Weekly Space Hangout Audio

One of the big mysteries in astronomy is what happened to all the antimatter? Is it possible that it’s actually still out there, in huge antimatter galaxies?

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Seth Shostak is the Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute. He also heads up the International Academy of Astronautics’ SETI Permanent Committee. In addition, Seth is keen on outreach activities: interesting the public – and especially young people – in science in general, and astrobiology in particular. He’s […]

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guests: Mike Brown is the Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor of Planetary Astronomy at CalTech. Konstantin Batygin is Assistant Professor of Planetary Science at CalTech. They’ll be here discussing their discovery of Planet 9 and what’s been happening since that amazing announcement. Guests: Jolene Creighton (fromquarkstoquasars.com / @futurism) We’ve had […]

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Arne Christer Fuglesang is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on December 10, 2006, making him the first Swedish citizen in space. Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg) Kimberly Cartier (@AstroKimCartier ) Their stories this week: Kepler’s planet […]

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Paul Reichert is a Photo Instructor, NASA Johnson Space Center; International Space Station Mission Lead and Astronaut Technical Imaging Instructor (LM); Project lead for crew imaging operations on the International Space Station. Imaging operations for the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. Guests: Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com […]

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Michael Richmond is a Physics and Astronomy professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, and is the director of the RIT Observatory. Dr. Richmond’s research interest is Supernovae and Variable Stars. Guests: Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg) Their stories this week: […]

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Mike Simmons, Founder and President of Astronomers without Borders (http://astronomerswithoutborders.org), will be joining us to discuss the 2016 Global Astronomy Month (GAM)! GAM is organized each April by Astronomers Without Borders and is the world’s largest global celebration of astronomy. Find out about the amazing GAM events going on […]

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Howard Trottier, a physics professor at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in British Columbia, Canada. Dr. Trottier has recently devoted his time to the development of SFU’s unique Astronomy public outreach program. In the heart of SFU’s main campus is a “”Science Courtyard,”” a high-profile public space devoted to astronomy […]

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Kimberly Cartier (@AstroKimCartier ) Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg ) Dave Dickinson (www.astroguyz.com / @astroguyz) Their stories this week: Blue Origin, take three! (And a SpaceX launch today) Japanese X-ray satellite NASA Announces new planet hunting instrument Weekend Occultations US Navy Resumes Celestial Navigation Training What Hit Jupiter? We’ve had […]

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain)Special Guest: Miguel Drake-McLaughlin returns for another visit! He's the Director of the new documentary, Sky Line, The Space Elevator Documentary. The film debuted at DOC NYC 2015 [Nov 12-19] – America's largest documentary festival — and will be released on all major On Demand platforms on November 20th, 2015.Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg ) Kimberly Cartier (@AstroKimCartier ) Dave Dickinson (@astroguyz / www.astroguyz.com)Their articles:What's new this week: We've had an abundance of news stories for the past few months, and not enough time to get to them all. So we've started a new system. Instead of adding all of the stories to the spreadsheet each week, we are now using a tool called Trello to submit and vote on stories we would like to see covered each week, and then Fraser will be selecting the stories from there. Here is the link to the Trello WSH page (http://bit.ly/WSHVote), which you can see without logging in. If you'd like to vote, just create a login and help us decide what to cover!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 also join in the discussion between episodes over at our Weekly Space Hangout Crew group in G+!

In this week's episode of the Weekly Space Hangout, we're joined by Carolyn Collins Petersen, aka "The Space Writer". We talk about what it takes to write Planetarium Show, and Carolyn's impressive experience as a space journalist before and after the arrival of the internet.

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain)Special Guest: Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Director of the new documentary, Sky Line, The Space Elevator Documentary. The film debuted at DOC NYC 2015 [Nov 12-19] – America's largest documentary festival — and will be released on all major On Demand platforms on November 20th, 2015.Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg ) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) Kimberly Cartier (@AstroKimCartier )Their articles: Observing exoplanet atmospheres from the ground TWiM: ULA not bidding on GPS launch Habitable exoplanet not so habitable after allWhat's new this week: We've had an abundance of news stories for the past few months, and not enough time to get to them all. So we've started a new system. Instead of adding all of the stories to the spreadsheet each week, we are now using a tool called Trello to submit and vote on stories we would like to see covered each week, and then Fraser will be selecting the stories from there. Here is the link to the Trello WSH page (http://bit.ly/WSHVote), which you can see without logging in. If you'd like to vote, just create a login and help us decide what to cover!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 also join in the discussion between episodes over at our Weekly Space Hangout Crew group in G+!

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain)Guests: Paul Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg ) Kimberly Cartier (@AstroKimCartier ) Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein / briankoberlein.com)This Week's Stories: Nobel Prize in PhysicsNeutrinos Must Have Mass! Physics Nobel Awarded For Work On Neutrinos' MetamorphosisImpact of Declining Proposal Success Rate on Scientific ProductivityMysterious Ripples Around Planet-Forming DiskExoplanet Habitibility IndexThe First Private Lunar Mission Has Set a Launch Date for 2017Repairs Completed at Orbital ATK’s Antares Launch Pad20th anniversary of 51 Peg bPossible First signs of self-interacting dark matter Water ice and blue haze on Pluto Einstein ring helps weigh a black hole Physicists To Put One Large Physical Object In Two Places At The Same TimeSpace travel for the 1%: VirginGalactic's $250,000 tickets haunt New Mexico townSouthampton researchers find a new way to weigh a starWhere to look for life? UW astronomers devise ‘habitability index’ to guide future search?Geology Award Going to Mars Landing Site Expert at JPLMeet 7 Alien Planets Most Likely to Have LifeExoplanet Anniversary: From Zero to Thousands in 20 Years?NASA Challenge Seeks Ways to Use Mars’ Natural Resources for Astronauts?The burgeoning field of neutrino astronomyLIGO's SURF Students Look for the Perfect Wave?NASA Eyes Sample-return Capability for Mars Orbiter

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: This week we welcome Paul Sutter, the CCAPP Visiting Fellow who works on the cosmic microwave background and large-scale structure. Guests: Jolene Creighton (@jolene723 / fromquarkstoquasars.com) Brian ...

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: This week we welcome Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program Participants: Michael Prokosch (Seeing Stars Blog, MikeProkosch@shsuobservatory) Tim Spuck (tspuck@nrao.edu) Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein / briankoberlein.com) Vivian White (vwhite@astrosociety.org). Guests: Jolene Creighton (@jolene723 / fromquarkstoquasars.com) Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein / briankoberlein.com) Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg ) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) This Week's Stories: Three candidates for ESA’s next medium-class science mission Russia conducts surprise Soyuz 2-1A launch carrying Kobalt-M Meet Adeline, Airbus’ Answer To SpaceX Reusability Airbus unveils Adeline, its clever answer to SpaceX’s reusable rockets United Arab Emirates to Launch Mars Mission by 2021 Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator Test Sharpest View Ever of Star Formation in the Distant Universe Sails in Space: Partial Photo, Video and Light Curve #NASA Awards $30 MIllion to #SpaceX For Pad Abort Milestone? Circumbinary Planets NASA Aiming for Multiple Missions to Jupiter Moon Europa Nearby 'dwarf' galaxy is home to luminous star cluster Researchers characterize mysterious ultraluminous X-ray sources Exoplanets: Atmospheric signs of volcanic activity could aid search for life A Celestial Butterfly Emerges from its Dusty Cocoon and here XCOR Selects Matrix Composites to Develop Lynx Chines Supernova prized by astronomers begins to fade from view Spacecraft glitch shifts orbiting ISS International Space Station back on track after Soyuz thrusters activated inadvertently, changing its orientation and here Work-experience schoolboy discovers a new planet Schoolboy discovers alien world during work experience 17-year-old discovers a huge alien planet 1,000 light-years from Earth New Solar Storm Forecasting Technique Breaks The 24-Hour Warning Barrier For Earth LightSail Team Declares Solar Sail Success as Mission Nears Its End #TWiM: Elon Musk's plan to put the Internet in space moves to launch pad Saturn's outermost ring stuns astronomers Shift Change in Space - Summer 2015 Edition Crew return home after extended stay on the space station Trio create model to explain massive heat in the Sun's corona Robotic tunneler may explore icy moons Milky Way Map Pins Down Our Galaxy's Arms Mystery on Mercury: Strange Pattern of Huge Cliffs Defy Explanation First US deep space weather satellite reaches final orbit Actor Christopher Lee dies at 93 (Count Dooku/Saruman/ Count Dracula) Jack King, NASA's "Voice of Apollo," dies at 84 The quest to find Philae From Andy Weir's Facebook Page (Posted June 11, 2015): The Martian's release date has been bumped up to October 2nd. Trek On, Spock: Asteroid Now Carries Leonard Nimoy's Name 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!