Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce.

The Discussion: 

- Jeni’s magazine article on ‘Everything JWST’.

- UK government's social mobility commissioner gets us wound up.

Listeners’ emails on:

- Professional astronomy vs amateur astronomy.

- Artificial Intelligence in consumer telescopes.

- JWST’s Early Release Observations.

 

The News: 

Rounding up the astronomy news in April, we have:

- New type of nebula discovered by an amateur astronomer. The “Heart of Hydra” ( https://www.astrobin.com/950d0s/ ) by Marcel Drechsler ( https://www.astrobin.com/users/Marcel_Drechsler/ ).

- Detecting life-giving hydrothermal vents on Saturn’s moon Europa.

- An exoplanet around a dead star in a potential habitable zone.

- ‘Impossible’ galaxies with no dark matter.

- The big news story: the Planetary Science Decadal Survey is out!

 

The Sky Guide: 

This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Ursa Major 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 May. 

 

Q&A:

Will JWST be able to confirm the existence of the Ort Cloud? From our good friend Oren Wyche in Maryland USA.

 

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