The Lynx Space Telescope: A Flagship Concept to Probe the Energetic Universe
18th Sep, 2018
Lynx is one of four flagship concepts for the next great space telescope. NASA has funded a series of studies of four concepts that will in less than a year's time produce candidate designs for a major space observatory to begin construction later
The Square Kilometer Array: The Worlds Largest Radio Telescope
17th Sep, 2018
Welcome to our inaugural Telescope Talk - Professsional Version Hangout! Today we learn about the Square Kilometer array being built in South Africa and Western Australia The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is an international effort to buil
Telescope Talk Hangout w/ Thomas Pickett
11th Sep, 2018
Join us for a newly revamped hangout series on all things amateur astronomy! This week, we're talking with Tom Pickett, an advanced amateur with decades of experience that has been sharing his work to all who want to enjoy. Follow Tom on Facebook
Mars: Warmer with Water - Was it once Closer to the Sun?
10th Sep, 2018
The study of planetary systems around other stars suggests that planets can migrate closer or farther from their parent star, not staying in the orbit where they originally formed. Traces of water on Mars suggests that it may have been wetter, and pe
Cosmic Bell Test of Entanglement Using Distant Quasars
8th Sep, 2018
In this episode, we’re going to take on the topic of quantum entanglement. That feature of quantum mechanics that Einstein called a spooky action at a distance. Well last month astronomers used very distant quasars to remove a possible bias in a
The James Webb Space Telescope: The Next Great Observatory
31st Aug, 2018
For more than two decades, the series of NASA Great Observatories may have revealed more about the secrets of the cosmos than had been accomplished in the preceding history of astronomical exploration. The next great history-making observatory, the J