#119 - May 2022 Part 1

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Discussion</span>:</p> <ul> <li>Jeni’s magazine article on ‘everything JWST’</li> <li>UK government's social mobility commissioner gets us wound up</li> <li>Listeners’ emails on:</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li>Professional vs amateur astronomy</li> <li>Artificial Intelligence in consumer telescopes</li> <li>JWST’s Early Release Observations</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The News</span>:</p> <p>Rounding up the astronomy news in April, we have:</p> <ul> <li>New type of nebula discovered by an amateur astronomer</li> <li>Detecting life-giving hydrothermal vents on Saturn’s moon Europa</li> <li>An exoplanet around a dead star in a potential habitable zone</li> <li>’Impossible’ galaxies with no dark matter</li> </ul> <p>The big news story: the Planetary Science Decadal Survey is out!</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Sky Guide</span>:</p> <p>This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Ursa Major 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 May.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Q&A</span>:</p> <p><em>Will JWST be able to confirm the existence of the Ort Cloud?</em> From our good friend Oren Wyche in Maryland USA.</p>