The Cosmic Companion VIP Newsletter November 24, 2019

Measuring the expansion rate of the Universe, the habitability of planets may be dependent on how they rotate, and sugars are found in asteroids!

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Welcome to the latest issue of The Cosmic Companion VIP Newsletter, and thanks again for your support!

This week, Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion takes a look at how astronomers and astrophysicists are perplexed by different values obtained when measuring the expansion rate of the Universe, one of the most important numbers needed to determine the past and present behavior of the Cosmos. We will also examine how the angle at which planets spin could affect their chances of developing life, and the discovery of a complex sugar inside an asteroid may help explain how life developed on Earth.

On Tuesday, the podcast version of this show will feature an interview with Dr. Lucy Ziurys, professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona, and Dr. Tom Zega of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory about their recent discovery showing how C60, or buckyballs, can form in space. Listen and subscribe on any major podcast provider, or at https://thecosmiccompanion.substack.com.

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