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Quasar’s Light Echoes After 6.73 Years

Author
Pamela Gay
Published
Fri 23 Sep 2022
Episode Link
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/dailyspace/DS-20220923_AUDIO.mp3

Astronomers using the 1.2-meter Whipple Observatory to follow the brightness of a lensed galaxy for 14.5 years have calculated that the time delay between light arriving along the shortest and farthest paths is 6.73 years. Plus, DART, Hayabusa2, Juno, fast radio bursts, and This Week in Space History, we look back at NASA’s 1990s attempts to reach Mars.

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