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

Stories:

Mike:

Astronomers without Borders

Fraser:

John Dobson, Inventor of the Dobsonian Telescope, dead at 98

Casey:

Congressional Budget for NASA

2014 Legislative Blitz, Feb 23 - 25th

Morgan:

Impact of 2014 budget on NASA/NSF

Jason:

Rosetta's Wake Up Call

Nicole:

CosmoQuest's "Wake Up, Rosetta!" Hangout

"Normal" galaxy in the early Universe

Massive Black Holes are Everywhere!

Nancy:

The Rock that Appeared Out of Nowhere on Mars

Brian:

Testing the shape of the universe

David:

Mini-Moon

Jupiter+Moons from Michael Phillips

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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.