That asteroid is rogue, and that’s hyperbolic, but not hyperbole. The astroquarks welcome Dr. Dan Durda to discuss the first detection of a planetary object passing through our solar system that definitively came from another…
Category: Exoplanets
A system of seven Earth-sized planets has been observed orbiting a (relatively) nearby star. At least three of these planets are in the habitable zone, or as Top Astroquark Jim Cooney would say, the haBITable…
The astroquarks are back with a wide-ranging discussion from actual quarks to exoplanets with rain of molten glass and clouds of vaporized rock, as well as the latest news in rocket launches and sci-fi movies.…
Another almost-Earth-like planet discovered by the Kepler mission, but still no genuine Earth twins. Zoe Landsman joins us to discuss the implications of “Earth 2.0” and whether it would be good news or terrible news…
Josh, Addie and Tracy discuss new calculations that show that roughly half of the water on the Earth formed before the solar system itself formed. Water forming in interstellar space means it’s available for all…