The Young Astronomers Newsletter

The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 8 August 2018

By Bob Patsiga

In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses:

• Updates to the Japanese probe Hayabusa-2.
• A discovery of additional moons around Jupiter has brought its total moon count to a surprising number.
• New observation techniques have helped Hubble see more distant than before. 10 BILLION light years.
• Scientists at the European Space Agency are examining the potential problems of moon dust on possible visitors/colonists and machines on the moon.
• Details on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. Just how close can we get to the sun?
• With developments in modern astronomical equipment the number of extra solar planets, planets outside of our solar system, have gone up dramatically, just how much?
• Astronomical birthdays for August.
• Celestial happening for the month. Including a meteor shower that should be a good show given the state of the moons phase at the time.
• A constellations word scramble.