Weekly Space Hangout – March 21, 2014: Cosmos & Gravitational Waves!
Host: Fraser Cain
Guests: Matthew Francis, Nicole Gugliucci, Brian Koberlein, Morgan Rehnberg, Mike Simmons
This Week’s Stories:
Matthew Francis (@DrMRFrancis, BowlerHatScience.org):
Primordial gravitational waves/inflation/stuffs
Nicole Gugliucci (cosmoquest.org / @noisyastronomer):
YOU can Map the Moon with the accuracy of the pros
Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein, briankoberlein.com):
New evidence of inflation
More new evidence of inflation
Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter):
Waves on Titan?
Cosmos stuff
Mike Simmons (Astronomers without Borders):
Uwingu
More:
Mars Opposition
Lunar Eclipse
Asteroid opposition
Messier marathon
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