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Podcaster:  Host : Fraser Cain ; reporters: Brian Koberlein, David Dickinson, Nancy Atkinson, Nicole Gugliucci

Title:  Weekly Space Hangout: Astronomy Highlight on August 16th

Link : http://cosmoquest.org

This audio has been aired in live streaming on August 16th

Description:  Like your space news, but you just can’t handle reading any more? Then watch our Weekly Space Hangout, where we give you a rundown of all the big space news stories that broke this week. And here are the stories we covered:

CIA Comes Clean About Area 51
Elon Musk’s Hyperloop
Space Fence Shut Down
Magnetar Discovered Near the Galactic Core
IAU Updates Their Naming Policy
Bright Nova in Delphinus

Bio: Fraser Cain is a Universe Today Publisher  ; Brian Koberlein from Rochester Institute of Technology; David Dickinson, the astroguyz and writer in Universe Today; Nancy Atkinson, senior editor in Universe Today; Nicole Gugliucci from Cosmoquest

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