The 365 Days of Astronomy

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Streamed live on Nov 4, 2016.

Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain )
Special Guest: Dr. Matt Golombek, Senior Research Scientist at the JPL; Mars Exploration Rover Project Scientist; Mars Exploration Program Landing Site Scientist.

Regular Guests:

Dr. Paul Matt Sutter ( http://www.pmsutter.com/ & @PaulMattSutter )

Kimberly Cartier ( http://KimberlyCartier.org & @AstroKimCartier )

This week's stories:

- All-sky neutral hydrogen (HI) 21cm map.

- The JWST sun shield is finished.

- The VLT's AO system has first light.

- The mass of the dark matter particle.

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Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Jenifer Millard host. Damien Phillips and John Wildridge produce.

The Discussion: In a month when the European Space Agency succeeded and failed in the first part of their Exomars saga, we go through the glory and the debris of Mars exploration, hanging out with astronauts Tim Peake and Tim Kopra, conducting exoplanet research, provide some advice about studying astrophysics and explain why the effects of dark matter aren’t witnessed in our own solar system.

The News: Rounding up the space and astronomy news this month we have:

- Exomars, round one

- Another look at the Viking mission data that may have discovered Martian life

- Hubble discovers that the universe contains 10 times more galaxies than thought

- A philosophical discussion about the chances of life existing elsewhere

- Venus was habitable when life began to flourish on Earth

- Elon Musk’s plans for colonising the solar system

- The ethics of colonising other planets

- An update of NASA’s Juno mission at Jupiter

- And the latest taikonauts and astronauts.

The Hat of Woo: This month we pull one of the biggies out of the putrid hat: Evil aliens and a reptilian rival for the title of overlord.

The Interview: This month we return to writer, broadcaster and researcher Dr. Chris North from Cardiff University to answer a listener’s question on Chris’ interview in last month’s episode.

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Hosted by Ricardo García Soto ( http://www.astroblog.cl/ / @cuasar / astroetal.com ). Ricardo is a science writer & TV director. This 6th episode features Dr. Claudia Mignone of the ESA as a special guest. Rosetta mission is coming to an end on September 30th, that is why on this episode we discussed the whole mission, from its beginning to the final end, we also talk about the communication aspect of this mission because it was really important, How did the campaign begin? How did they come up with the cartoons? Why was Rosetta twitting in first person? And of course, as always, so much more.

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http://www.spacescoop.org/en/scoops/1623/using-magnets-to-peer-deep-into-the-earth/

To help us understand our cosmic magnetic shield, and allow us to predict its behavior, a set of satellites called Swarm were launched into Space in 2013 by the ESA, the European Space Agency.

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Streamed live on Oct 28, 2016

Join +Fraser Cain and +Pamela Gay for a live episode of Astronomy Cast. We'll record our 30-minute show, and then stay tuned for them to answer questions!

That meat computer in your skull is constantly betraying you. But don't worry. We've all got the same problem. Fortunately, scientists have learned that this happens and can help us make sure that our science and our lives don't suffer too badly because of it.

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Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006.

Today's 2 topics:

- Carson Fuls discovered SUV-sized 2016 DB, which got 100 times brighter in 8 hours time as it approached & passed Earth.

- Catalina Sky Survey member Richard Kowalski discovered 1/4 mile in diameter 2016 DP. It may hit Venus in the future. It'll be a spectacular show if it does!

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PLANETS:

Mercury – Lost in the glare of the Sun.

Venus – Look SW after sunset, and Venus will be between 10˚and 20˚ above the horizon, very bright, and will set around 7:00pm.

Mars – Look SSW after sunset and bring a sky map of Capricornus.  Mars will be the ruddy red object moving into the Capricornus triangle from the right day by day.  Visible until about 9:30pm, when it sets in the SW.

Saturn – Look SW after sunset and find the brightest object Venus.  Saturn will be to the right and below Venus, getting farther away each day of November.  Saturn will set at 6:30pm in the beginning of the month and around 4:40 with the Sun at the end of the month, making it harder to find as the month passes.

Jupiter – Catch Jupiter in the eastern sky in the morning after 4:30am in the beginning of the month, and 3am by the end of the month.  Just look for the very bright object in that direction in the morning.  You should notice it easily through your car window and see it get higher and higher each morning.

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Streamed live on Oct 28, 2016

Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain )
Special Guest: Dr. Derrick Pitts ( @CoolAstronomer ). Dr. Pitts is Chief Astronomer and Director of the Fels Planetarium at The Franklin Institute. He has been a NASA Solar System Ambassador since 2009 and serves as the Astrobiology Ambassador for the NASA/MIRS/UNCF Special Program Corporation’s Astrobiology Partnership Program. Additionally, Derrick was recently appointed to the outreach advisory board for the Thirty-Meter-Telescope at Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

Regular Guests:

Dr. Paul Matt Sutter ( http://www.pmsutter.com/ & @PaulMattSutter )

Kimberly Cartier ( http://KimberlyCartier.org & @AstroKimCartier )

Morgan Rehnberg ( http://cosmicchatter.org/ & @MorganRehnberg )

This week's stories:

- Dark Energy overturned? (Don't bet on it.)

- Young star system caught in the process of forming.

- Habitable planets around red dwarf stars.

- The GBT looks at Boyajian's Star. And Mars.

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Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Jenifer Millard host. Damien Phillips and John Wildridge produce.

Summary of content:

Our highlights of this month’s skies with the planet on offer to observers and imagers:

A last chance to enjoy views of Mars for 2016.

The return of the King of Planets: Jupiter.

A Saturn and Venus conjunction.

Then we each take a deep sky pick from our list of favorites for this time of year:

Ralph – Colorful binary star Almaak in Andromeda

Jeni – The magnificent constellation of Orion and the Orion Nebula

Paul – NGC 404, Mirach’s Ghost in Andromeda

And we finish this sky guide with November’s Moon phases.

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Hosted by Ricardo García Soto ( http://www.astroblog.cl/ / @cuasar / astroetal.com ). Ricardo is a science writer & TV director.

How we discover the accelerating universe? Who did that? How is life after winning a Nobel Prize? A conversation with the Nobel Prize winner Dr. Brian Schmidt ( @CosmicPinot ), How did he become interested in astronomy? How did the Nobel Prize change his life? Why is the universe speeding up? What is dark energy? And of course, so much more.

Richard Rhodes' "The Making of the Atomic Bomb":

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Atomic-Bomb-25th-Anniversary/dp/1451677618

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