Weekly Space Hangout - March 7, 2014: Cosmos Premiere & NASA Budget

Host:

Fraser Cain

Astrojournalists:

David Dickinson, Matthew Francis, Casey Dreier, Jason Major, Brian Koberlein, Alan Boyle

This week's stories:

Alan Boyle (

@b0yle

,

cosmiclog.com

):

Cosmos premiere!

David Andrew Dickinson (

@astroguyz

):

Watch the Close Pass of NEO 2014 DX110

Daylight Saving time: A Spring Forward or a Step Back?

A Natural Planetary Defense Against Solar Storms

Matthew Francis (

@DrMRFrancis

,

BowlerHatScience.org

):

Using gravitational lensing to measure a spinning quasar

CosmoAcademy classes

Casey Dreier (

Planetary.org

):

The 2015 NASA Budget Request

NASA Kinda Embraces Exploring Europa

Jason Major (

@JPMajor

,

LightsInTheDark.com

):

That's the way the asteroid crumbles

Brian Koberlein (

@briankoberlein

,

briankoberlein.com

):

Possible evidence for dark matter WIMPs

Black Holes exceed Eddington limit

Using quasars in a quantum experiment

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