The nose knows on Mars
Listen 00:05:13European Space Agency and Roscosmos partnered to send a methane-hunting orbiter and a EDL systems tester to Mars. Should arrive in October. Plus, Universal Oddities: A dance between two black holes is observed 3.5 billion light years away – the bigger dance partner spins at one-third the speed of light !
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Skytalk is hosted by WHYY's Dave Heller. Each week he discusses the latest news in astronomy with Dr. Derrick H. Pitts of the Franklin Institute.
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