Weekly Space Hangout — January 11, 2023: The Final Episode
Join us this week for our first News Roundup of the New Year, which is also the final episode of the Weekly Space Hangout! Thank you to ever...
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The Weekly Space Hangout with Fraser Cain and our team of Journalists brings you the latest in space news as well as interviews with special guests from the space and science community.
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Weekly Space Hangout — January 4, 2023: Dr. Eddie Schwieterman Discusses Nitrous Oxide as a Biosignature
Historically, scientists using spectrographic analysis to study exoplanet atmospheres have considered oxygen and methane as two key biosigna...
Weekly Space Hangout — December 14, 2022: Chillin' with Dr. Francis Halzen, PI of IceCube
Viewers who watched/listened to our November 16, 2022, episode may remember that Dr. Leah Jenks told us about high-energy neutrino emissions...
Weekly Space Hangout — December 7, 2022: The Science of the L1527 "Butterfly" with Dr. Karl Stapelfeldt
During our November 16th show, Carolyn Collins Petersen introduced us to the hourglass/butterfly of L1527, an image captured by JWST using i...
Weekly Space Hangout: November 30, 2022 - News Roundup!
It's time for another News Roundup ! Buckle up for another hour of news!! **************************************** The Weekly Space Hangout...
Weekly Space Hangout — November 23, 2022: Hipparchus' Lost Star Catalogue with Dr. Victor Gysembergh
Greek astronomer Hipparchus, who lived in the second century BCE, is considered to be the greatest astronomical observer of his time. Among...
Weekly Space Hangout — November 16, 2022: Up, Up, & Away with Dr. Jacob Izraelevitz and JPL's Venus Aerial Robotic Balloons
Despite the romance associated with Venus for millennia thanks to its having been named after the Roman god of love, Venus has proven to any...
Weekly Space Hangout — November 9, 2022: Untying an Early "Cosmic Knot" with Dr. Andrey Vayner
Since its final commissioning and being placed in service, JWST has been delivering on its promise to provide unprecedented insight into the...
Weekly Space Hangout — November 2, 2022: Revisiting Apollo Photographically with Andy Saunders, Author of Apollo Remastered
This week we are airing our prerecorded interview with Andy Saunders, the author and creative force behind the new book "Apollo Remastered."...
Weekly Space Hangout — October 26, 2022: The ATA Searches for Technosignatures with Dr. Sofia Sheikh from the SETI Institute
As we discover new exoplanets on an almost daily basis - particularly now that JWST is online - scientists are ramping up their research int...
Weekly Space Hangout — October 19, 2022: NICER Maps a Neutron Star's Surface with Dr. Zaven Arzoumanian and Dr. Keith Gendreau
Pulsars have baffled scientists for decades, including how they work and what form matter takes within a pulsar. Using data collected by the...
Weekly Space Hangout: October 12, 2022 - News Roundup!
It's our first News Roundup of the season! News, news, and more news! **************************************** The Weekly Space Hangout is a...
Weekly Space Hangout — October 5, 2022: Astronomy for Equity with Mike Simmons
Nothing transcends human differences here on our tiny planet than sharing the wonders of the night sky. For 50 years, Mike Simmons has been...
Weekly Space Hangout — September 28, 2022: Piquing Our Curiosity with Dr. Ashwin Vasavada
On August 5, 2022, a plucky little rover named Curiosity celebrated its 10th Anniversary on the surface of Mars. Since being lowered on Mars...
Weekly Space Hangout — September 21, 2022: Milky Way "Autobiographer" Dr. Moiya McTier
This week we are super excited to welcome Dr. Moiya McTier to the Weekly Space Hangout - this time as our special guest! In 2019, Moiya join...
Weekly Space Hangout — September 14, 2022: The Geology of Exoplanets with Dr. Paul Byrne
The first suspected exoplanet was identified back in 1988, and was then confirmed in 1992. Since then, the rate at which detection/confirmat...
Weekly Space Hangout — September 7, 2022: How to Teach Grown-Ups about Pluto with Dean Regas
Welcome back to another season of the Weekly Space Hangout! In our season's premiere, we are excited to welcome back to the show our good fr...
Weekly Space Hangout — June 29, 2022: Focusing JWST with Lee Feinberg, Optical Telescope Manager [Season Finale]
NOTE: Due to an unexpected production issue, our audio cuts out at 11:44 for just over one minute, and again at 13:51 for just over 15 secon...
Weekly Space Hangout — June 22, 2022: Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and Her New Memoir "Escaping Gravity"
This week we are honored to welcome former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver to the Weekly Space Hangout. Her new memoir, Escaping Gravi...
Weekly Space Hangout — June 15, 2022: CREW HaT: An Answer to Radiation Shielding? with NIAC 2022 Awardee Dr. Elena D'Onghia
As humanity dreams of exploring destinations both within our own solar system as well as those far beyond, the greatest challenge to be over...