AWESOME ASTRONOMY

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• Al Worden (went to the moon on Apollo 15): https://tinyurl.com/56w9rkr4
• Al Bean (walked on the moon on Apollo 12): https://tinyurl.com/2ewb5vj3
• Charlie Duke (walked on the moon on …

The Discussion:

• The Perseids meteor shower
• Another heatwave in the UK
• The Orville on Disney+

The News:

• NASA is going back to the moon – this month!
• SpaceX join the companies dropping space deb…

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The release of JWST’s first images, the press conferences and media coverage.

Emails on astrophotography, Dr Jen’s TV appearances and a more politically correct alternative name for J…

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• Another heatwave in the UK
• Dr Jen on TV covering the latest JWST news
• The Orville on Disney+
• Night Sky on Amazon Prime

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• Preparations for the launch of Starship and an …

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• More filming for the BBC
• Longer days and shorter nights L
• Showcasing amateur photography on noctilucent clouds
• Listeners’ emails on
• • Less well known cultural names for Ursa Major
  • Th…

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• Discrimination in science and academia
• Returning to the Welsh valleys to attempt astronomy
• Free NASA merch from Official NASA Gear
• Listener’s comments on Boeing and the state of spac…

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• You can now watch Jen presenting on BBC TV’s Weatherman Walking (from 06:40)
• Walking, astronomy and animal abuse in the New Forest
• NASA find the Awesome Astronomy bunker on Mars!
• L…

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• Getting back in the studio
• Watch us recording in our behind the scenes 10th Anniversary show
• Inspiring children to think about careers in science
• Listener’s emails about swearing in …

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• Jeni’s magazine article on ‘everything JWST’
• UK government's social mobility commissioner gets us wound up
• Listeners’ emails on:
• • Professional vs amateur astronomy
  • Artificial Intell…

Also check out our YouTube channel here for much more astronomy and spacey goodness: https://www.youtube.com/awesomeastronomy?sub_confirmation=1

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• Watching a SpaceX Starlink launch
• Tal…

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• Observing trip with Cardiff Uni students
• Really bright ISS passes
• Jen’s first TV presenting gig about to be released
• Watching a SpaceX launch
• Listeners' email about previous episodes
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• A little bit of singing to brighten your day and abuse your ears
• It's Messier Marathon season
• A Messier challenge
• A great listeners' email on naming space missions

The News: Round…

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• Stargazing & post-covid travel
• A lovely email from our good friend @SsonnyY
• The joys of being an astronomy beginner
• Pioneer 10’s 50th anniversary

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Rounding up the astrono…

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• Techniquest in Cardiff Bay
• Our Good friend Dylan O’Donnell at Star Stuff
• A listener’s email on the naming of spacecraft, prompting a debate on history, cultures and tearing down stat…

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• AstroCamp returns for listeners to observe with us 2-5th April. Book tickets here.
• Listeners’ emails on:
• • A Venus sample return mission
  • Why our website is so poor L

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• Astronomy in Lego
• Jeni on the BBC
• Listeners emails on space traffic control and the Chinese space programme

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• SpaceX’s troubled start to 2022
• New York Times reports sex…

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• Astronomy Christmas presents
• Listener’s email about the value of early human space endeavours
• Listener’s email about the marvelousness of Musk

The News: Rounding up the astronomy …

We defer our usual Xmas frivolity to go to NASA’s coverage of Elon Musk’s Penetrating Explorer Neo Insertion System rocket delivering NASA’s Advanced Solar System probe to Uranus and look back at the…

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• Jen becomes the Managing Editor of the Sky Guide app and talks hazardous asteroids on BBC1’s Breakfast show
• Observing Comet Leonard
• Listeners emails on colonising the galaxy and kill…

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• Sex with aliens (sorry)
• Jen’s reveals the secrets of TV trickery
• AweAst now has videos! Head over to YouTube
• Emails about our new YouTube channel & aliens watching us

The News: Ro…