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December Naked Astronomy podcast released

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In this edition of Naked Astronomy, why scientists are making mud in the laboratory to try free a trapped Mars rover, the discs that give birth to new planets, the space equivalent of an ordnance survey map for the stars and how scientists are seeking the origins of life in outer space. Plus, your queries about the cosmos: could Earth capture a new moon, why is the asteroid belt not just a planet and is there a planet beyond Pluto... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

More details of the podcast are posted here, and on the Naked Astronomy website.

The sky on 27 Apr 2024

The sky on 27 April 2024
Sunrise
05:53
Sunset
19:45
Twilight ends
21:30
Twilight begins
04:08

19-day old moon
Waning Gibbous

85%

19 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:10 11:29 17:48
Venus 05:36 12:12 18:48
Moon 22:59 03:24 07:45
Mars 04:25 10:21 16:16
Jupiter 06:43 13:51 20:59
Saturn 04:02 09:40 15:18
All times shown in EDT.

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This information was taken from the Naked Astronomy website.

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41.14°N
73.26°W
EDT

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