{"id":257,"date":"2015-08-01T14:10:47","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T13:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=257"},"modified":"2019-06-03T20:36:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T20:36:06","slug":"38-august-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/01\/38-august-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"#38 &#8211; August 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/3709387\/height\/360\/theme\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/\" height=\"360\" width=\"100%\" placement=\"top\" theme=\"standard\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" custom_color=\"75942D\"><\/iframe><br \/><br \/><br \/><a class=\"libsyn-download-link\" href =\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/awesomeastronomy\/Episode_38.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/>\n<p>A longer episode this month as we have so much to discuss and cram into the show!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Discussion: Upcoming full-length interviews with 4-time Shuttle astronauts Kathy Thornton &amp; Don Thomas, Skylab 3 &amp; STS-3 astronaut Jack Lousma and Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden. Dragging Sokol spacesuits around the UK for educational endeavours, promoting astronomy with the UK Space Agency at the Harwell campus and enjoying Nelly Ben Hayoun\u2019s asteroid movie, Disaster Playground, at the British Film Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The News: This month we take a look at NASA\u2019s historic close up of the outer most classical planet as the New Horizon\u2019s spacecraft flies by the Pluto system. CERN\u2019s discovery of a new particle using the Large Hadron Collider \u2013 the Pentaquark. The possibility that those mysterious white spots on dwarf planet Ceres are creating a localised atmosphere. A Neptune-sized exoplanet orbiting so close to its parent star that its atmosphere is being blown away like a comet\u2019s tail and Europe\u2019s Rosetta spacecraft continues to attempt re-contact with the functioning Philae comet lander. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 5 Minute Concept: We kick off a series of back-to-basics 5 Minute Concepts for practical astronomers with a look at what those numbers on your telescope mean. This is a tour of aperture, focal length and focal ratio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Interview: This month we welcome back Dr Joe Liske for the final time to tell us about the future of the European Southern Observatory and their exoplanet hunting, dark energy characterising European Extremely Large Telescope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q&amp;A: Listeners\u2019 questions via email, Facebook &amp; Twitter take us on a journey into the astronomy issues that have always plagued our understanding or stretched our credulity. 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