AWESOME ASTRONOMY

The Discussion:

• Paul becomes the new Vice President of Wycombe Astronomical Society
• Jen gets a date for her PhD viva
• Jen promoting NASA’s Perseverance rover on the BBC
• Get ready for Teentech Live o…

As the European Space Agency gears up to opening its next recruitment campaign from 31 March to 28 May 2021, we take you through:

• The entry requirements
• The selection process
• The missions successful…

The Discussion:

• Correcting the orbits of Jupiter’s moons
• Welcoming Galaxy Rise’s Dustin Ruoff onto the Podcast Crew
• Causing terrorism scares with telescopes

The News: Rounding up the space explorat…

The Discussion:

• Jeni on the Highbrow Drivel podcast
• More astronomy goodness at Sky Guide
• The amateur astronomy/dogging connection
• A review of George Clooney’s The Midnight Sky
• Listener emails about …

The Discussion: If you like your introductions rambling, you’re in for a real treat! We discuss the Jeni’s PhD thesis submission, The Real Right Stuff documentary on Disney+, Jeni’s foray into book w…

The Discussion: As we welcome in the New Year, we discuss the holiday season and your suggestions to replace the Guide to the Electromagnetic Spectrum section of the show.

The News: Rounding up the a…

A jolly romp around viruses and tasers!

We look back at the astronomy and space exploration highlights of 2020:

• Phosphine in Venus atmosphere
• The saga of SpaceX
• Chang’e 5 at the Moon
• Comets Atlas & …

The Discussion: We discuss National Geographic’s The Right Stuff series on Disney+, get a little bit ranty about the use of jokey titles in research papers and read out a few of your emails.

The News…

The Discussion: The ongoing saga of Jeni’s PhD thesis and a couple of listener emails.

The News: Rounding up the space exploration news we have:

• More destruction to the giant Arecibo radio telescope
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The Discussion: Beginning the show droning on about us for bit, we cover Jen presenting her latest paper at the dust conference (yes, there is such a thing) in Marseilles, and filming in the wilds of…

As the exciting news of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus turns into a point of contention in the astronomy world, we caught up with the study’s lead scientist Professor Jane Greaves for the insid…

The Discussion: The publication of Jeni’s new research paper, a review of Netflix shows Challenger and Away (sublime and ridiculous).

The News: Rounding up the space exploration news we have:

• ESA an…

The Discussion: Helping us celebrate our 100th(ish) episode, we have a live(ish) audience to join in with us. Anna Lanteri from Gröningen University discusses a new Zooniverse citizen science project…

The Discussion: No time for discussions, we’ve important news to discuss!

The News: Rounding up the space exploration news we have:

• Rocket Lab lowering the cost of small launches
• SpaceX accelerating…

The Discussion: This month Jeni’s latest paper has a journal reviewer prior to publishing, we take a look at the critical science of cow-cats and a listener brightens our day

The News: Rounding up …

The Discussion:

• Jen on the radio discussing the Perseids
• Starlink satellites flaring over our heads
• TV shows From the Earth to the Moon and For All Mankind
• Sputnik V
• Jeni’s latest paper is submitted…

The Discussion: This month astrologers are getting upset about their tattoos; why the Babylonians are at fault for ruining the majesty of astrology; Jeni spreads the astronomy word on the BBC; her la…

The Discussion:

• What Einstein would have made of an iPhone
• The goods and ills of social media
• Free teaching for teachers to teach space and astronomy
• Jeni talking Pluto on the BBC
• A trip down techno…

The Discussion: This month Jeni’s getting frustrated with the politics of peer review, Paul’s seen an uptick in noctilucent cloud hunting and public interest in astronomy in general during lockdown…