
Awesome Astronomy - August Part 1
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<p class="p1">Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce.</p> <p class="p1"><strong>The Discussion:</strong></p> <p class="p1">- Star Wars marathon.</p> <p class="p1">- Observing the ISS & the Nauka Module.</p> <p class="p1">- NAM 2021.</p> <p class="p1">- Amateur recreation of the Antikythera Mechanism.</p> <p class="p1">- Spectrum analysing the new audio anomaly.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>The News:</strong> Rounding up the astronomy news in August, we have:</p> <p class="p1">- Detecting light from behind a black hole.</p> <p class="p1">- New Insights shows Mars’ interior is very different to Earth’s.</p> <p class="p1">- Evidence of an ocean beneath the surface of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede.</p> <p class="p1">- The Oort Cloud could be filled with extrasolar debris.</p> <p class="p1">- Earth rock may contain extraterrestrial Plutonium.</p> <p class="p1">- First clear detection of a moon-forming disc around an exoplanet.</p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>The Sky Guide:</strong> 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 class="p3"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>Q&A:</strong> <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> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p1"><a href= "http://www.awesomeastronomy.com">http://www.awesomeastronomy.com</a></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>Bio:</strong> Awesome Astronomy is a podcast beamed direct from an underground bunker on Mars to promote science, space and astronomy (and enslave Earth if all goes well).</p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p1">We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.</p> <p class="p1">Just visit: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com