All About LSST Science and Engineering
27th Nov, 2018 - 1632 views
Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Sub to Launchpad Astronomy: https://www.youtube.com/ChristianReady The Large Synoptic Sky Survey is one of the most ambitious ground-based astronomy surveys ever concei
The Origin of Life with PZ Myers
26th Nov, 2018 - 2413 views
Subscribe too PZ Myers Channel Here: https://www.youtube.com/user/pzamyers The origin of life on Earth is still being hotly studied. Is life inevitable? If conditions are right, does life in fact, pop right up? Please join Tony Darnell and PZ Mye
Your Sky Tonight The SuperEarth Around Barnards Star
22nd Nov, 2018 - 3795 views
Located in the constellation Ophiuchus, there is an unremarkable red dwarf star some six light years away. After the three stars of the Alpha Centauri system, this is the closest star to us. Known as Barnard’s star, it is invisible to the unaided
Professional OffTheShelf Astronomy Gear
13th Nov, 2018 - 1329 views
What gear do professional astronomers use that is available commercially? OPT Telescopes has a professional division dedicated to the professional astronomer. But that doesn't mean amateurs can't get access to it as well! Telescope Talk Hangouts
The Care and Feeding of Black Hole Sagittarius A
10th Nov, 2018 - 12.0k views
New observations from the GRAVITY and SINFONI instrument on the Very Large Telescope have given us unprecedented observations of material falling into the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Exoplanets Dont Like Heavy Metals
8th Nov, 2018 - 1685 views
Studies of planetary systems have indicated that star systems with high metallicity (think iron - actually anything heavier than helium) may preferentially form planets,but a new survey suggests there are many compact, multiple-planet systems for whi