The Cosmic Companion VIP Newsletter June 22, 2020

Interview with Dr. Tyler Gorda of the University of Virginia, talking about quark matter and neutron stars. Plus,

In this week's episode of Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we are pleased to be joined by Tyler Gorda from the Department of Physics at the University of Virginia, talking about his work discovering the newest state of matter – quark matter, which could make up much of the material in neutron stars.

But first, we look at a new NASA study showing that oceans may be common on planets orbiting other stars, we examine a new study measuring the expansion rate of the Universe, and a mysterious repeating radio signal from space continues for more than 18 months. We will also examine how dark matter – the unseen “something” which makes up more than 80 percent of all matter in the Universe, might be detected here on Earth.

Here’s tomorrow episode of the show, in a sneak preview for our VIP subscribers: