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Streamed live Jan 15, 2016
Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain )
Special Guest: This week we have Dr. Steve B. Howell, Project Scientist on Kepler, to discuss the great new results coming form the K2 mission – the repurposed Kepler mission.
Guests:
Morgan Rehnberg ( cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg )
Paul Sutter ( pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter )
Kimberly Cartier ( @AstroKimCartier / KimberlyCartier.org )
The news articles:
– KIC 8462 – What a long, strange trip it’s had! Don’t hold your breath for alien megastructures, though…
– Sierra Nevada’s Dream Catcher space shuttle comes back as a cargo ship!
– Death throes of a Betelgeuse! 500K (440°F) is confusingly cool!
– China ostensibly plans to land on the lunar far side.
– A black hole shuts off, finishing it’s quasi-stellar meal.
– The #AstroSH sexual harassment issue comes to the fore at AAS with 2 new scandals.
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