AWESOME ASTRONOMY
Awesome Astronomy explores the frontiers of science, space and our evolving understanding of the universe.
Join Ralph, Paul & Jeni for informative and fun astronomy programmes dedicated to space and astronomy news and monthly podcast extras covering hot topics and special interviews in the world of science and astronomy.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 347
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Paul in Festival Land
A bumper end of summer episode with Paul out in the world of science outreach and communication in a Summer music festival. There's also discussion of the new Astronomer Royal, China's moon programme…
AI, Hypersonics and Betelbuddy
This month we talk about Jen at the BBC, AI in science communication, a supernova in NGC7331, whether Betelgeuse has a companion, Exoplanet shenanigans, European hypersonic space planes, and of cours…
Vera Rubin, Welsh Satellites and LIGO disaster
A bumper episode or is that a Jumper episode if Jeni has her way. Paul has new scope and Jeni has been seeing the Sun. We have terrible news from LIGO, the end of Milkomeda, Light pollution paradox, …
Lancing Galaxies and Angry Emails
This month we have Galactic sized lancing battles, Jupiter twice its size, Wales entering the space race and we have emails! Oh we have emails!
AstroCamp Spring 2025!
We come at you with all the fun of AstroCamp in Welsh Wales. Chat, debate and birdsong!
Produced by Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin
Has NASA been Trumped?
We try to keep it upbeat this month with tales of blackholes, definitions of moons, and solar system science but unfortunately the fate of NASA and American science currently hangs in the balance...
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Paranal Problems: Light Pollution at the VLT
It looks as though the European Southern Observatory is caught in an American light pollution pincer...starlink above and now the threat of an American industrial complex as a neighbour. Is this the …
Asteroid Doom and Gaia Gloom
The world veers towards madness, asteroids threaten destruction and Gaia is no more. But the planets are putting on a show and Pluto is 95, so that’s alright...
Produced by Ralph, Paul, Jen, John, Da…
Venus. Twined with Milton Keynes
Happy New Year! This month we talk about an new climate history for Venus, a new origin story for Mars' moons and we chat about the new potential head of NASA...
Produced by Ralph, Paul, Jen, John,…
Panto 2024!
It's that time of year again where the team get silly...this year Butch and Suni hijack the ISS...
Re-examining Uranus
This month we look at new old data about Uranus, a possible second dinosaur asteroid the first image of a star in another galaxy and the image of a new planet forming. Plus sky and launch guides and…
Comets, Cruises and Outreach
This month the episode is all about astronomy! Yep just astronomy. We catch up with the wonderful comet observations of the autumn, Jen’s aurora cruise in Norway and we talk outreach astronomy in res…
Apollo 12
The Team are taking a little break so here is a classic interview with Apollo astronaut Alan Bean.
Gaining InSight
Meet Dr Anna Horleston from Bristol University.
NASA’s InSight lander was active on Mars from November 2018 to December 2022 – a total of 1446 sols (Martian days). InSight carried a suite of geophysi…
AstroCamp Special!
This month the episode comes from the user dark skies of Wales as it is AstroCamp time! Discussion of Hera and Europa Clipper probes, comet news and the live recording of the Astrocamp panel! Enjoy
100 Hours of Astronomy with Go Stargazing
Between 2nd and 5th October, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) are celebrating 100 hours of astronomy. We’ve caught up with good friend of the show Neill Sanders, founder of Go Stargazing, w…
Chatting Space within tent
A bit different this month as Paul is joined by Dustin as they chat about aurora on Ganymede, starliner, Polaris Dawn, Blue Origin and Dustin shares an interview at a local astronomy Festival.
Produc…
British Planetary Science Conference
In this podcast extra for Awesome Astronomy in August 2024, we bring you two of the Plenary Sessions from the British Planetary Science Conference 2024, hosted by Space Park Leicester and the Nationa…
Comet Olbers in Silly Season
This month the team talk Comet Olbers, black holes in globular Clusters, the cancellation of Vixen, the ultra calm lakes of Titan, more phosphine news from Venus and look forward to this months Per…
Sanctuary on the Moon
Celebrating 55 years since humans first set foot on the Moon with Project Apollo, in this podcast extra, Dr Jen meets with Benoit Faiveley and Mario Freese, founder and chief engineer of Sanctuary on…