Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Sharon Harnett.
Topics covered:
The First Woman in Space – Valentina Tereshkova
Mississippi Baby Might Have Been Cured of HIV
Hold On: No Life Found in Vostok After All?
60 Second Science video competition
New Gigantic Telescopes Will Crack the Secrets of the Skies
Diamonds traced to ancient sea floor
An architectural concept drawing of the European-Extremely Large Telescope. With a 39.9m primary mirror, it is the largest of the planned new generation extremely large telescopes.
Image: Swinburne Astronomy Productions/ESO via WikiMedia.
Sharon Harnett is an amateur astronomer (with a MSc in Astronomy) who writes for Australian Science Magazine and Dave Reneke’s World of Astronomy. Her blog, AstroChix, focuses on the contribution women have made - and continue to make – in astronomy and space science. She’s also a budding astrophotographer, you can view her photos here.
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