Weekly update with news from ESA exoplanet mission, venus, the monster at the center of Milky Way, SpaceX, and how to feed people on Mars.
Sep 12th: A Magical Color-Changing Asteroid!
An asteroid that changes color!
Why does a black hole end in a singularity? How can we measure distances to stuff in space?
Aug 19th: Questions Show: Shooting Lasers at the Moon and Losing Contact with Rovers
This week we find out how hard it is to hit the Moon with a laser, & if scientists lose contact with the Mars rovers when they go behind the Sun.
Jun 13th: Awesome Astronomy June 2019 Space Discussions
Jun 5th: Awesome Astronomy June 2019 Discussion & Sky Guide
Jun 1st: Observing With Webb in June 2019
June will be warmer, with shorter nights, but still some good events. Watch for Mercury and Mars in a conjunction mid-month, Jupiter up all night long, and some good lunar close encounters.
May 31st: Dr. Molly Peeples of the Space Telescope Science Institute
StarLink vs. astronomy, Cryovolcanism on Pluto, and hey you can send your name to Mars. more at #365DaysOfAstro with @WSHcrew
May 26th: Oppy Why Look
Along Oppy’s 28 mile long discovery journey the rover has accumulated scientific information on Martian geology & its thin atmosphere.
May 23rd: The First Stars were Weird
The first stars were weird. What’s the connection between the first stars and giant black holes? Was every galaxy once a quasar?
May 16th: The Universe is Kind of Big, I Guess
It turns out that the universe is kind of big. If the universe is important are we immortal? Did life happen on Venus and Mars?