#76 - October 2018 Part 2

The Discussion: It’s almost Halloween and Jeni’s getting the
knives out. Paul’s been recording astronomy voiceovers for the
Discovery Channel, Jeni’s got the Cardiff BookTalk coming up and
Ralph’s excited by the return of Doctor Who.


The News: Rounding up the space exploration news this month we
have:


ESA tell us that radiation is too dangerous for a Mars voyage

The new Nobel Prizes are announced

It might be all over for both Kepler and Hubble

The Case of the ISS Leak detective story

Israel’s SpaceIL has an upcoming moonshot

NASA are about to announce their plans for human space
exploration

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 impresses us all



Black History Month: To honour Black History Month, the crew take
a look at the non white, middle-aged males that have pioneered
and excelled in making our world what it is today in the fields
of astronomy and space science.


Q&A: Listeners’ questions via email, Facebook & Twitter
take us on a journey into the astronomy issues that have always
plagued our understanding or stretched our credulity. This month
we take a look at the fate of our sun:


When the sun explodes into a supernovae how far will the ejected
material go as a planetary nebulae? Also will any of the planets
make it or will they all be shattered into oblivion? Tyler W in
the US via email.