Could something alive on Earth survive in the ocean beneath an alien moon’s ice? Researchers tested that question by recreating some of the conditions thought to exist on Enceladus, a small moon of Saturn. The archaea they introduced survived and multiplied under some of those simulated conditions. I wanted to understand how you even design that experiment when the ocean you’re studying is buried beneath ice. We talk through Cassini’s encounters with Enceladus’s plumes, how tidal heating keep...

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:56Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cdHAMQf1FnkWhen will we see the surfaces of exoplanets? What non-western telescopes should we expect? Where are all the big promised results from Vera Rubin? And in Q&A+, how to get in space journalism and is it worth it now?00:00 Intro 00:33 [@theindianking3000] Will Roman see exoplanets better than JWST? 03:13 [@fwd79] Which non-western space telescopes are coming? 05:55 [@paulwilson1529] How

To give you an idea of the asteroid traffic in our neighborhood, on a mostly cloudy night, through holes in the clouds, in a space of less than 2 hours, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Richard Kowalski posted 7 new close approaching asteroid discoveries on the Minor Planet Center's Near Earth Object Confirmation Page

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The James Webb Space Telescope has found evidence that early galaxies were already producing and spreading heavy elements just 500 million years after the Big Bang.Carbon and oxygen detected in distant galaxies suggest the young universe became chemically enriched much faster than expected, challenging the idea of a pristine early cosmos. The discovery also narrows the window for finding the universe’s first stars and reveals how rapidly the earliest galaxies evolved.Thank you for listening to

Objective: objects! Hosted by Steve Nerlich. Dear Cheap Astronomy – How often does the solar system capture or eject things? The first evidence that stellar systems might eject things were observations of rogue planets knocked out of their systems due to gravitational interactions and now populating interstellar space. For every rogue planet knocked out its system there are likely thousands of smaller objects also knocked out that are just too small for us to observe. We call this rogue population

Mike Mongo has spent nearly two decades telling young people something he wishes someone had told him growing up: you have permission to imagine an extraordinary future.Today on A Heart for Space, Dr. Eiman Jahangir welcomes author and self-described “Astronaut Teacher” Mike Mongo for an energetic conversation about childhood dreams, unconventional careers, and inspiring the next generation to see themselves as part of humanity's future in space. Mike shares how watching the Moon landing

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong and Beijing Normal University have developed a new way to investigate dark matter by simulating its behavior as a wave.Their 3D models of “fuzzy” dark matter reproduced the gravitational lensing of a distant quasar more accurately than previous approaches, revealing interference patterns that could help distinguish wave-like dark matter from conventional models. The work offers a new way to probe what may make up most of the universe’s matter.Thank you

We’ve always been told that black holes are the ultimate, eternal prisons of the universe—but what if the math is hiding something much worse? In this episode, we discard the comforting illusion of stable atomic matter and stare into the true absolute ground state of the cosmos: Strange Quark Matter. We explore how a single microscopic droplet, known as a strangelet, could silently transmute an entire planet or star in a runaway, inescapable chain reaction. From there, we journey to the dawn of time

How does an observatory thrive amidst urban lights?Charting the CourseExplore the challenges and triumphs of the University of New Mexico Observatory, nestled in the heart of Albuquerque. Observatory Director Jessica Dowell and her husband, Jayce Dowell discuss the observatory's history, outreach efforts, and the quest for a darker sky site."The goal is to give them the experience I had as an undergrad, which inspired me to be an astronomer." - Jessica DowellWaypoints00:02:53 - The

Astronomers using the XRISM X-ray observatory have captured rare details of a neutron star feeding on the powerful stellar wind of a massive blue hypergiant 13,000 light-years away.The observations reveal plasma racing toward the neutron star at about 335,000 mph, creating intense X-ray flares and a turbulent accretion disk. The discovery offers an unprecedented look at how matter behaves under extreme gravity and how some of the universe’s mostThank you for listening to Bedtime Astronomy — your

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Fascinating Frontiers🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News NASA will pay Boeing three hundred fifty nine million dollars to return Starliner to flight and certify a new rocket. Boeing Receives Three Hundred Fifty Nine Million Dollars for Starliner Return — Ars Technica NASA will pay Boeing three hundred fifty nine million dollars to facilitate Starliner's return to flight. ... Sources: arstechnica.com · spaceflightnow.com · spacepolicyonline.com · spacewatch.global · plus.nasa.gov ·

SpaceX DailyStarlink secured an internet provider license in Bosnia and Herzegovina, opening service rollout in the coming weeks. Top News Starlink gains regulatory approval for Bosnia and Herzegovina The Communications Regulatory Agency issued the license to Starlink Director Rebecca Slick Hunter after months of negotiations. Starlink BH was incorporated locally as part of the process. Service is scheduled to begin in the coming weeks. ... Sources: telecompaper.com · theaircurrent.com ·

Two bright planets await you tonight. Saturn glows in the south after dark, and Jupiter rises in the east, outshining everything around itPortions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.Also check out UFO Sightings Today to see what else is happening in the skies.

In this week's episode, Michelle and NEWLY MINTED PhD, Dr Nicole, discuss papers including predictions for 10-metre plus asteroid impact rates on Earth and other planets, the abundance of life-critical Phosphorus in Galactic stars, age dating giants with the carbon-to-Nitrogen ratio and whether quasi-stars can explain the properties of little red dots! Tune in below, or on Spotify and Apple.Check out this weeks papers belowStellar ages from [C/N] in giant stars: applicability and limitations - Giada

In this episode, we dive into the release of the Fourth Catalog of Hard Fermi-LAT Sources (4FHL). Utilizing 16 years of continuous data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, this catalog provides the deepest and most detailed survey of the universe in the 50 GeV to 2 TeV energy range. We explore how astronomers detected 673 extreme cosmic sources—nearly doubling previous surveys—and what these findings reveal about particle acceleration, supermassive black holes, and cosmic ray

Ancient records from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Guatemala, and South Asia repeatedly connect divine beings with the heavens. For ancient-astronaut theorists, that recurrence may preserve fractured memories of contact with advanced visitors who arrived from the sky, shaped humanity, and were later remembered as gods.This investigation follows the surviving evidence itself: Old Kingdom Pyramid Texts carved into Egyptian royal tombs at Saqqara; Mesopotamian accounts involving the Anunna, Enki, and the

Help us keep Astronomy Cast ad-free: https://patreon.com/astronomycast We removed all ads from the show. We need to get to 1500 patrons to keep it this way. We need your support! Streamed live on Sep 21, 2026 Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay Today we begin a new series on rockets and spacecraft, dealing with each of their components. It's a big job, so it'll take us a bunch of episodes to get through. Today let's do an introduction about what we're gonna talk about in this series:

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.Jonathan Ward is a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador and the author of four books, most recently Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew. Currently, Jonathan is the resident astronomer and enrichment speaker for Atlas Ocean Voyages, serving as an expedition guide on many of their voyages. On his most recent outing, Jonathan journeyed to Iceland, serving as the guide for the 2026 total solar eclipse