Pedro Bernardinelli on Comet UN271 and Alyssa Mills on Ganymede - The Cosmic Companion June 29, 2021
An exciting double interview as we talk with the first person to find the largest comet ever seen, and learn about Ganymede with Alyssa Mills!
Discovering Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein with Dr. Pedro Bernardinelli, exploring Ganymede with Alyssa Mills, plus the latest from Hubble, and alien astronomers!
Dr. Pedro Bernardinelli and Alyssa Mills visit Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion June 29, 2021
Hello everyone!
This week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we visit with Alyssa Mills. She is a graduate student at the University of Alabama, and we will talk about her work studying the largest moon in the Solar System – Ganymede.
We also talk with Pedro Bernardinelli, the astronomer who recently found what is likely the largest comet ever seen – Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein — and it is coming our way.
We also look in on the Hubble Space Telescope, which is still out of operation, following a computer failure. And, we learn details about Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein before talking with the astronomer who first found this massive iceberg in space.
Finally, we learn about a new study showing which nearby exoplanets are the most-likely places from which to find life on Earth, before we explore Jupiter's massive moon Ganymede with astronomer Alyssa Mills.
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