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Dr. Pamela Gay, Erik Madaus, Ally Pelphrey
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
Searching for Dark Energy in Black Holes
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12/12/24 • 27 min
From baby planets to ancient black holes, let's look at the week's space news, including the discovery of a planet around a still-forming star, our Sun's massive outbursts as measured by tree rings, a new catalog of white dwarfs in binary systems, and a deep dive into the possibility that black holes create dark energy. As always, we'll also bring you tales from the launch pad.
Found: 1 Intermediate Mass Black Hole
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07/25/24 • 25 min
Let's take a fast-paced journey thru all that's new in space and astronomy, including how Jupiter's Great Red Spot went missing, Io's Lava Lake, Titan's coastal erosion, and this week's tales from the launch pad. We also take a close look at the discovery of the first intermediate-mass black hole in the Omega Centauri globular cluster
Carrington 2024
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05/22/24 • 28 min
In this episode, we’re taking a closer look at Sunspot complex 3664 and the beautiful chaos that it’s been creating. And because we’re in a planetary science kind of mood, we’re also looking at stories related to observing weather on alien worlds, the history of Mars Climate, and even how solar storms might affect that particular Red Planet.
Io and Juno Begin to Part Ways
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05/08/24 • 23 min
In February, on the closest approach, NASA's Juno spacecraft was within 930 miles of the closest moon Io’s surface. Since then, Juno’s orbit has been shrinking, bringing the mission closer to Jupiter and away from the circling Galilean moons. Io and Juno have parted ways, and Juno is now snuggling down into tighter orbits around her Jupiter.
Following the Water Toward Climate Change
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04/10/24 • 30 min
This week’s episode is brought to you by last week’s terrible weather. While experiencing hail and thunder IRL, we also saw press release after press release and article after article discussing climate change. This one-two punch of new science and the need for a new roof means we will touch on climate change in our closer look this week. We apologize in advance; it’s not pretty out there -- unless you like storm chasing, then it’s kind of the stuff of dreams at the moment.
Grindavik, Iceland, and Volcanoes with Dr. Melissa Scruggs
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03/14/24 • 38 min
As you know, our team loves volcanoes, and since we’ve been focused on Iceland for months, we brought in Dr. Melissa Scruggs (aka VolcanoDoc on Twitch) for a chat about Grindavik and all things volcanic in Iceland.
Stability, Instability, Drama, and How We are Space Stuff
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03/07/24 • 33 min
It is possible to buy stickers, sweatshirts, mugs, and other stuff and things emblazoned with the simple phrase, “We are star stuff”. This phrase was popularized by Carl Sagan, and it serves as a gentle reminder that all the complex atoms - by which I mean most everything heavier than helium - found their start either in the nuclear core of a star or in the nuclear explosions of a dying star or stars. But, as with so many things, the truth is much more complicated than the meme.
Celebrating the Mars Robots that Could
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02/07/24 • 32 min
Robots on Mars have a long history of exceeding all possible expectations. From Spirit and Opportunity lasting far beyond their planned 90-day missions to Ingenuity lasting 72 flights out of a planned five, these craft have become so beloved that we mourn their missions ending. Today, while we recognize NASA's Day of Remembrance, we also celebrate all the Mars missions that have done more than expected.
The Compass (Sometimes... Kinda) Points North
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01/24/24 • 33 min
If you take a compass and follow its pointy little needle, you will end up in Northern Canada but not at the North Pole. If you have a boat, you'll end up on Ellesmere Island wondering where Santa is hiding. The fact that the rotational north pole of the Earth and the magnetic pole of the Earth don’t align means that if you want to actually get to the Earth’s rotational North Pole - the one the pole sticks out of on your globe - you have to look up corrections online and veer a little bit in whatever direction the correction happens to be at the moment. And if you are catching this show sometime far, far in the future, then Ellesmere Island that is true in early 2024 is likely no longer true.
NASA Budget Woes May Murder Missions
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08/14/24 • 32 min
Let's take a fast-paced journey thru all that's new in space and astronomy, including Hubble, Chandra, and VIPER face cuts/cancellations, weird exoplanet orbits, Roman gains an instrument, and tales from the launch pad.
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FAQ
How many episodes does EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News have?
EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News currently has 109 episodes available.
What topics does EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News cover?
The podcast is about Nasa, Space, Astronomy, Podcasts, Stars, Science and Cosmology.
What is the most popular episode on EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News?
The episode title 'Carrington 2024' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News?
The average episode length on EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News is 29 minutes.
How often are episodes of EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News released?
Episodes of EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News are typically released every 4 days, 2 hours.
When was the first episode of EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News?
The first episode of EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News was released on May 11, 2022.
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