Weekly Space Hangout – March 7, 2014: Cosmos Premiere & NASA Budget

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Host: Fraser Cain Astrojournalists: David Dickinson, Matthew Francis, Casey Dreier, Jason Major, Brian Koberlein, Alan Boyle This week's stories: Alan…

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TV Show ‘Cosmos’ Gets An Epic Reboot This Sunday

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Sunday is going to be a once-in-a-generation moment. For those of us who were too young to remember the original…

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Giant Planet May Be Lurking In ‘Poisonous’ Gas Around Beta Pictoris

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A Saturn-mass planet might be lurking in the debris surrounding Beta Pictoris, new measurements of a debris field around the…

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A Louisiana sinkhole the size of 19 American football fields shifted sideways in radar measurements before its collapse and resulting…

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See Light Pollution in Action

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Like anyone else who's ever looked up at the night sky in any but the smallest cities, I've seen light…

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A Natural Planetary Defense Against Solar Storms

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Planetary shields up: solar storms inbound… Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have identified…

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Rocket Launches Into an Aurora to Study Auroral Swirls

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If you've ever wondered what makes the aurora take on the amazing forms it does you've got company. Marilia Samara…

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Why Is This A Special Time For The Universe?

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You might be surprised to know that you're living in a very special time in the Universe. And in the…

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If the Moon Were Only One Pixel: a Scale Model of the Solar System

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One of my favorite pet peeves is the inability of conventional models to accurately convey the gigantic scale of the…

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‘Space Racers’ TV Show Brings The Adorable (And The Science) To Preschoolers

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Blastoff! A new space show aimed at preschoolers aims to showcase the joy of space, while making sure that the…