June 9, 2020
Q&A 121: What Stops the Space Station from Re-Entry? And More... Featuring Michael Rodruck
In this week's questions show, I answer questions about how the International Space Station stays above the Earth's atmosphere, does dark matter need a better name? And how do astronomers know they're looking at exoplanets and not sunspots?
You can watch the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiSFfe-g1n4
And in case you missed it, we had a fantastic Virtual Star Party:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoiN4Fklhj4
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Chuck Hawkins · June 22, 2020
Fun questions! You might note for future reference that "dark matter" is actually an accurate description of what we know about it. It interacts via gravity (matter) but not electromagnetism (dark--no photons).