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 (

@astroguyz

):

Venus in 2014

Progress+launches for February

Space History-Curious Artifacts Sent Into Space

Elizabeth Howell (

@howellspace

):

Astronomy Podcast Enters Sixth Year — And We'd Love For You To Contribute!

Super-Earths Could Be More 'Superhabitable' Than Planets Like Ours

Brian Koberlein (

@briankoberlein

); Scott Lewis (

@baldastronomer

); & Elizabeth Howell (

@howellspace

):

'Wobbly' Alien Planet Has Weird Seasons And Orbits Two Stars

Amy Shira Teitel (

@astVintageSpace

):

When galaxies collide!

Scott Lewis (

@baldastronomer

):

Gaia

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.

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.