Stellar occultation when Pluto passed in front of a distant star gives info that Pluto’s atmosphere is freezing
Nov 29th: Pluto’s Atmosphere Freezing Out as Pluto Moves Away
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Nov 5th: Is it Time to Redefine the Planet?
How did Pluto get demoted? What makes a planet a planet anyway? Why do we now have so many different kinds of planets, and should we make things simpler?
Mar 24th: Catching Shadows & Tough Guy
Students can join the hunt for TNO occultations and more about 2016 LV47
Sep 16th: Season Premiere! How to Teach Grown-Ups About Pluto with Dean Regas
How to Teach Grown-Ups About Pluto? How science fiction inspired astronomers? Find the answer on WSH season premiere. The @WSHCrew also talk about Artemis and Perseverance. More at #365DaysOFAstro
Apr 13th: Hubble Finds Farthest Star Ever Spotted
Researchers pouring through high-resolution Hubble images of galaxy clusters have found the gravitationally magnified light of a star that was shining just four billion years after the Big Bang, making this bright star the new record holder for the farthest ever spotted
Feb 27th: Neighborhood’s Edge & Encounter With Pluto
Today podcast discuss about dwarf planet and the New Horizon encounter with Pluto.
Dec 29th: Sublimating Nitrogen Responsible for Pluto’s Icy Polygons
New models of sublimating nitrogen show that the process creates enough heat to drive the formation and texture of the polygons in Sputnik Planitia.
Dec 24th: How We Can Clean Up Earth’s Space Debris with Dr. Jake Abbott
This week JWST will be launch and today @WSHCrew will discuss about it. And of course there are other news as well. Pluto geology, Venus clouds, Hayabusa samples, and how we can clean up space debris.
Nov 29th: Why Getting to the Outer Worlds is So Difficult
Over the next few years new missions headed to Jupiter & Saturn. Why aren’t we seeing more missions to the outer planets like Uranus and Neptune, even Pluto? Today @AstronomyCast talks about the challenges of exploring the outer, outer solar system.
Nov 22nd: Icy Moons & Dwarf Planets
The outer Solar System is far enough from the Sun that water doesn’t get blasted away into deep space. In this icy realm, there are many worlds with vast quantities of water ice. Today let’s look at the icy outer moons and dwarf planets.