Brendan Byrne

2 days ago | cfpublic.org | Brendan Byrne |Marian Summerall

One hungry star!Observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have added a surprising twist to what scientists believed was the first star seen swallowing a planet. Roughly 10,000 light-years from Earth, the new data suggests that tidal forces, not stellar evolution, may be the real cause behind the dramatic event. Scientists estimate that the planet was about the size of Jupiter, orbiting even closer to its star than Mercury does to our Sun.

1 week ago | pubs.usgs.gov | Brendan Byrne |Benjamin Poulter |Guillermo Murray-Tortarolo |Daniel Hayes

Links More information: Publisher Index Page (via DOI) Download citation as: RIS | Dublin Core Publication type Article Publication Subtype Journal Article Title The North American greenhouse gas budget: Emissions, removals, and integration for CO2, CH4, and N2O (2010–2019): Results From the Second REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes Study (RECCAP2) Series title Global Biogeochemical Cycles DOI 10.1029/2024GB008310 Volume 39 Issue 4 Publication Date April 05, 2025 Year Published...

1 week ago | cfpublic.org | Marian Summerall |Brendan Byrne

Ancient elements on the red planetIn a new discovery from the Curiosity rover, scientists have found the largest organic carbon molecules on Mars. Organic carbon is a building block element for habitable worlds. The long-chain organic carbon is typically associated with photosynthesis in plants here on Earth. On the curiosity rover, there is an instrument , which is a powerful tool that enables the robot to search for these organic and inorganic compounds.

2 weeks ago | cfpublic.org | Brendan Byrne

The first satellites for Amazon’s new space-based internet service are set to take flight Wednesday evening from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Commercial company United Launch Alliance is giving the satellites their boost into orbit on an Atlas V rocket. The mission’s two-hour launch window from Space Launch Complex-41 opens at 7:00 p.m. ET. Forecasters call for a 55% chance of favorable weather for launch.

2 weeks ago | cfpublic.org | Marian Summerall |Brendan Byrne

With the spacecraft’s thrusters failing on its way to the International Space Station, Boeing’s Starliner mission was a harrowing journey. More remarkable than we first knew. Starliner’s commander Butch Wilmore shared incredible new detail about the mission with Ars Technica’s Eric Berger. We’ll speak with Berger about what he learned and what’s ahead for Starliner. Then, IPEx is a critical moon mission for NASA to study lunar soil, but its control room resides on our home planet.