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Guests:

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) Brian Koberlein (

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) Dave Dickinson (

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) Morgan Rehnberg (

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) Alessondra Springmann (

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)

This Week's Stories:

The Large Binocular Telescope sees Europa occult Io

Saturn Observing Season Begins

A review of Annals of the Deep Sky

ISS Crew Rotations Postponed

Ceres White Spots

Mars Blue Sunset

Emirates Mars Mission

Water around distant white dwarf

Manned Mars Plan: Phobos by 2033, Martian Surface by 2039?

Mars One Execs Dispute Criticism of Red Planet Colony Mission

Solar Roadway Installed in Netherlands Works Better Than Anticipated

Our Galaxy Could be Mixing With Andromeda's Supersized Halo

Water on Alien Worlds: Ganymede

Next Air Force X-37B Flight To Carry NASA Materials Science Experiment

Cristoforetti Set for Endurance Record, as Expedition 43 Return Reportedly Delayed to Mid-June

KSC Constructing a "Launch Pad in a Box" at Pad 39B

UAE Details Ambitious Plan for Martian Weather Satellite

Newly Released Photograph Shows Strange "Hole" In Space

A Hot Start to the Origin of Life

3D Printer Making Chinese Space Suit Parts

What Would It Be Like to Live on Alien Planet Kepler-186f?

Now Is the Best Time to See Mercury in the Night Sky This Year

Planetary Society Presskit Information: Upcoming LightSail Launch

Bright Spots on Ceres Shown in Better Resolution

The Bright Spots of Ceres Spin Into View

Powerful New Radio Telescope Array Searches the Entire Sky 24/7

Draft 2015 NASA Technology Roadmaps

NASA Unveils Latest Technology Roadmaps for Future Agency Needs

Venus Plane Pushed for Next NASA Next Frontiers Mission

Suborbital Vehicle Developers Looking Ahead To Orbital Systems

Exos Seeks To Revive Armadillo Rocket Technology

Google Lunar X PRIZE: Creating a new generation of lunar landers

Industry Team Hopes To Resurrect Atlas V Post RD-180

TWiM Falcon Heavy Enabler for Dragon Solar System Explorer

NASA Celebrates 50 Years of Planetary Exploration

NASA Research Reveals Europa's Mystery Dark Material Could Be Sea Salt

2015 SpaceApps Challenge Awards

The Dark Side of Star Clusters

Two UMD Research Teams Help NASA Look for Potential Habitable Planets

Singer Sarah Brightman Changes Her Tune on Space Mission

How to Turn Your Smartphone Into a Cosmic-Ray Detector

NASA's New Images Of Our First Asteroid, Ceres, Sheds Light On Its Greatest Mystery

Selfie to Space

Astronomers Spot One-in-10-Million Phenomenon in Early Universe

House Bill Offers Same Funding But Different Priorities for NASA

Corkscrew Planets Spiral Back and Forth Between Two Stars

Mars Volcanoes Launch Dust Storms Like a Skate Ramp

Earth's Cloudy Demeanour Unveiled by NASA's Aqua Satellite

Millions of Missing Galaxies Found Hiding in Plain Sight

Scientists at Keck Discover the Fluffiest Galaxies

Weather Forecasts Made for Planets Beyond Our Solar System

Maybe Dark Matter is Not Made Up of Heavy Particles After All

Superflare Stars with Large Starspots Observed

Crowdfunding Launched to Nuke Threatening Asteroids

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