dr-becky 1 year ago
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JWST finds Water where Planets are Forming Around a Star

In this month’s Night Sky News episode we’re chatting about the future of Voyager 2 after NASA briefly lost communications with it this month.

And how JWST has found evidence for water vapour very close in around a star still forming rocky planets, which has huge implications for how we think Earth got its water.


Plus, we chat about everything you should look out for in the night sky this month. Pop the champagne because it’s Saturn’s time to shine!


00:00 | Intro

00:19 | Episode Preview 

01:31 | New Moon + Milky Way this weekend!

02:46 | Perseids continues!  

02:59 | Mars + Moon pair up 18/19th Aug

03:32 | Saturn Opposition! 26/27th Aug 

04:55 | Moon + Saturn 30th Aug

05:31 | Blue Supermoon 31 Aug 

06:40 | Moon + Jupiter 4th Sep

07:45 | Euclid launch & drama 

09:33 | Ring Nebula JWST 

11:52 | JWST El Gordo 

13:36 | PDS70 

20:00 | Voyager 2 

26:06 | Conclusion

Dr Becky Smethurst
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