Podcaster: Fraser Cain, Nicole Gugliucci, Jason Major, David Dickinson, Amy Shira Teitel, Alan Boyle
Title: Weekly Space Hangout: Astronomy Highlight on May 3rd
Link : http://cosmoquest.org
Here are this week’s stories:
Brightest Gamma Ray Burst – http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/shocking-burst.html
Space Ship 2: http://www.universetoday.com/101827/spaceshiptwo-fires-rocket-engines-for-first-ever-supersonic-test-flight/
Storm on Saturn: http://news.discovery.com/space/cassini-saturn-storm-mealstrom-130429.htm
X-Ray image of colliding galaxies: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/ngc6240/
Meteor Shower: http://www.universetoday.com/101845/watch-for-the-eta-aquarid-meteor-shower-this-weekend/
X51A Flight: http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/03/18038019-air-forces-x-51a-hypersonic-aircraft-sets-record-during-its-final-test?lite” href=”http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/03/18038019-air-forces-x-51a-hypersonic-aircraft-sets-record-during-its-final-test?lite
Exoplanet Habitability: ttp://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6132/577.abstract?sid=6a4320d8-a48c-49df-b7d3-06ef447b0490
Buh bye Herschel 🙁 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-150&rn=news.xml&rst=3747
ISON != Nibiru http://www.universetoday.com/101798/debunking-comet-ison-conspiracy-theories-no-ison-is-not-nibiru/
Anti-gravity? http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/04/does-antimatter-fall-up-experiment-could-provide-the-answer/
Canada bill: hhttp://www.universetoday.com/101861/space-robotics-dominate-new-5-bill-in-canada/
Hole in the ISS: http://www.universetoday.com/101837/warning-shot-a-bullet-hole-on-the-iss/
You can watch the video in: http://youtu.be/pKNKPvqg1Xg
This audio has been aired in live streaming on May 3rd, 2013
Description: Round up a week’s worth of space and astronomy news. This week we’re covering a storm on Saturn, Herschel, meteor showers, anti-gravity and the hoax of ISON is the hypothetical planet Nibiru
Bio: Fraser Cain, Universe Today Publisher; Alan Boyle from Cosmiclog; Amy Shira Teitel from Vintage Space; David Dickinson, the astroguyz and writer in Universe Today; Nicole Gugliucci from Cosmoquest; ; Matthew Francis from BowlerHatScience ; Jason Majors from Lightsinthedark.com
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