Fading Friends: the evolution of the Earth-Moon distance
Have a close friend that you are losing contact with? Well the Earth and Moon are no different. Read about a recent effort to model the growing distance between them.
Age is Just a Number: Radioactive Dating in Stars
Do you feel older? How does it show in your body? Stars carry their own clocks within them too. See how we can better measure their Uranium as it slowly ticks away.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. John C Mather
Today we interview Nobel Laureate and Senior Project Scientist of JWST , Dr. John C Mather, for his plenary talk at #AAS241!
Arboreal Astronomers: Using Tree-Rings to Probe Solar Activity
Humans aren’t the only things that track evidence of cosmic history. See how modern astronomers use ancient tree-rings to investigate solar activity!
The Great Planet Bake Off
In today’s episode, the star’s have been preparing some planets. But have they all been using the same recipe to form them? We will have to “taste” their compositions to find our winner!