Awesome Astronomy - September Part 1

Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Jenifer Millard host. Damien Phillips and John Wildridge produce. Paul's introduction is epic this month... The Discussion: A good old British whinge about the weather and looking forward to our biannual dark sky star party, AstoCamp. The News: Rounding up the astronomy news this month we have: - An experiment in an underground lab in London to understand dark energy. - Eight new repeating fast radio burst sources. - Help us come up with a cooler name than a pair-instability supernova. - The late accretion phase of the formation of the solar system. - The discovery of interstellar radioactive iron in the Antarctica. - Spitzer reveals surprising exoplanetary details. - A new exoplanet discovery of three rocky worlds in the same system. - Using oceanography to suggest greater exoplanet biodiversity. The main news story discussion: - The latest big Juno discovery at Jupiter. The Sky Guide: Covering the solar system and deep sky objects on offer to amateur astronomers in September: Jen: A tour of the planets on offer and the zodiacal light Ralph: Jupiter Saturn and two meteor showers in September. Then further afield, a double star, an open cluster and a dark Nebula in Cepheus. Main Object: Messier 27, The Dumbbell Nebula. Q&A;: How can Titan have such a thick atmosphere with such a low gravity? From Alastair Frith in the UK. http://www.awesomeastronomy.com Bio: Awesome Astronomy is a podcast beamed direct from an underground bunker on Mars to promote science, space and astronomy (and enslave Earth if all goes well).   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected].