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The Discussion: Paul and Jen packed out the Star Stage at this year’s Big Bang Fair in Birmingham as Sirius Astronomy ran experiments to explain how rockets and space suits work and how space capsul…

What to look out, and up, for in April.

Our highlights of this month’s skies with the planets on offer to observers and imagers:

• A pair of comets to observe with amateur telescopes or binocular…

Following a recent NASA press conference – a regular event that fills us with dread as we anticipate an anticlimax – this time NASA really get us excited with the announcement of seven rocky Earth s…

The Discussion: Jeni’s been teaching the teachers of Wales how to include astronomy in their classroom exercises as part of the school curriculum. Ralph takes us on a historical tour of the King’s O…

What to look out, and up, for in March.

Our highlights of this month’s skies with the planets on offer to observers and imagers:

• The moon, Mercury and Mars close together on the 29th
• The King o…

This podcast extra takes a look back at the extraordinary life of navy aviator, test pilot and astronaut Gene Cernan who tragically died last month at the age of 82.

In this memoriam we discuss:

The Discussion: Paul continues his herculean travels around the UK promoting the European Space Agency and teaching people about the science of spaceflight. Ralph’s waxing lyrical about a waxing moo…

What to look out, and up, for in February.

Our highlights of this month’s skies with the planets on offer to observers and imagers:

• A last chance look at Mercury in the morning sky
• Mars a few d…

This podcast extra takes a look at the proposals from Boeing and Lockheed Martin to develop a lunar space station for NASA.

In this discussion we cover:

• NASA’s current plans for deep space expl…

The Discussion: As we welcome in the New Year Paul’s been mixing science with art, Jeni’s professional astronomy looks to be taking her to South Africa or Mexico and we read out some of our listener…

What to look out, and up, for in January.

Our highlights of this month’s skies with the planets on offer to observers and imagers:

• Venus at greatest eastern elongation
• Mars a few degrees from V…

Awesome Astronomy’s 2016 Christmas Panto. Think: HG Wells’ War of the Worlds meets Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator.

The Eve of the War: Plans for our latest invasion of Earth are discussed ov…

The Discussion: This month we take a look at the recent supermoon and what it takes to make the moon ‘super’; Jeni goes teaching kids about space and hones her exoplanet hunting skills; while Paul’s…

What to look out, and up, for in December.

Our highlights of this month’s skies with the planet on offer to observers and imagers:

• Venus shining brilliantly in the evening sky
• Mercury at greate…

Perhaps the most frequently asked question to the show (and apologies to Terry Dunlin who asked this question about 2 years ago!) is what you need to consider when buying a telescope or what makes t…

The Discussion: In a month when the European Space Agency succeeded and failed in the first part of their Exomars saga, we go through the glory and the debris of Mars exploration, hanging out with a…

What to look out, and up, for in November.

Our highlights of this month’s skies with the planet on offers to observers and imagers:

• A last chance to enjoy views of Mars for 2016
• The return of t…

This podcast extra features the talk given by Nick Howes at Spring 2015's AstroCamp about life and death in space.

Nick takes us on a fascinating tour of our universe and explains:

• Dangerous ph…

The Discussion: If you enjoy our attention to scripting, our professional quality audio and our stringent editing, then you’re bang out of luck! This show comes from our AstroCamp stargazing event i…

What to look out, and up, for in October.

Our highlights of this month’s skies with the planet on offer to observers and imagers:

• Venus & Saturn in the late evening with a nice conjunction of t…