Weekly Space Hangout – May 8, 2015: Emily Rice & Brian Levine from Astronomy on Tap
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Channel: Fraser Cain · 2015 · Entertainment
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Emily Rice & Brian Levine from Astronomy on Tap Guests: Jolene Creighton (@jolene723 / fromquarkstoquasars.com) Charles Black (@charlesblack / sen.com/charles-black) Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein) Dave Dickinson (@astroguyz / www.astroguyz.com) This Week’s Stories: Astronomers find first evidence of changing conditions on a super Earth NASA May Plumb For Signs Of Life In Enceladus’ Plumes Pulsar with Widest Orbit Ever Detected, Discovered By High School Research Team NASA warp drive Crowdsourcing a comet’s trajectory 2 Summer Comets Stricken Progress cargo ship goes down SpaceX passenger Dragon aces debut test run Will Mars Scramble Your Brain? Scientists Debate Radiation Study Mount Everest Shrank As Nepal Quake Lifted Kathmandu Europe’s Next Space Chief Wants a Moon Colony on the Lunar Far Side Space Station Could Get Laser Cannon to Destroy Orbital Debris Amazing Photos: Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io #TWiM: Headline: Should You Get a Tesla Home Battery? Let Physics Explain How a New Telescope Will Measure the Expansion of the Universe | Berkeley Lab NASA May Plumb For Signs Of Life In Enceladus’ Plumes Morning Coffee In Style: Samanth Cristoforetti Brewed First Espresso Ever in Space, and Why Brews Served in Microgravity will Percolate Better Science than Coffee, Thanks to the Space Cup Rocket Lab: the Electron, the Rutherford, and why Peter Beck Started it in the First Place Could Mars Rover Curiosity’s Wheel Damage Be Caused by Corrosion? New Name for Space Launch System Gets Backing of Lawmakers Astronomers Find First Evidence of Changing Conditions on a Super Earth Proposed Legislation Would Make Space Settlement a National Goal Astronomers Set a New Galaxy Distance Record #TWiM: SpaceX Crew Dragon Ready for First Critical Flight Test Wednesday Volcano Loki Observed from Earth Wind Power at Sea: The Vindskip Merchant Ship: Applying Aerospace Techniques to Earth-Bound Vessels Astrophysicists Offer Proof Of Forming Planets Astronomers Unveil the Farthest Galaxy LRO Moves Closer to the Lunar Surface NASA Confirms Electromagnetic Drive Produces Thrust in Vacuum Black Holes Gorging at Excessive Rates Traffic Around Mars Gets Busy Improved Detection of Radio Waves from Space Virgin Galactic Provides Update on Second SpaceShipTwo Is NASA Moving Toward a Hyperspace Drive? Saturn Moon’s Activity Could Be ‘Curtain Eruptions’ The Planetary Society’s Light Sail Launches on May 20! Did dinosaur-killing asteroid trigger largest lava flows on Earth? Missing Link in the Evolution of Complex Cells Discovered Russia’s Space Cargo Ship to Burn up in Atmosphere Friday UAE Positions 2020 Mars Probe as “Catalyst” for New Generation of Scientists and Engineers NASA’s SDO Observes “Cinco de Mayo” Solar Flare Mysterious ‘X-Files’ Sounds Heard 36km Above Earth’s Surface Scientists Capture Stunning “Mini Supernova” Explosion World’s Largest Radio Telescope has a Permanent Home for its Headquarters This Is Your Brain in Deep Space: Could Cosmic Rays Threaten Mars Missions? Geochemical Process on Saturn’s Moon Linked to Life’s Origin Ocean on Saturn Moon Enceladus May Have Potential Energy Source to Support Life Fresh Evidence for How Water Reached Earth Found in Asteroid Debris Mapping Dark Matter Europa’s Elusive Water Plume Paints Grim Picture For Life Doomed Russian Spacecraft About to Fall ALMA Discovers Proto Super Star Cluster Curiosity Rover Captures the Martian Sky as Our Sun Sets on its Horizon Hubble Finds Giant Halo Around the Andromeda Galaxy Pluto-Bound Craft Hunts for Hazardous Moons Star Explosion Is Lopsided, Finds NASA’s NuSTAR MESSENGER Reveals Mercury’s Ancient Magnetic Field Secrets #TWiM SpaceX Pad Abort Test Equals 0-345mph Real Quick! First Light of New Laser at Paranal We record the Weekly Space Hangout every Friday at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern. You can watch us live on Google+, Universe Today, or the Universe Today YouTube page. You can join in the discussion between episodes over at our Weekly Space Hangout Crew group in G+, and suggest your ideas for stories we can discuss each week!
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