The Young Astronomers Newsletter
The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 8 August 2018
By Bob Patsiga
In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses:
- Updates to the Japanese probe Hayabusa-2.
- A discovery of additional moons around Jupiter has brought its total moon count to a surprising number.
- New observation techniques have helped Hubble see more distant than before. 10 BILLION light years.
- Scientists at the European Space Agency are examining the potential problems of moon dust on possible visitors/colonists and machines on the moon.
- Details on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. Just how close can we get to the sun?
- With developments in modern astronomical equipment the number of extra solar planets, planets outside of our solar system, have gone up dramatically, just how much?
- Astronomical birthdays for August.
- Celestial happening for the month. Including a meteor shower that should be a good show given the state of the moons phase at the time.
- A constellations word scramble.
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