#93 - March 2020 Part 1

<p><!-- wp:cgb/block-libsyn-podcasting-gutenberg --></p> <div class="wp-block-cgb-block-libsyn-podcasting-gutenberg"> <div class="libsyn-shortcode"></div> </div> <p><!-- /wp:cgb/block-libsyn-podcasting-gutenberg --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">The Discussion</span>: Paul’s favourite bit of the coronavirus, the Cradle of Aviation Museum’s upcoming Apollo 13 anniversary event, a @CunningCosmos space art exhibition and a talk from Jen in Bromsgrove for British Space Week, from the sublime to the ridiculous with the passing of Katherine Johnson and Mad Mike Hughes, and listeners’ emails.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">The News</span>: Rounding up the astronomy news this month we have:</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:list --></p> <ul> <li>Finding the remnants of the progenitor star after a Type 2b supernova</li> <li>Solving the puzzle of giant planets orbiting low mass stars</li> <li>More clues to Mercury’s oversized iron core</li> <li>A galaxy that has stopped producing stars after a period of prolific star birth</li> <li>Mars seems to be more active than we thought</li> <li>Debate over Mars’ very long formation history</li> </ul> <p><!-- /wp:list --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Main News story: ESO images of Betelgeuse and the more recent evidence for why the star’s dimmed so impressively.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">The Sky Guide</span>: This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Cancer 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 March.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">A guide to the electromagnetic spectrum</span>: In this series we take a look at the electromagnetic spectrum, what, it is, what is shows us and why it’s so impor