What makes something a moon or a planet? Learn more on this week’s episode of Radio Astronomy!
Geysers on Europa
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope spotted plumes of water surrounding Europa, a moon of Jupiter. The discovery opens the door to the search for life on this water world!
Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors – Oh My!
On this episode of Radio Astronomy, Zach Pace and Jacqueline Goldstein discuss how a fossil meteorite tells astronomers about our early solar system. For more info: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/69/8/10.1063/PT.3.3259
The New Moon of Dwarf Planet Makemake
Anna and Ben discuss the newest discovered world in our solar system, a small satellite in orbit around the dwarf planet Makemake. See the press release.