#102 - December 2020 Part 1

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Discussion</span>: We discuss National Geographic’s The Right Stuff series on Disney+, get a little bit ranty about the use of jokey titles in research papers and read out a few of your emails.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The News</span>: Rounding up the astronomy news this month we have:</p> <ul> <li>An update to the Geysers on Jupiter’s moon Europa</li> <li>Another asteroid flies scarily close to Earth</li> <li>The latest developments in Muskworld</li> <li>China’s ambitious chang’e-5 mission en-route to the moon</li> </ul> <p>Main News story: The Hayabusa 2 mission and the imminent return of samples from asteroid Ryugu</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Sky Guide</span>: This month we’re taking a look at the great winter constellation of Orion with a guide to its history, how to find it, a couple of deep sky objects and a round-up of the solar system views on offer in December.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Guide to the Electromagnetic Spectrum</span>: In November we concluded our look at the electromagnetic spectrum. But as we now have a new method of detecting events beyond the electromagnetic spectrum, this month we explain gravitational wave astronomy.</p> <p> </p>