Aug 10th 2016
Tech Break 2916
Reddit Turns Us All into Astronomers
Backyard astronomers can still do big things
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If you’ve always wanted to be an astronomer, but didn’t major in astrophysics, that doesn’t mean you can’t make some pretty remarkable discoveries of your own. Space journalist Elizabeth Howell joins us to talk about how backyard astronomers might be making some of the biggest discoveries with new tech and social media. Read her article on Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/08/amateur-astronomy/
Full episode at twit.tv/tnt/1574
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