Weekly Space Hangout - Oct. 10, 2014: Major Telescopes and Moon Water

Host:

Fraser Cain (

@fcain

)

Guests:

Morgan Rehnberg (

cosmicchatter.org

/

@cosmic_chatter

) Ramin Skibba (

@raminskibba

) Brian Koberlein (

@briankoberlein

)

This Week's Stories:

Thirty Meter Telescope ground breaking

Where did the Moon's water come from?

A super-Eddington black hole?

Early mega stars left no remant?

Swift Observes Mega Flares from a Mini Star

Cyanide Cloud Puts a Chill in Titan's Air

Alexander Gerst Set for Spacewalk

Delta IV Heavy Rocket Rolls to Launch Pad for Orion's First Flight Test

Bizarre Shape of Uranus' 'Frankenstein' Moon Explained

Why Boeing Beat SpaceX in NASA's Space-Taxi Contest

Sierra Nevada Protests NASA Commercial Crew Award, Lays Off Staff

Incredible Solar Flare Video Captured by NASA Spacecraft

Powerful Megaflare from Small Star Stuns Scientists

A Clearer Impression of Degas Crater

NASA Briefing Discussing Comet Flyby of Mars Observations

Private Inflatable Room Launching to Space Station Next Year

Moon Water Blew in on Solar Wind

XASA Partners with X-37B Program for Use of Former Space Shuttle Hangars

Send Your Name to Mars

NuSTAR Telescope Discovers Shockingly Bright Dead Star

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Aces Glide Test Flight

Hungry Black Hole Eats Faster Than Thought Possible

TV Review: Brian Cox' Human Universe, Episode 1

Hubble Reveals Most Detailed Exoplanet Weather Map Ever

Mars Orbiter Mission shifts orbit to take cover from Siding Spring

Dark Matter Half What We Thought, Say Scientists

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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.