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The Discussion: 

- Astronomy Christmas presents.

- Listener’s email about the value of early human space endeavours.

- Listener’s email about the marvelousness of Musk.

 

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

- The largest valley in the solar system (on Mars) is packed with water.

- More evidence to suggest there may be living organisms in Venus’ atmosphere.

- The sharpest images yet of the region around our galaxy’s supermassive black hole.

- Astronomers find 70 new rogue planets free-floating in space.

- The James Webb Space Telescope finally launches!

 

The Interview: This month we interview… the constellation Orion!

 

The Sky Guide: This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Orion 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 January.

 

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