The Low Down on Big G and the Young Moon of Dinkinesh
Walkabout the Galaxy
English - May 08, 2024 10:00 - 45 minutes - 61.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 106 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Comedy addiedove adriennedove astronomy colwell humor joshcolwell joshuacolwell planetarysciences science ucf Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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NASA's Lucy mission discovered a surprising moon of the small asteroid Dinkinesh on its way to the orbit of Jupiter. New studies of that moon, a contact binary, suggest it may have a surprisingly young age. Meanwhile, cosmologists continue to wrestle with various seemingly contradictory measurements. One model suggests a modification to that old Physics 1 standby, the gravitational constant (or is it?) G. Join us for all the astronomical news near and far, including space news updates and trivia.