This has been another really good year for exploring the universe. This is our annual superlatives episode, so let’s take a look at the some of the coolest breakthroughs of 2019.
Host: Hank Green
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Sources:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/black-hole-image-makes-history
https://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/space-missions/change-4.html
https://www.space.com/32049-kbo-2014-mu69.html
https://www.space.com/42962-brightest-quasar-early-universe-600-trillion-suns.html
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/the-universe/black-holes-and-quasars
https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/what-is-a-lensed-galaxy/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-019-0880-2
https://www.space.com/most-massive-neutron-star-detected.html
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/N/Neutron+Star
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=10e17+kg%2Fm%5E3+*+1+cm%5E3
https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05938
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches#2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches#2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Space_Shuttle_missions#Flight_statistics
https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/04/04/musk-previews-busy-year-ahead-for-spacex/
https://www.space.com/spacex-reuse-payload-fairing-starlink-launch.html
https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/9/17254384/spacex-falcon-9-block-5-upgrade-rocket-reusability-savings
http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/maven/2008/09/15/nasa-selects-cu-boulder-to-lead-485-million-mars-mission/
https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/oct/HQ_C10-065_Maven_Services.html
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/list_1985.html
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Images:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/black-hole-image-makes-history
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chang%27e_4.png
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-new-horizons-team-publishes-first-kuiper-belt-flyby-science-results
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1902a/
https://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/astro_by/
https://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1902b/
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1902b/
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20267
https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso1319a/
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/211355.php?from=441233
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bangabandhu_Satellite-1_Mission_(42025498972).jpg
https://blogs.nasa.gov/tess/2018/04/18/looking-ahead-at-countdown-ascent/
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20213
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12933
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