The astroquarks look back on a momentous year for space exploration and look ahead at what to expect in 2019. Strange and Charm will have payloads flying to space, and Saturn’s rings will still be…
Category: The Solar System
2019 began with the successful flyby of Ultima Thule (2014 MU69 – more on the name in the show!) by the New Horizons spacecraft, but there’s much more to talk about, including a discovery of…
In our first letter-themed episode, the Astroquarks check in with Ryugu, Bennu, Ultima Thule, and Oumuamua, while Jim contemplates muumuus. We also talk about dynamically trapped dust clouds near the Earth to make Addie happy,…
We almost called this “Everything you wanted to know about alien sex with Dr. Michael Wall”, but it’s not alien sex with Mike Wall, it’s Mike Wall telling us about alien sex! A senior writer…
From the new mission to Mercury to super flares on cool stars and ice spires on Europa (you’ll never guess what Top calls them), the astroquarks have your bases covered on the latest episode of…