#110 - August 2021 Part 1

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Discussion</span>:</p> <ul> <li>Star Wars marathon</li> <li>Observing the ISS & the Nauka Module</li> <li>NAM 2021</li> <li>Amateur recreation of the Antikythera Mechanism</li> <li>Spectrum analysing the new audio anomaly</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The News</span>: Rounding up the astronomy news in August, we have:</p> <ul> <li>Detecting light from behind a black hole</li> <li>New Insights shows Mars’ interior is very different to Earth’s</li> <li>Evidence of an ocean beneath the surface of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede</li> <li>The Oort Cloud could be filled with extrasolar debris</li> <li>Earth rock may contain extraterrestrial Plutonium</li> <li>First clear detection of a moon-forming disc around an exoplanet</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Sky Guide</span>: This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Lyra 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 August.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Q&A</span>: <em>Could dark matter exist in a different dimension, and we only feel the gravitons they emit?</em> From our good friend Dan Scholes of no declared location.</p>