The Discussion:

• Sex with aliens (sorry)
• Jen's reveals the secrets of TV trickery
• AweAst now has videos! Head over to YouTube
• Emails about our new YouTube channel & aliens watching us

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

• Water on exoplanets probably didn't come from comets
• Another 301 exoplanets drop out of old Kepler data
• An(other) weird signal from outer space
• Violent galaxy growth in the early universe
• Are exoplanets made of strange materials not conducive to life?
• A deep dive into the James Webb Space Telescope 3 weeks before launch

The Sky Guide: This month we're taking a look at the constellation of Taurus 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 December.