AWESOME ASTRONOMY

Once a year, astronomers descend upon an unsuspecting UK city in the greatest gathering of astronomically curious minds: the National Astronomy Meeting, otherwise known as NAM (no, not that ‘Nam, tho…

It's a summer vacation special with Jeni in the mountains of South America astronomising at altitude and visiting the Vera C Rubin telescope as well as obstech.

We have an interview with a Vera Rub…

This month Jeni and Paul talk about the recent supernova in galaxy M101; volcanic exoplanets; the growing observational evidence putting the current Big Bang theory under strain and the history of wa…

This month Paul and Jeni in astronomy news talk about new data on the M87 blackhole, the architecture of planetary systems, the hottest stars, an impact crater in France and how Mars might not have b…

Jeni visits Space Forge for an update on their mission to build reusable satellites to manufacture materials that that are impossible on the ground.

She talks to CEO Joshua Western about that fateful…

In this episode Jeni and Paul talk about exoplanet atmospheres, the latest thinking on solar system visitor Oumuamua, Vigin Orbit's woes, Relativity's 3D success, and the oldest orbiting satellite.

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Paul takes time out from outreach at the Festival of Tomorrow at the Swindon STEAM museum to chat with Professor Robert Walsh of the University of Central Lancashire, who with artist Alex Rinsler has…

In this episode Jeni tells us about her TEDx talk, dressing up for Mama Mia and eating insane burgers, while Paul appears to have started a modelling career.

In astronomy news the team explore the la…

Interview with astronomer Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Jeni talks to the legendary discoverer of pulsars, champion of women in science and Oxford University astronomer about her astronomy career, inspir…

The Discussion:

• Our dark sky practical astronomy event, AstroCamp
• Farewell Apollo 7’s Walt Cunningham
• Comet C2022 E3 ZTF reaches naked eye brightness

The News:

Rounding up the astronomy news in…

Bringing back the much-missed Awesome Astronomy interviews with a bang, we’re joined by friend of the show Chris Lee.

Chris began his career in the 80s in the UK space industry at British Aerospace…

The Discussion:

• A refreshed format coming to Awesome Astronomy in 2023
• A look back at the festive season

The News:

Rounding up the astronomy news in November, we have:

• Something in the solar s…

*** Beware, stiff profanity (phnar phnar) in the outtakes at the end ***

Our Christmas Pantomime sees the Awesome Astronomy crew exploring strange new worlds on the Astronomy Star Ship (ASS) Penetr…

The Discussion:

• Meteor shower disappointment
• Lecturing course started
• Dr Jen’s 30th birthday party karaoke – with audio!
• more resources for astronomy and astrophotography over at nightskypix.com

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The Discussion:

• Enjoying the recent eclipse (weather permitting)
• Jeni is officially recognised as being great
• Visiting the Herschel Museum

And listeners’ emails on:

• Having astronomy on the brain
• C…

Christmas 1980.

Suffolk, England.

Two US airmen witness what they believe is an aircraft coming down in the forest next to their base.

So begins the story of the UKs most notorious UFO sighting, the …

Jeni and Paul talk to Professor Mike Edmunds, President of the Royal Astronomical Society  and Emeritus Professor of astrophysics at Cardiff University, who is also Dr Jeni's academic grandfather....

The Discussion:

• Farewell Frank Drake
• It’s uncrewed, not unmanned!
• Filming with the BBC again
• Listeners’ emails on city astronomy and the missing AweAst show this month

The News:

• JWST unearths …