How exactly (and why) does a spacecraft get a “gravitational assist” from a planet en route to another planet? Where does that energy come from? The astroquarks take a look at gravity assists and the…
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Josh recounts experiencing the end of the Cassini mission and recalls more than a quarter century of involvement with the project in this episode. Then the astroquarks take a look outward toward our galaxy and…
Asteroid Florence with her two mini-moons pays a visit to the Earth, while Tabby’s Star continues to mystify with its unpredictable fluctuations in brightness. The astroquarks also cover the latest LIGO rumors about the detection…
New experiments have created diamonds in the conditions expected in the interiors of Uranus and Neptune. Former Top astroquark Tracy Becker joins Josh, Addie and Jim to discuss diamond rain deep in the atmospheres of…
The astroquarks tell their eclipse stories from the Great American Eclipse. The Sun and every star has weather, spots, oscillations, flares and all sorts of activity. Some of this is revealed during an eclipse to…