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Bench Talk | January Sky; Cosmic Patterns; Airborne Telescopes; Water on the Moon | Jan 4, 2021
What interesting objects are in the night sky this month? J Scott Miller will fill you in. Then Dave Robinson describes a unique fast radio burst just detected in the cosmos. This one produces a pattern. The airborne SOFIA telescope is introduced, and Scott describes how it was recently used to confirm the existence of water on our moon.
The show ends with information about a free, online discussion of racism, sexism and colonialism in the sciences, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tainted-knowledge-reconciling-the-scientific-fields-problematic-past-tickets-132336495019
The NASA video about SOFIA can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5z6fZKOtP4
Bench Talk is a weekly program that airs on WFMP Louisville FORward Radio 106.5 FM (forwardradio.org) every Monday at 7:30 pm, Tuesday at 11:30 am, and Wednesday at 7:30 am.
Visit our Facebook page for links to the articles discussed in this episode: https://www.facebook.com/BenchTalkRadio/
Bench Talk | January Sky; Cosmic Patterns; Airborne Telescopes; Water on the Moon | Jan 4 2021 by Forward Radio is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
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What interesting objects are in the night sky this month? J Scott Miller will fill you in. Then Dave Robinson describes a unique fast radio burst just detected in the cosmos. This one produces a pattern. The airborne SOFIA telescope is introduced, and Scott describes how it was recently used to confirm the existence of water on our moon.
The show ends with information about a free, online discussion of racism, sexism and colonialism in the sciences, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tainted-knowledge-reconciling-the-scientific-fields-problematic-past-tickets-132336495019
The NASA video about SOFIA can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5z6fZKOtP4
Bench Talk is a weekly program that airs on WFMP Louisville FORward Radio 106.5 FM (forwardradio.org) every Monday at 7:30 pm, Tuesday at 11:30 am, and Wednesday at 7:30 am.
Visit our Facebook page for links to the articles discussed in this episode: https://www.facebook.com/BenchTalkRadio/
Bench Talk | January Sky; Cosmic Patterns; Airborne Telescopes; Water on the Moon | Jan 4 2021 by Forward Radio is licensed under a Creative Commons License.