#119 - May 2022 Part 1

The Discussion:


Jeni’s magazine article on ‘everything JWST’

UK government's social mobility commissioner gets us wound up

Listeners’ emails on:



Professional vs amateur astronomy

Artificial Intelligence in consumer telescopes

JWST’s Early Release Observations





 


 


The News:


Rounding up the astronomy news in April, we have:


New type of nebula discovered by an amateur astronomer

Detecting life-giving hydrothermal vents on Saturn’s moon
Europa

An exoplanet around a dead star in a potential habitable zone

’Impossible’ galaxies with no dark matter



The big news story: the Planetary Science Decadal Survey is out!


 


 


The Sky Guide:


This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Ursa Major
with a guide to its history, how to find it, a couple of deep sky
objects and a round-up of the solar system views on offer in May.


 


 


Q&A:


Will JWST be able to confirm the existence of the Ort Cloud? From
our good friend Oren Wyche in Maryland USA.