Happy New Year!!! Hopefully you had a joyous holiday season filled with lots of clear skies! In this episode, we’ll discuss the planets, a meteor shower, a comet, then we’ll explore what is considered the brightest feature on the moon, before taking a sneak peek at some great astronomical events that will be happening in 2025. If you enjoy the episode, please subscribe, comment, and share, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. Carpe Noctem!
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March 13-14 Mars Occultation: https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20250114_16_100
Blue Ghost CLIPs Mission info: https://fireflyspace.com/blue-ghost/
SPHEREx info: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/spherex/
Europa Clipper info: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper/
March 14th Lunar Eclipes Maps and Timings: https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20250314_09_100
March 29th Partial Solar Eclipse info: https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20250329_09_100 Asteroid Day info: https://asteroidday.org/
JUpiter ICy Moons Explorer info: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice
JUNO info: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/juno/
September 7th Lunar Eclipse info: https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20250907_09_100
September 21st Partial Solar Eclipse info: https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20250921_09_100
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