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This show is a response to the many requests we get to do an episode dedicated to answering listeners’ space & astronomy questions.

The Solar System is a really big place, and it takes forever to travel from world to world with traditional chemical rockets. But one technique, developed back in the 1960s might provide a way to dramatically shorten our travel times: nuclear rockets.

We’re familiar with regular binary stars. Two stars orbiting each other. Of course the Universe has come up with every combination of things orbiting other things, and we will look at some extreme examples.

The most dangerous member of the 1,839 asteroids discovered in 2018 is the 500 foot diameter asteroid now named 2018 LK.

In this episode @cosmicsavannah talk to Dr Niruj Ramanujam from the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) about the importance of the Mercury Transit & how you can see the transit.