Scientists analyzed the results of a stellar occultation when Pluto passed in front of a distant star and found that Pluto’s atmosphere is freezing. More about it at #365DaysOfAstro
Oct 26th: Pluto’s Atmosphere Freezing Out
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Oct 18th: Planet 9
After Pluto lost its planethood we were down to 8 planets. But there’s growing evidence of another world or worlds out beyond the orbit of Pluto. Is Planet 9 out there and how will we find it? Could there even be a Planet 10?
Oct 4th: Pluto’s Demotion: 15 Years Later
It’s been 15 years since Pluto was kicked out of the planet club. Are there any updates? Does Pluto have a chance of regaining planethood again?
Aug 22nd: A Woman & Pluto & Pop Up Comets
Today, @Nmcanopus talk about Elizabeth Williams used the motions of Uranus & Neptune to predict the location of Pluto. And also asteroid C/2020 B3 Rankin.
Jan 12th: A Return Mission to Pluto? This Time to Stay
New Horizons gave us the best views we could have hoped for of Pluto. But it was only a single glimpse of half the world. What’s New Horizons up to next? And what plans are in the works to return to Pluto and Charon?
Nov 9th: Pluto And The Icy Outer Solar System
This time we’re going to talk about Pluto, its moons, the Kuiper belt, and the other icy objects that inhabit the outer Solar System.
Jun 18th: Close But No Cigar
New Exoplanet with star and planet resembles to the Sun and Earth. Well close but no cigar. More about it with @PaulMattSutter at #365DaysOfAstro
May 21st: Variable Star Rhythms, Europa’s Plumes, Pluto’s Haze & Dr. Catherine Johnson
Join us today as we talk about one of my favorite areas of research, pulsating stars, and how researchers have used data from NASA’s TESS mission to understand them. We also look at new evidence for watery plumes erupting from Jupiter’s moon Europa. And finally, we discuss how the SOFIA observatory has found clues for why Pluto’s atmospheric haze continues to exist.
May 6th: Awesome Astronomy May 2020 News Roundup
Astronomy round up with @AwesomeAstroPod and skyguide for May 2020. It looks like Fomalhaut b is not a planet after all!
May 1st: Chris Carberry, Author of Alcohol in Space
Discussion with Chris Carberry, Author of Alcohol in Space, and news roundup about Pluto’s ocean, StarLink DarkSat plans, SMBH orbiting through another SMBH accretion disk and how to weigh the Universe.