Weekly Space Hangout - February 20, 2015 - Charles Black from SEN

Host:

Fraser Cain (

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)

Guests:

Ramin Skibba (

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) Dave Dickinson (

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/

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)

Special Guest: Charles Black (

@charlesblack

/

sen.com/charles-black

)

This Week's Stories:

Astronomy news from the AAAS meeting

Triple Conjunction Friday Night

Pluto Turns 85

Star passed through the Oort cloud just 70,000 years ago

Application of Laser Microprobe Technology to Apollo Samples Refines Lunar Impact History

Voyager's Valentine Turns 25 Today

Rover Walkabout: Curiosity Rover Report for February 12, 2015

TWiM: Elon Musk is Getting $3.5M to Write a Book About Earth and Mars

Orbital Sciences and ATK Have Officially Merged (effective 09-FEB-2015)

New Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST)

Stars Akin to the Sun Also Explode When They Die

New NavCam Images from 6km Above 67P

Mystery Mars Plume Baffles Scientists

Strange Show Spotted High Above Mars' Surface Remains a Mystery

Why Do Starburst Galaxies Burst? ALMA Sees Super Stellar Nurseries at Heart of Sculptor Galaxy - NRAO: Revealing the Hidden Universe

The Strange Case of the Missing Dwarf

New Horizons Photos of Pluto's Smaller Moons Nix and Hydra

Classical Nova Explosions are Major Lithium Factories in the Universe

Mars Hills Hide Icy Past

Phlegra Montes southern tip in 3D

Martian White Rock

Mars One Suspends Work on Robotic Missions

One Earth: New Horizons Message

Falcon Heavy Into Production as Pad 39A HIF Rises Out of the Ground

NASA, ESA Telescopes Give Shape to Furious Black Hole Winds

Shock, Awe and Science: Can we Find Exomoons by Looking at Exorings?

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