Julie Tomé and Mary-Helen Armour discuss overlooked events and people like the second moon, the first African American astronomer, and the astronomer whose work Edwin Hubble’s built on. In news: a new measurement of the Hubble Constant and some interesting science performed on a meteorite found in a drawer at a university.

Episode image credite: Sunna Withers/AICO

This episode is a dive into science and science fiction with space launches from the past. We travel through the 70s (and a bit of the 50s) with space launches from Mariner, Voyager, Pioneer, and more. Join Elaina and Mary-Helen for this literal blast into space!

Image credit: NASA, The Voyager 1 aboard the Titan III/Centaur lifted off on September 5, 1977, joining its sister spacecraft, the Voyager 2, on a mission to the outer planets.

Join Sunna and Elaina for a spooky journey into exploded stars in the forms of supernovae and creepy comets. We discuss some of the astronomical history of Halloween, a few famous events, a few dead comets, and of course the most recent supernova from JWST.

Image Credit: A live view of Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS from AICO 1m on 16 October 2024. E.A. Hyde, AICO. The mini livestream can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/live/4gyuf9Dvv60?si=MU1KvGVna6vziPbD