


Jan 19th: Dr. Bram Venemans and Distant Quasars

Jan 6th: Observing With Webb in January 2018
Mornings are for the planets this month, with Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn all making appearances, including conjunctions of two different pairs of these planets. The Moon will pass by each of these planets, be full twice, and be eclipsed by Earth’s shadow, but only visibly in certain spots.

Jan 3rd: Awesome Astronomy’s January Sky Guide
What to look out, and up, for in January as Ralph, Paul & Jen pick their highlights for this month’s skies.

Dec 21st: Water On Mars? Not So Fast!
All planets with liquid water please raise your hand, don’t go chasing interstellar asteroids, and of course listener questions!

Dec 12th: The Planets, ICON 2017 & Mars!
This week we turn our steely gaze upon the red planet Mars, but we haven’t forgotten our promise to share some highlights from our time at the ICON Comics and Games Convention.

Dec 6th: Awesome Astronomy December Sky Guide

Dec 2nd: Observing With Webb in December 2017
The holidays are upon us, and we have a great Geminid Meteor Shower, the winter constellations appearing, 2 or 3 morning planets, and a year-end occultation of Aldebaran by the Moon.

Dec 1st: Dean Regas’ “100 Things to See in the Night Sky”
Problems with WFIRST, Mapping the 3D motions of extragalactic stars, & Flowing rivers of sand on Mars.

Nov 26th: Mars Window & Gnats
In 2020 a good window for Mars launches will open by many countries and NHATS became the acronym for the Near earth object Human spaceflight Accessible Target Study.