{"id":2507,"date":"2017-01-30T20:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/?p=2507"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:57:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:57:44","slug":"pythagorean-astronomy-star-attractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/2017\/01\/30\/pythagorean-astronomy-star-attractions\/","title":{"rendered":"Pythagorean Astronomy: Star Attractions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"image pull-right\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2508\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/museum.wales\/cardiff\/whatson\/9320\/Star-Attractions-at-the-Museum\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2508\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2508\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/236\/2017\/01\/BoyUsingTelescope-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"Star Attractions. Image courtesy of National Museum, Cardiff\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/236\/2017\/01\/BoyUsingTelescope-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/236\/2017\/01\/BoyUsingTelescope-388x338.jpg 388w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/236\/2017\/01\/BoyUsingTelescope.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of National Museum Cardiff<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Join Chris North and Edward Gomez as they discuss the month&#8217;s astronomy news. Not only were there two new NASA missions announced this month, but Space-X successfully returned to flight with their Falcon 9 rocket. Further afield, there are predictions of a pair of stars that are set to explode in a few years.<\/p>\n<p>Being January, the <a href=\"https:\/\/museum.wales\/cardiff\/\">National Museum in Cardiff<\/a> hosted its annual public event celebrating all things space.\u00a0With exhibits, demonstrations and shows for all ages, several thousand people attended &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/museum.wales\/cardiff\/whatson\/9320\/Star-Attractions-at-the-Museum\/\">Star Attractions<\/a>&#8221; and get to learn a bit more about astronomy and space. While we were there with a stand from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astro.cf.ac.uk\">School of Physics and Astronomy<\/a>, Chris spoke to a few people who were there to find out what they got out of it.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2507-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Jan2017_full_PHYSX.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Jan2017_full_PHYSX.mp3\">http:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Jan2017_full_PHYSX.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Originally broadcast on 30th January 2017 as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/pythagtrousers\/\">Pythagoras&#8217; Trousers<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiocardiff.org\/\">Radio Cardiff<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Chris North and Edward Gomez as they discuss the month&#8217;s astronomy news. Not only were there two new NASA missions announced this month, but Space-X successfully returned to flight with their Falcon 9 rocket. Further afield, there are predictions of a pair of stars that are set to explode in a few years. 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