Weekly Space Hangout - October 25, 2013: Preventing Asteroids, More Comets, Worldview Balloon

By Fraser Cain - October 25, 2013 at 7:06 PM UTC | Site News

So much space news, so little time. We had a great Weekly Space Hangout with several of our familiar space journalist friends. No huge stories, but lots of interesting tidbits, about asteroid protection, balloon trips to the edge of space, and the discovery of the furthest galaxy.

Host: Fraser Cain

Panel: Alan Boyle, Amy Shira Teitel, David Dickinson, Nancy Atkinson, Elizabeth Howell

Stories:

Preventing Asteroid Strikes

Japanese Asteroid Cannon

How to see Other Comets

Furthest Galaxy Found

More than 1000 Exoplanets

Worldview Balloon Flights

Watch the Sun Split Apart

What's the Weather on Titan

Spider Adapts to Return to Gravity

ExoMars Rover

We record the Weekly Space Hangout every Friday at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern. You can watch us live on Google+, Universe Today, or the

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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.