Weekly Space Hangout - May 16, 2014: Shrinking Red Spot

Host:

Fraser Cain (

@fcain

)

Guests:

Alessondra Springmann (

@sondy

), Brian Koberlein (

@briankoberlein

,

briankoberlein.com

), Nicole Gugliucci (

cosmoquest.org

/

@noisyastronomer

)

Stories this week:

Sondy:

Arecibo radar penertrates the lunar surface

Red Spot is Shrinking

Brian:

BICEP2 rumors

Using interstellar media as a pulsar lens

Supramassive neutron stars as a solution to fast radio bursts

Nicole:

Rosetta's target comet becoming active

BOOP! Phobos and Jupiter conjunction from Mars

Fraser:

Proton Launch Failure

Kepler Funding

Exoplanet imaged

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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.