#90 - December 2019 Part 1
AWESOME ASTRONOMY1 Joulu 2019

#90 - December 2019 Part 1

The Discussion: A look at the BBC's new Martian invasion documentary, The War of the Worlds; the recent transit of Mercury; Celestron's new phone adapter; Jen's upcoming talks in Wales, an update on Jen's research paper, a new research project and a debate over the start and end of a decade. Then we take a look at a couple of listeners' emails.

The News: Rounding up the astronomy news this month we have:

  • Water vapour geysers on Europa
  • Ultima Thule loses its Nazi moniker
  • Locating the stellar remnant from the closest supernova to Earth
  • Are Axions dark matter particles? (no)
  • And a round up of spaceflight news from NASA, ESA, India, New Zealand & UK

The Sky Guide: Covering the solar system and deep sky objects on offer to amateur astronomers in December:

  • Jen: A round up of the planets available to northern hemisphere observers in December, and a look at the Pleiades in Taurus.
  • Paul: The best meteor shower of the year and naked eye visible open cluster Messier 35.

The Debate: A look back at the debates and votes over the past year with your result for The Best Space Mission of All Time.

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#17 - November 2013

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#16 - October 2013

#16 - October 2013

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#15 - September 2013

#15 - September 2013

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#14 - August 2013

#14 - August 2013

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#13 - July 2013

#13 - July 2013

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#12 - June 2013

#12 - June 2013

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#11 - May 2013

#11 - May 2013

Awesome Astronomy gets a new cohost - welcome Paul!

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#10 - February 2013

#10 - February 2013

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