{"id":306,"date":"2016-01-01T10:40:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T10:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=306"},"modified":"2019-06-03T21:09:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T21:09:54","slug":"43-january-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2016\/01\/01\/43-january-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"#43 &#8211; January 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4049834\/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\/20160105--Awesome-Astronomys-January-Edition.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/>\n<p>The Discussion:<br>\nIn our first invasion of 2016 we discuss Paul\u2019s work promoting British astronaut Tim Peake\u2019s stay on the International Space Station and his visit to Parliament; Jen\u2019s ongoing work in General Relativity and black holes; and John tells us about his trip to visit the Sutherland Astronomical Society in Perth, Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The News:<br>\nThis month we return to NASA\u2019s Dawn spacecraft at Ceres where we might just have the answer to those intriguing white spots on the dwarf planet. Then we discuss the findings that put to bed the puzzle about why gas giant exoplanets don\u2019t seem to have the right amount of water in their atmospheres. And we finish January\u2019s news with a wandering Kuiper Belt object snapped by NASA\u2019s New Horizon\u2019s spacecraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 5 Minute Concept:<br>\nWe conclude our series of back to basics 5 Minute Concepts with a look at the last essential items in the amateur astronomers toolkit \u2013 eyepieces. 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