Weekly Space Hangout - Nov. 7, 2014: Ship Updates & Solar System Formation

Host:

Fraser Cain (

@fcain

)

Guests:

Morgan Rehnberg (

cosmicchatter.org

/

@cosmic_chatter

) Brian Koberlein (

@briankoberlein

) Nicole Gugliucci (

cosmoquest.org

/

@noisyastronomer

)

This Week's Stories:

SpaceShipTwo updates

Antares updates

ALMA's Gorgeous Picture of Forming Solar System

Gravitational lensing of binary black holes

New dark matter idea

Quantum Weirdness Gets Weirder: Can the Wave Function of an Electron be Divided and Trapped?

Mystery of Earth's Water Origin Solved

Ground control to Maj Tom: Bowie is back!!!!

CERN Council Selects Next Director-General: Fabiola Gianotti

Orbital Announces Go-Forward Plan for NASA's Commercial Resupply Services Program and the Company's Antares Launch Vehicle

International Space Station Agencies Reaffirm Support For Continued Operations

To Europa! Mission to Jupiter's Moon Gains Support in Congress

Rosetta NAVCAM images now available under a Creative Commons licence

NASA Telecon to Discuss Mars Comet Flyby Science

Jets, Bubbles, and Bursts of Light in Taurus

The Star Trek Communicator is Real - and It's Now On Sale

Rjukan Sun: the Norwegian Town that Does it with Mirrors

Thunderstorm in the Atacama Desert [photo]

Hubble Surveys Debris-Strewn Exoplanetary Construction Yards

NASA Rocket Experiment: Universe is Brighter Than We Thought

Philae's Descent and Touchdown Timeline

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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.