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Podcaster:  Host : Fraser Cain ; Guest : Austin Wintory, Anthony Lund, Dr. Kimberly Cartier, Dr. Paul Matt Sutter, & Dr. Morgan Rehnberg

Title: Weekly Space Hangout – Guest: Mathew Anderson’s “Habitable ExoPlanets”

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Description: This week, we are excited to welcome Austin Wintory and Anthony Lund to discuss their new collaborative Kickstarter campaign, A Light in the Void, a live concert experience that will tell the story of science through live music, scientists’ live presentations, video, animations, and more.

This week’s stories:

  • Tiangong FINALLY re-enters!
  • Finding false Earths…
  • NASA’s new supersonic plane.
  • Wacky transient events detected.

Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain )

Special Guest: Mathew Anderson, author and good friend of the Weekly Space Hangout, joins us again this week to discuss his newest book, “Habitable ExoPlanets: Red Dwarf Systems Like TRAPPIST-1,” in which he focuses on exoplanet properties and the chances for habitable planets around Red Dwarf stars.

As he did with his two prior books, “Our Cosmic Story” and its followup “Is Anyone Out There,” Mathew will be offering a free e-copy of “Habitable Planets: Red Dwarf Systems Like TRAPPIST-1” to viewers of the Weekly Space Hangout, so be sure to tune in this week to find out how to get your free copy of this fascinating book.

Guests:
Dr. Kimberly Cartier ( http://KimberlyCartier.org & @AstroKimCartier )
Dr. Paul Matt Sutter ( http://www.pmsutter.com/ & @PaulMattSutter )

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