Marian Summerall

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 | 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.

1 week ago | wusf.org | Marian Summerall

Alligators are looking for love. With mating season just around the corner in May, alligators Florida alligators this month are beginning their search for a mate which means they may cross paths with humans. During courtship, one of the main forms of communication from male alligators is bellowing – a low pitch growl that alligators make to signal to females in the area that they are looking for a mate and to establish dominance over other males in a territory.

1 week ago | cfpublic.org | Marian Summerall

Alligators are looking for love. With mating season just around the corner in May, alligators Florida alligators this month are beginning their search for a mate which means they may cross paths with humans. During courtship, one of the main forms of communication from male alligators is bellowing – a low pitch growl that alligators make to signal to females in the area that they are looking for a mate and to establish dominance over other males in a territory.

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.