Weekly Space Hangout – December 6, 2013 – Zombie ISON, Jade Rabbit, Lovely Venus and Naked-Eye Nova
Host: Fraser Cain
Guests: David Dickinson, Matthew Francis, Casey Dreier, Sondy Springmann
David:
ISON Appears To Be Fading, But Astronomers Keeping Eyes Peeled
Zombie ISON ‘Behaving Like A Comet’, Stunned Astronomers Say
Spotting Venus in the Daytime Sky
A Naked Eye Nova in Centaurus
SpaceX Faclon 9 Launch
Casey:
Planetary Scientists Face Lack of Funding
Bill Nye’s Letter to the President
Chinese ‘Jade Rabbit’ Rover Aims For The Moon On Sunday
Sondy:
Saturn hexagon
Matthew:
Tricksy hobbit-sized black hole pretends to be a giant
Could dark matter be hiding in plain sight in existing experiments?
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