Podcaster: Host : Fraser Cain ; Guest : Dr. Steve B. Howell , Morgan Rehnberg, Paul M. Sutter, Kimberly Cartier
Title: Weekly Space Hangout: Dr. Steve B. Howell from Kepler
Link: http://cosmoquest.org
You can watch the video in: http://youtu.be/SmTPBdEkB7Q
Description: This Week’s Stories:
- KIC 8462 – What a long, strange trip it’s had! Don’t hold your breath for alien megastructures, though…
- Sierra Nevada’s Dream Catcher space shuttle comes back as a cargo ship!
- Death throes of a Betelgeuse! 500K (440°F) is confusingly cool!
- A black hole shuts off, finishing it’s quasi-stellar meal.
- The #AstroSH sexual harassment issue comes to the fore at AAS with 2 new scandals.
We record the Weekly Space Hangout every Friday at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern. You can watch us live on Google+, Universe Today, or the Universe Today YouTube page
Bio: Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today
Special Guest: Dr. Steve B. Howell, Project Scientist on Kepler, to discuss the great new results coming form the K2 mission – the repurposed Kepler mission.
And our regular guests are:
Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg )
Paul Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter)
Kimberly Cartier ( @AstroKimCartier / KimberlyCartier.org )
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