Weekly Space Hangout - Dec 30, 2016: Nancy Atkinson's "Incredible Stories From Space"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJCDM-JgYqQ Streamed live Dec 30, 2016. Host: Fraser Cain ( http://www.universetoday.com/ / @fcain ) Special Guest: Nancy Atkinson ( http://www.nancyatkinson.com/blog/ / @Nancy_A ) This week's guest is Universe Today's own astrojournalist Nancy Atkinson, who is celebrating the release of her first book "Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos." Nancy will share some of the highlights of the book and the amazing experiences she had interviewing and researching the people and stories in the book! Regular Guests: Dr. Paul Matt Sutter ( http://www.pmsutter.com/ & @PaulMattSutter ) C.C. Petersen ( http://thespacewriter.com/wp/ / @AstroUniverse ) This week's stories: - People who we lost this year: Vera Rubin, Carrie Fisher, Piers Sellers, John Glenn. - Anti hydrogen is the same as normal hydrogen, just with the opposite charge. - Ceres had an ocean! - Can there be antimatter galaxies out there that we could see? Some stories from 2016: - SpaceX had some successes, then failures. - Juno arrives at Jupiter! - Cassini is drawing to a close. - LIGO discovers gravitational waves. Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org. While you're at it, do support our Learning Space educator training program by going to this site: https://www.patreon.com/LearningSpace Please help us keep training the trainers! Learning Space is a weekly G+ Hangout on Air about topics in astronomy education, outreach and other ways to share science both in the school setting and outside it. We bring you interviews, hands-on demonstrations, lists of our favorite educational resources and more!