{"id":310,"date":"2016-02-01T04:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T04:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=310"},"modified":"2019-06-03T21:11:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T21:11:48","slug":"44-february-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/01\/44-february-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"#44 &#8211; February 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4115401\/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_44.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/>\n<p>The Discussion: As we lament the passing of some great people we remember how lucky we are to live in an age of great discovery. We discuss British astronaut Tim Peake\u2019s spacewalk with American Tim Kopra outside the International Space Station and take a look back at the annual festival of TV astronomy StargazingLIVE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The News: There\u2019s a packed news section in this month\u2019s show as we discuss:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have astronomers discovered another planet in our solar system?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIGO\u2019s possible detection of gravitational waves<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Does an irregular star host evidence for alien life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A possible explanation for the \u2018Wow signal\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most powerful supernova ever detected<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poor Philae gives up the ghost<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attempting to photograph a black hole<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Interview: This month Jen bags herself an astronaut. 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