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Look Up! December 2020


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Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomers Bryony and Patricia are here to tell you what to look out for in the night sky this December, 2020, in our family friendly Look Up! podcast.
As well as this, they discuss some recent astronomical news. Bryony explains how Mars' dust storms may be the reason for its lack of water, while Patricia talks about the possibility of Europa glowing in the dark. Which of these do you find the most interesting? Head over to our twitter @ROGAstronomers and vote on our poll at the start of the month!
Here is the link to our night sky highlights blog:
https://www.rmg.co.uk/explore/blog/night-sky-highlights-december-2020
Links to more information for each of the stories:
Dust storms driving evaporation of water on Mars
Paper: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6518/824
News article: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/martian-dust-storms-parch-planet-driving-water-space
Glow-in-the-dark Europa
Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-01248-1
News article: https://earthsky.org/space/jupiter-moon-europa-glows-radiation
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