Weekly Space Hangout - June 21, 2012

In this edition of the Weekly Space Hangout, we welcome a new participant:

Mike Wall

, senior writer at

Space.com

. We were also joined by

Alan Boyle

from

MSNBC's Cosmic Log

,

Ian O'Neill

from

Discovery Space

, and

Amy Shira Teitel

from Vintage Space.

This week we talked about using

black holes as particle detectors

, the recent launch of a

female Chinese astronaut

,

the historical echoes

of China and the Soviet Union launching women into space, and the newly announced asteroid telescope by the B612 Foundation.

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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.