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February 7, 2014December 29, 2015

Weekly Space Hangout – February 7, 2014: New Impact on Mars & A Wobbly Planet

Host: Fraser Cain Astrojournalists: Scott Lewis, Nicole Gugliucci, Morgan Rehnberg, Brian Koberlein, Elizabeth Howell, Amy Shira Teitel, David Dickinson This Week’s Stories! Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter): New Mars impact crater Nicole Gugliucci (cosmoquest.org / @noisyastronomer): Weird Asteroid Itokawa Has a Dual Personality Shiny new radio image of M82 (but no supernova afterglow) David Dickinson …

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January 31, 2014December 29, 2015

Weekly Space Hangout – January 31, 2014: No Black Holes?!?

Host: Fraser Cain Guests: Brian Koberlein, Morgan Rehnberg, David Dickinson, Jason Major, Nicole Gugliucci

January 17, 2014December 29, 2015

Weekly Space Hangout – January 17, 2014: Astronomers Without Borders, & Jelly Donuts

Host: Fraser Cain Guests: Mike Simmons from Astronomers without Borders, Nicole Gugliucci, Jason Major, Casey Dreier, Brian Koberlein, Nancy Atkinson, Morgan Rehnberg, David Dickinson

January 10, 2014December 29, 2015

Weekly Space Hangout – January 10, 2014: Wake Up, Rosetta! & Top Stories from AAS

Host: Fraser Cain Guests: David Dickinson, Amy Shira Teitel, Scott Lewis, Brian Koberlein, special guest Ruth McAvinia from the ESA This week’s stories: Ruth: Wake up, Rosetta! Facebook link to contest David: AAS-Gamma Ray Gravitational Lens AAS-Death by Black Hole Antares Launch Remote Deployment of Cubesats Venus at Inferior Conjunction Scott: Learning tools for visually …

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January 3, 2014December 29, 2015

Weekly Space Hangout – January 3, 2014: Quadrantids & What’s Coming in 2014

Host: Fraser Cain Guests: Emily Lakdawalla, David Dickinson, Jason Major, Brian Koberlein, Brian Wang

December 31, 2013December 23, 2015

Universe Today’s Top 10 (or so) Stories of 2013

2013 has been quite the year in space and astronomy! There have been launches, new missions, new discoveries and surprises. Here’s a look back at the big news from the past year, and since we never can limit ourselves to just a “Top 10” here are the “Top 12” stories we’ve featured on Universe Today …

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December 27, 2013December 29, 2015

Weekly Space Hangout – December 27, 2013: Year in Review & Looking Forward

Host: Fraser Cain Guests: +Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein), David Dickinson (@Astroguyz), Pamela Gay (@starstryder) Big thanks to Nicole Gugliucci (@noisyastronomer) for doing a wonderful job producing this past year!

December 13, 2013December 23, 2015

Why Our Universe is Not a Hologram

Editor’s note: This article was originally published by Brian Koberlein on G+, and it is republished here with the author’s permission. There’s a web post from the Nature website going around entitled “Simulations back up theory that Universe is a hologram.” It’s an interesting concept, but suffice it to say, the universe is not a …

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December 8, 2013December 23, 2015

Little Big Universe: Tilt-Shifted Astro Images Make Space Look Tiny

Aww, how cute! What an adorable little… nebula? Although here it may look like it could fit in your hand, the Horsehead Nebula is obviously quite a bit larger – about 1.5 light-years across from “nose” to “mane.” But given a tilt-shift effect by Imgur.com user ScienceLlama, the entire structure takes on the appearance of …

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August 23, 2013December 29, 2015

Weekly Space Hangout – Aug. 23, 2013: Mars One, Zombie WISE, Luca Parmitano, Wave at Saturn

It’s time for the Weekly Space Hangout. This is our weekly rundown on all the big space news stories of the week, explained by a dedicated team of space journalists. Host:Fraser Cain Panel: Alan Boyle, Brian Koberlein, Jason Major, Nicole Gugliucci Mars One Reaches 165,000 Entries WISE Returns from the Dead Luca Parmitano’s Chilling First-Hand …

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