About this episode
The Discussion:
- Jeni's magazine article on 'everything JWST'
- UK government's social mobility commissioner gets us wound up
- Listeners' emails on:
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- Professional vs amateur astronomy
- Artificial Intelligence in consumer telescopes
- JWST's Early Release Observations
The News:
Rounding up the astronomy news in April, we have:
- New type of nebula discovered by an amateur astronomer
- Detecting life-giving hydrothermal vents on Saturn's moon Europa
- An exoplanet around a dead star in a potential habitable zone
- 'Impossible' galaxies with no dark matter
The big news story: the Planetary Science Decadal Survey is out!
The Sky Guide:
This month we're taking a look at the constellation of Ursa Major with a guide to its history, how to find it, a couple of deep sky objects and a round-up of the solar system views on offer in May.
Q&A:
Will JWST be able to confirm the existence of the Ort Cloud? From our good friend Oren Wyche in Maryland USA.
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