Weekly Space Hangout – Sept. 12, 2014: Rosetta Update!
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain)
Guests:
Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter)
Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein)
Alessondra Springmann (@sondy)
Nicole Gugliucci (cosmoquest.org / @noisyastronomer)
This Week’s Stories:
Rosetta update
OSIRIS-REx update
Chinese space station
Missing lithium in M54
Hawking says Universe will collapse! OMG!
Modified dark matter may solve dwarf galaxy problem.
Europa may have plate tectonics
Quick announcement: Jill Tarter is Jansky Lecturer
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