This week we are joined by Dr. Ingrid Daubar, Planetary Scientist from Brown University studying impact cratering within our solar system. Dr. Daubar is part of a team that has been using a new AI classification tool to identify geologic features on planetary surfaces, such as Mars.
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This week we are joined by Dr. Jane Huang and Dr. Jonathan Willams from the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA). Dr. Huang, Dr. Williams, and their team recently discovered some surprising information about the size and shape of some protoplanetary disks.
Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: October 14, 2020, Drs. Jane Huang & Jonathan Williams, Protoplanetary Disks”Weekly Space Hangout: September 30, 2020, Dr. John Kiss Discusses the Growth of Plants in Space
This week, we welcome Dr. John Kiss from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro (UNCG). Tonight, Dr. Kiss will be discussing the sensory physiology of plants in space research, including the effect of Mars’ levels of gravity on plant development.
Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: September 30, 2020, Dr. John Kiss Discusses the Growth of Plants in Space”Weekly Space Hangout: September 23, 2020, Col. Terry Virts (USAF ret.) Tells Us “How to Astronaut”
Terry Virts, one of only four astronauts in history to have piloted a Space Shuttle, flown a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, performed space walks, and commanded the ISS. He’s written HOW TO ASTRONAUT: An Insider’s Guide to Leaving Planet Earth, the book for everyone who wants to know what space travel is really like.
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Due to an unexpected power failure, tonight’s guest, Shytoya Palmer, was unable to join us. We will be rescheduling her appearance as part of our next season. So tonight our panel presents a News Roundup!
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Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain)
Dr. Pamela Gay (Cosmoquest.org / @StarStryder )
Moiya McTier (https://www.moiyamctier.com/ / @GoAstroMo)
Allen Versfeld (https://www.urban-astronomer.com/ / @uastronomer)
This week we are pleased to welcome Dr. Fred Watson to the WSH. Fred is Australia’s first Astronomer-at-Large, an outreach and advocacy role within the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. He is graduate of the universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh, and worked at both of Britain’s Royal Observatories before joining the Australian Astronomical Observatory as Astronomer-in-Charge in 1995.
Weekly Space Hangout: March 18, 2020 – Dr. Meng Jin and Modeling Coronal Mass Ejections
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain)
Beth Johnson (@planetarypan)
Moiya McTier (https://www.moiyamctier.com/ / @GoAstroMo)
Dr. Brian Koberlein (BrianKoberlein.com / @BrianKoberlein)
This week we are pleased to welcome Dr. Meng Jin, Research Scientist at the SETI Institute, to the Weekly Space Hangout. Meng uses numerical modeling techniques to analyze Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) and related events [e.g., CME-Driven Shocks and Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs).]
Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: March 18, 2020 – Dr. Meng Jin and Modeling Coronal Mass Ejections”Weekly Space Hangout: January 15, 2020 – Dr Erin Explains the Universe
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain)
Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )
Beth Johnson (@planetarypan)
Moiya McTier (https://www.moiyamctier.com/ / @GoAstroMo)
This week we welcome Dr. Erin Macdonald to the Weekly Space Hangout.
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