Weekly Space Hangout - Oct. 24, 2014

Host:

Fraser Cain (

@fcain

)

Guests:

Ramin Skibba (

@raminskibba

)

This Week's Stories:

POLARBEAR (maybe) detects evidence of inflation

partial solar eclipse

Nichelle Nicols Introduces NASA's 'Orion' in New Video

Erin Gray

MESSENGER Provides First Optical Images of Ice Near Mercury's North Pole

Cassini "Profoundly Productive"

Formation and large scale confinement of jets emitted by young stars finally elucidated

Scientists Build First Map of Hidden Universe

Inside the Milky Way: One step closer to figuring out the mysteries of our galaxy's core

Mysterious X-37B Military Space Plane's Landing in Photos

Stereo Behind Still Out of Commission

China Ready for Thursday Unmanned Sample Return Mission from the Moon

Rollercoaster Science

Big Black Holes Can Block New Stars

Hubble Sees Turquoise-Tinted Plumes in Large Magellanic Cloud

NASA's Fermi Satellite Finds Hints of Starquakes in Magnetar "Storm"

Two Families of Comets Found Around Nearby Star

Organic Molecules in Titan's Atmosphere are Intriguingly Skewed

Kepler Mark II is Doing Well

NASA to Launch Soil Moisture Mapper

What Does a Comet Smell Like?

Giant Sunspot AR 2192

Watch: Every Planet and Star in the Known Galaxy Shown in One Video

China Sends a Round Trip Mission to Moon.

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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.