The Cosmic Companion VIP Newsletter - November 9, 2020

Sneak Preview: Designing Martian soil to feed space colonists of the future: Laura Fackrell of the University of Georgia

Hello everyone!

This is a special week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, as we have two special videos for you!

First, we have an interview with Laura Fackrell of the University of Georgia, talking about her work finding ways to turn the ruddy top soil of Mars in a fertile growing medium for crops.

We’re also going to listen in as NASA talks with the Voyager 2 spacecraft for the first time since March. We will also learn of a tiny asteroid traveling through space with Mars that has quite a lot in common with the Moon, and we will journey into our own back yards, as all seven planets visible in the night sky can be seen over a single night, any time this week.

Amateur astronomy is a great way to spend time with friends and family, so we also created a special report on this display of planets to share on social media.

Here’s tomorrow’s episode of the show, in a sneak preview for our VIP subscribers: