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#84 - June 2019 Part 1
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Length:
59 minutes
Released:
May 30, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
The Discussion: Pint of Science in Cardiff targets canines, Ralph makes a schoolboy error while in Florida and we all eagerly await the publication of a research paper by Jen. The News: Rounding up the astronomy news this month we have: More disturbing news about the climate on Earth-analogue, Venus TESS discovers a planetary system around a visual binary star in Fornax. The Andromeda & Triangulum galaxies are hiding quasars New research shows the mechanism by how Pluto could harbour oceans A better understanding of past ice ages on Mars More ridiculous ways to not find dark matter The race to analyse meteorites at Arizona State University. Main news story: Mr Musk’s Splendiferous Starlink. The Sky Guide: Covering the solar system and deep sky objects on offer to amateur astronomers in June: Jen: Mars and Mercury as the stand-out objects in the lighter summer skies of June and a good opportunity to look out for noctilucent clouds at dawn and dusk. Ralph: A round up of the other bright planets on offer in June and a certain satellite constellation now observable… Main Object: the Eagle Nebula in the constellation Serpens.
Released:
May 30, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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