In the future one can envision a space mining family boarding the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch Vehicle for a a trip into low Earth orbit! more at #365DaysOfAstro
Nov 18th: Not So Secret & Asteroid Homestead
Nov 17th: Our Space Telescopes Are Dying!
Think about it: Hubble is down to one gyro, maybe two; Kepler is in safe mode; and today, the Chandra X-ray telescope went into safe mode; Spitzer has run out of coolant but still doing science – our fleet of space telescopes is getting older what are we replacing them with?
Nov 16th: Your Place In The Universe
This week we have some exoplanet news and cool crater under Greenland!
365 Days of Astronomy Turns Ten
The 365 Days of Astronomy daily podcast celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2019. As it enters a new decade, the show is planning a new year of content focused on the theme, “Commemorating discoveries across time and culture.”
Nov 15th: Agent to the Agent to the Stars
Mass goes missing in BH collisions? Is a solar eclipse useful for science?
Nov 14th: Ham radio
Cheap Astronomy’s discovers that the ISS crew likes to ham it up
Nov 13th: Changing with the times
Bepi Colombo is on its way to Mercury. Meanwhile, the Hayabusa 2 mission continues its exploration of the asteroid Ryugu, while the Hubble Space Telescope is back up and running again. What that means for the telescope?
Nov 12th: Seismology
Seismology. A chance to peer into our planet & learn how it works. And we’re about to take that technology to Mars. @astronomycast at #365DaysOfAstro