Astronomers recently announced that, with the help of the ESO VLT, they had observed a new type of small — yet powerful — stellar explosion: a Micronova. The study, which was published in “Nature” on April 20, was led by Dr. Simone Scaringi, astronomer at Durham University in the UK. We are pleased to welcome Simone to tonight’s WSH to tell us more about this exciting discovery. Read More
Weekly Space Hangout: May 4, 2022 – News Roundup!
There always seems to be so many news stories that we never get to cover – but tonight we will get to discuss a few more than usual! Read More
Weekly Space Hangout: April 27, 2022 — Catching Up With Dr. Paul M. Sutter (aka “The Spaceman”)
If you are a long-time viewer of the Weekly Space Hangout, then Dr. Paul Sutter is no stranger to you at all. For several years, he was one of our on-air journalists (along with Dr. Kimberly Cartier and Dr. Morgan Rehnberg.) Since leaving the WSH fold, Paul has continued to be one of the busiest people around. Tonight we are excited to welcome Paul back to the show (even if it is for only one night) so he can bring us all up to date with everything he has been doing – as well as hopefully share a few exciting things he has planned. Read More
Weekly Space Hangout: April 20, 2022 — How to Access and Use Survey Data with NASA’s Kevin Gill
Let’s face it – there isn’t a single one of us who hasn’t gazed at myriad stunning astronomy images that are readily available on the web. Whether it’s Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, Saturn’s gorgeous rings, desolate Martian landscapes, or a spectacular deep sky object, the “raw material” behind each of these beauties is often publicly available data collected by survey missions. But how exactly does a long string of seemingly random “ones and zeros” get transformed into such amazing visual imagery? Tonight, Kevin Gill, the image processing “magician”, is with us to give us an introduction into how to access the public archives as well as how to process their data. Read More