# Icy Telescopes and Martian Lightning

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Podcast: [AWESOME ASTRONOMY](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awesome-astronomy-857558)
Published: 2025-12-01T09:19:02+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3790

## Resource

This episode it is a new bananza with discussion of the Thirty Metre Telescope, shenanigans on Mars, asymmetrical supernovae and more trouble in the world of cosmology. There is a Xmas Telescope buying guide as well as our monthly skyguide! Produced by Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin

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