Pamela L. Gay, Ph.D.·Jun 2WASP 94A b: Cloudy nights and Clear DaysAs anyone who looks or goes outside should know, our ability to predict the weather and what actually happens with the weather aren’t…
Pamela L. Gay, Ph.D.·Jun 1Found: A Saturn with almost Earth-like temperaturesOne of the really fun things about planetary science is dreaming up “what ifs” that explore all the science fiction possibilities with real…
Pamela L. Gay, Ph.D.·May 293I/ATLAS caught by JUICE & Europa ClipperLast year, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS blasted its way into the record books with its high-speed passage through the inner solar system…A response icon2A response icon2
Pamela L. Gay, Ph.D.·May 28Psyche checks out Mars on the way to PsycheSometimes NASA does things designed to confuse while also being awesome.
Pamela L. Gay, Ph.D.·May 18Building black holes from gas and from dead starsIn astronomy, the creation of black holes is one of those things we talk about… a lot. We know Big stars form small black holes. We know…
Pamela L. Gay, Ph.D.·May 15One little red dot caught emerging from its shroudPrior to the launch of the JWST, we thought the first stars and their galaxies came together several hundred million years after the big…
Pamela L. Gay, Ph.D.·May 14Astronomers looking for the unexpected find atmosphereI read a lot of papers and press releases for this show, and it’s rare any more that a particular turn of phrase catches my attention. The…
Pamela L. Gay, Ph.D.·May 8Common Planets circle Uncommon StarsThe immense difficulty of reaching planets in other solar systems is something that is really hard to grasp. Voyager 1 essentially left our…
Pamela L. Gay, Ph.D.·May 7Saving Electricity: Voyager I StyleThe Voyager missions launched from Florida in 1977. I was just 3 years old, and have no memory of this event, but the encounters these two…
