{"id":554,"date":"2019-01-14T21:47:42","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T21:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=554"},"modified":"2019-06-05T19:43:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T19:43:01","slug":"79-january-2019-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/14\/79-january-2019-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#79 &#8211; January 2019 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/8255234\/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\/20190115--Awesome-Astronomys-January-Episode--Part2.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/>\n<p>The Discussion: As 2019 marches forth we discuss a wasted year of practical astronomy due to bad weather, a comet in our skies to enjoy and Jeni begins her first paper on gas masses in redshift galaxies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The News: Rounding up the space exploration news this month we have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>An update on the mysterious hole in the space station<\/li><li>SpaceX edges closer to ferrying humans to space<\/li><li>Virgin Galactic test pilot gains his astronaut wings<\/li><li>Voyager 2 joins Voyager 1 outside the solar system<\/li><li>New Horizons exploring the outer solar system<\/li><li>An update on NASA\u2019s plans for human space exploration.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Main news story: Chinese exploration of the far side of the moon.<\/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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