The Cosmic Companion VIP Newsletter June 15, 2020

Interview with Dr. Matija Ćuk of the SETI Institute, plus looks at the expansion rate of the Universe, an alien solar system with a diverse set of planets, and how dust on other worlds affects life.

Hello everyone!

In this week's episode of Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we welcome Dr. Matija Ćuk, a research scientist at the SETI Institute to the show. We will discuss his work on a recent discovery that Mars may have been accompanied, from time to time, by systems of rings.

But first, we look at a new study suggesting the Universe is expanding faster than it should be, we travel to a solar system with four very different worlds, and we explore how dust on alien worlds can affect the development, as well as the discovery, of extraterrestrial life.

As for our special weekly treat for all of you, dear VIP subscribers, here is a sneak preview of tomorrow’s episode of Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion!