Weekly Space Hangout - September 27, 2013: Buran, Comet ISON, Water on Mars

Is it Friday already? Then it's time for another Weekly Space Hangout. Join a team of dedicated space journalists to discuss the big space and astronomy news stories that broke this week. This time around, we discussed Amy Shira Teitel's Buran article, ISON Watch 2013, and the re-re-discovery of water on Mars.

Host:

Fraser Cain

Journalists:

Amy Shira Teitel

,

David Dickinson

,

Jason Major

,

Dr. Nicole Gugliucci

, and

Scott Lewis

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And here are the stories we covered:

The Life and Death of Buran

Comet ISON Viewing Guide

Water on Mars

Split Personality Pulsar

Asteroid Was Actually Space Junk

Cat's Paw Nebula in APEX

Spitzer for Exoplanets

Mindblowing Spaceship Chart

We record the Weekly Space Hangout every Friday at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern, 2000 GMT. You can watch from here on Universe Today, or over on Google+ or

YouTube

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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.