This Week in Space Telescopes is a weekly podcast dedicated to bringing you the latest science and mission updates from humanity’s eyes in space. Each week, your hosts Tony Darnell and Dr. Carol Christian bring you everything you need to know about the fascinating world of space telescopes.
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2016-12-01 | On November 2, 2016 NASA announced the assembly of #JWST and that it is now ready to begin the testing phase of the mission. Join us as Carol and Tony discuss the status and the future of this amazing space telescope mission, still scheduled for launc... |
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2016-11-14 | Download all visuals here: http://bit.ly/2g1EQlo A search for binary stars that emit gamma-rays using NASA’s Fermi satellite turned up a luminous object in another galaxy. These objects are characteristically variable. Using additional telescopes in... |
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2016-11-07 | Using archive data from the Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers are building a more complete picture of rapidly spinning stars. These are stellar objects that spin much more fast than our sun, roughly 10 times faster and exhibit some strange propertie... |
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2016-10-30 | This week Carol and I are trying an experiment. This episode is the audio portion of an Astro Coffee Hangout we did last week on the Deep Astronomy YouTube Channel that featured the latest results from NASA's New Horizons probe to Pluto. There are so... |
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2016-10-22 | This week, Carol and Tony discuss Carol's recent trip to Guadalajara Mexico where she attended the International Astronautical Congress meeting. She give us her insight into Elon Musk's speech on SpaceX's plans to get to Mars along with other companie... |
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2016-09-18 | This week's episode takes a look at comet breakups and how we find and measure comets. We also take a look at asteroids and examine their danger of hitting us. |
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2016-09-10 | Welcome to our first news roundup. The topics for today: SpaceX Explosion; The latest on Juno at Jupiter; ESA's Philae lander found on Comet 67P; 35 years of Voyager I and II Probes |
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2016-09-03 | Summer in hot dry climates such as in the U.S. western states often provides the perfect conditions for wildfires such as hot temperatures, low humidity and wind. In addition, lightning strikes and careless people can spark fires as well. Satellites ... |
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2016-08-22 | NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission is scheduled to launch on Sept. 8th from the Kennedy Space Center. It will travel to the asteroid known as Bennu and study it extensively. Oh yeah, and it will also grab a sample and bring it back to Earth. Learn more about... |
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2016-08-14 | The Cassini spacecraft has been 19 years studying Saturn and its moons and is still returning amazing science results. This week, Carol and Tony discuss the latest images of Saturn's moon Titan. |
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