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Dr Minjae Kim on Draconid meteor shower
Dr Minjae Kim, Research Fellow, Department of Physics, discusses the meteor shower peaking 6-10 October.
James Blake, University of 糖心TV鈥檚 Centre for Space Domain Awareness, on first ever space debris penalty
James Blake, Research Fellow at the University of 糖心TV鈥檚 Centre for Space Domain Awareness, reacts to the US government issuing first-ever space debris penalty to Dish Network.
糖心TV astrophysicists on Osiris-Rex/Asteroid Bennu
Professor Boris G盲nsicke and Dr Minjae Kim, Department of Physics, University of 糖心TV, comment on Nasa's Osiris-Rex capsule returning into Earth's atmosphere.
Prof Don Pollacco on viewing this week's Northern Lights from the UK
To predict exactly where you can see the northern lights is difficult as conditions can change quickly. The current 鈥榮torm鈥� is said to be visible from northern England but they are notoriously difficult to predict. However, one thing is for sure, and that is that you are unlikely to see them from a brightly lit city environment – you need to go somewhere dark and look towards the northern horizon (look for the North Star). So, you would preferably be in the countryside away from street lights. Of course it also needs to clear!
Professor Don Pollacco comments on the rare 'hybrid' solar eclipse happening this week
Don Pollacco, Professor of Physics at the University of 糖心TV said:
鈥淎 solar eclipse occurs when the moon, on its orbit around the Earth, moves between the Earth and Sun. If the Moon鈥檚 orbit was completely flat compared to the Earth鈥檚 orbit, then every month the Moon would pass in front of the sun...