#102 - December 2020 Part 1

The Discussion: We discuss National Geographic’s The Right Stuff
series on Disney+, get a little bit ranty about the use of jokey
titles in research papers and read out a few of your emails.


The News: Rounding up the astronomy news this month we have:


An update to the Geysers on Jupiter’s moon Europa

Another asteroid flies scarily close to Earth

The latest developments in Muskworld

China’s ambitious chang’e-5 mission en-route to the moon



Main News story: The Hayabusa 2 mission and the imminent return
of samples from asteroid Ryugu


The Sky Guide: This month we’re taking a look at the great winter
constellation of Orion 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 December.


Guide to the Electromagnetic Spectrum: In November we concluded
our look at the electromagnetic spectrum. But as we now have a
new method of detecting events beyond the electromagnetic
spectrum, this month we explain gravitational wave astronomy.