60-Second Space
Summary: Leading science journalists provide a daily minute commentary on some of the most interesting developments in the world of astronomy and space exploration. For a full-length, weekly podcast you can subscribe to Science Talk: The Podcast of Scientific American. To view all of our archived podcasts please go to www.scientificamerican.com/podcast
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Residents of western states will be in position to see the ring of fire of an annular eclipse on May 20th. John Matson reports
A space-based telescope picked up faint thermal radiation from a "super-Earth" planet 40 light-years away. John Matson reports
Scientists are using a zeppelin to do a slow search for signs of fragments left by the April 22nd Sutter's Mill meteorite. John Matson reports
Dozens of asteroid impacts at least as bad as the dinosaur killer occurred long after such impacts were previously thought to have petered out. John Matson reports
Gamma-ray bursts can't be the source of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays that reach Earth. John Matson reports
A recently discovered pair of exoplanets may be the wreckage of one formerly giant planet. John Matson reports
Starting with Discovery, the decommissioned space shuttle fleet will go on display at museums around the country. John Matson reports
When the star Cassiopeia A exploded, nearly all the iron from the core was expelled to the outer regions of the supernova. John Matson reports
Significant amounts of water exist on Mars, sequestered within hydrated minerals and stored in the planet's crust. John Matson reports
John Carter is the latest in a string of movies set on the Red Planet that have all wound up in the red, financially. John Matson reports
A new study explains why the odds favored the man-in-the-moon side to always face Earth. John Matson reports
Dark matter doesn't usually collide much with itself or with ordinary matter, but it appears to be uncharacteristically clumping in the galaxy cluster A520. John Matson reports
Rockfalls visible in orbiter images of Mars indicate that geologic activity occurred just a few million years ago and may be ongoing. John Matson reports
On February 20, 1962, John Glenn went to space, becoming the first American in orbit, and a national icon. John Matson reports
The black hole at the center of Milky Way could be steadily feeding on a cloud of asteroids, producing frequent, small x-ray flares. John Matson reports
