Weekly Space Hangout - April 26, 2013

By Fraser Cain - April 27, 2013 at 12:48 AM UTC | Site News

We had an action packed Weekly Space Hangout on Friday, with a vast collection of different stories in astronomy and spaceflight. This week's panel included

Alan Boyle

,

Dr. Nicole Gugliucci

,

Scott Lewis

,

Jason Major

, and

Dr. Matthew Francis

. Hosted by

Fraser Cain

.

Some of the stories we covered included:

Pulsar Provides Confirmation of General Relativity

,

Meteorites Crashing into Saturn's Rings

,

Radio Observations of Betelgeuse

,

Progress Docks with the ISS

,

Hubble Observes Comet ISON

,

Grasshopper Jumps 250 Meters

,

April 25th Lunar Eclipse

, and the Mars One Reality Show.

We record the Weekly Space Hangout every Friday at 12 pm Pacific / 3 pm Eastern. You can watch us live on Google+,

Cosmoquest

or listen after as part of the

Astronomy Cast podcast feed

(audio only).