Podcaster: Fraser Cain, Nicole Gugliucci, Nancy Atkinson, Matthew Francis, Jason Major, Scott Lewis
Title: Weekly Space Hangout: Astronomy Highlight on April 26th
Link : http://cosmoquest.org
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This audio has been aired in live streaming on April 26th, 2013
Description: Round up a week’s worth of space and astronomy news. This week we’re covering a pulsar test of general relativity, Mars One astronaut selection, a meteor in Saturn’s rings, and more!
Bio: Fraser Cain, Universe Today Publisher; Nicole Gugliucci from Cosmoquest; Nancy Atkinson is editor of Universe Today; Matthew Francis from BowlerHatScience ; Jason Majors from Lightsinthedark.com ; Scott Lewis from Cosmoquest
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Links:
Pulsar Press Release: http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2013/gravitylab/
arxiv of Science paper on pulsar story: http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.6875v1 (h/t Josh Andrews)
More on Pulsar Timing: http://www.cv.nrao.edu/course/astr534/PulsarTiming.html from Essential Radio Astronomy: http://www.cv.nrao.edu/course/astr534/ERA.shtml
Cassini images of meteor strike on rings: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20130425.html
Keck Saturn webcasts: http://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2013/april/saturn-astronomers-to-present-live-webcast-from-w-m-keck-observatory
Betelgeuse blog by Phil Plait: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/04/25/betelgeuse_red_supergiant_blasts_out_arc_of_material_billions_of_miles_long.html
Betelgeuse press release: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=9911
Progress image: http://www.universetoday.com/101751/success-progress-spacecraft-overcomes-stuck-antenna-arrives-at-station/progress_antenna/
Comet ISON: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2013/14/image/a/
Grasshopper video: Grasshopper 250m Test | Ring of Fire
Mars One: http://physicsfocus.org/amy-shira-teitel-mars-one-mission-could-go-horribly-wrong-if-it-ever-gets-off-the-ground/
Lunar Eclipse: http://www.universetoday.com/101742/astrophotographers-capture-mini-lunar-eclipse/
Space Apps:http://spacecalnyc.com/ and http://spaceappsnyc.com/about.html
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