The Discussion:

• Star Wars marathon
• Observing the ISS & the Nauka Module
• NAM 2021
• Amateur recreation of the Antikythera Mechanism
• Spectrum analysing the new audio anomaly

 

The News: Rounding up the astronomy news in August, we have:

• Detecting light from behind a black hole
• New Insights shows Mars’ interior is very different to Earth’s
• Evidence of an ocean beneath the surface of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
• The Oort Cloud could be filled with extrasolar debris
• Earth rock may contain extraterrestrial Plutonium
• First clear detection of a moon-forming disc around an exoplanet

 

The Sky Guide: This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Lyra with a guide to its history, how to find it, a couple of deep sky objects and a round-up of the solar system views on offer in August.

 

Q&A: Could dark matter exist in a different dimension, and we only feel the gravitons they emit? From our good friend Dan Scholes of no declared location.