This week in space news: Stratosphere tourism, beamed space solar power being tested, asteroid strike may have wiped out ancient Syrian village and loads more...

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Pick o' the podcasts

Main Engine Cut-Off: Lueders Leads HEO, Northrop Grumman Awarded HALO Contract 

Planetary Radio: A year ago of solar sailing

365 Days Of Astronomy Podcast: Ancient depictions of Andromeda 

From the video store:

Balloon tourist flights to the stratosphere could soon be a thing  

The U.S. Navy is Testing Beaming Solar Power in Space 

Weekly Space Hangout: June 17, 2020 — Dana Backman, Director of NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors

Reading material:

As many as six billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy, according to new estimates 

Research sheds new light on intelligent life existing across the Galaxy 

Astronomers detect regular rhythm of radio waves, with origins unknown 

The 'ring of fire' solar eclipse of 2020 occurs Sunday. Here's how to watch online 

Asteroid strike may have wiped out Syrian village 

At long last, mission to Neptune has decent chance of selection 

Dark matter hunt yields unexplained signal 

Giant space chamber installed in Oxfordshire 

Breathtaking new map of the X-ray Universe 

Scottish space race begins...