Asteroids are part of our environment and this space rocks constantly have close approaches with Earth & there is increasing evidence that other bodies in our solar system have oceans of salty liquid water in contact with warm rock layers. Could such biodiversity be happening elsewhere?
Dec 28th: Firefly Makes Orbit on Second Try
Early Saturday morning, another company entered the exclusive club of successful orbital launchers, Firefly Aerospace, when their second attempt to reach orbit, named To The Black, lifted off on October 1.
Nov 6th: Smoking Moon & Dead Comet
Today’s Travelers in the Night discuss about liquid water in Enceladus and A potentially hazardous asteroid 2015 TB145 close approach to Moon and then to the Earth.
Oct 14th: Astronomy for Equity with Mike Simmons
Today on #WSH, @Astro_MikeS joins @WSHCrew to share his newest venture, Astronomy for Equity, as he continues his calling to share astronomy with local communitites around the world. Also news update with Juno’s flyby, globular clusters, solar cycle, gravitational lens and Ryugu.
Aug 10th: Looking For Life In All The Strange Places
A trio of stories examines the possibilities for finding life in strange, new places, including deep underground here on Earth, in the subsurface oceans of Europa, and fossilized within sedimentary rocks on Mars.
May 4th: Awesome Astronomy May 2022 News
Time for @AwesomeAstroPod news round-up and skyguide. We have JWST, new type of nebula, detecting life in Europa, exoplanet around dead star, galaxy with no dark matter and more. #365DaysOfAstro
Mar 13th: An Earth Like Planet & Fascinating Europa
Today’s Traveler in the night will explore Earth-like planet, Kepler-452b, and the fascinating Europa.
Oct 22nd: Volcanism on Venus & Ice on Mars
Time weekly news & discussion. Today @WSHCrew discuss with Megan Russell about Volcanism on Venus & Ice on Mars and updates from Perseverance, Europa, Lucy and the discovery of exoplanet by LOFAR.
Jun 21st: What is Required to Confirm Alien Life: Non-Sentient Edition
Are we alone in the Universe? It’s one of the biggest scientific questions we can possibly ask. And yet, with rovers on Mars, missions planned to visit Europa and Ganymede. Powerful telescopes able to detect the atmospheres of exoplanets, we’re closer than ever to finding out the answer.
Jun 2nd: Awesome Astronomy June 2021 News Round-up
Time to check the skyguide and prepare your instrument for night sky observation. @AwesomeAstroPod also discuss about buying & selling astro kit & more news round-up