The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 27 Number 6 June 2019
By Bob Patsiga
In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses:
- European Space Agency’s GAIA spacecraft has discovered three asteroids which are puzzling astronomers.
- The gold, silver and other heavy elements that we find on Earth are proposed to be
formed during the rare collision of two neutron stars millions of years ago. - A new Canadian radio telescope is proving to be invaluable at detecting fast radio
bursts. The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) has opened the possibility for studying these rare events. - A new theory on how Mars is losing its water.
- NASA’s InSight Mars lander is still struggling to free up its “mole” geological digger.
Changes in how the digger carries out its hammering procedure are ongoing. - Astronomical birthdays for June.
- Celestial happenings for the month.
- FAS events happening in June.
- A summer sky map.
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