition and could put it in the company of the few select worlds in our solar system with potentially life-sustaining environments.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/47012012
