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For 100 Hours of Astronomy, @AwesomeAstronomyPod & Neill Sanders from Go Stargazing, create an app to get involved with the celestial party!
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From the medieval portends of doom to the space age, we know they've been devastating the solar system for billions of years. But what are they?
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Today's Awesome Astronomy discuss about aurora on Ganymede, starliner, Polaris Dawn, Blue Origin and interview at a local astronomy Festival.
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Is the asteroid Belt really like the sci-fi depictions and are there other places in the solar system where these fragments of the early solar system roam? And no talk on asteroids would be complete without considering the threat to Earth
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Today we bring you two of the plenary sessions from the British Planetary Science Conference.
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Podcasters: Ralph, Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host Title : Awesome Astronomy: Watch NASA Go to the Moon Organization: Awesome Astronomy Link : www.awesomeastronomy.com Description: Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. Your guide to the inaugural Artemis moon launch! On 29th […]
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Podcasters: Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host Title : Awesome Astronomy: Comet Olbers in Silly season Organization: Awesome Astronomy Link : www.awesomeastronomy.com Description: Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. This month the team talk Comet Olbers, black holes in globular Clusters, […]
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With SpaceX leading the way in commercial spaceflight and Virgin Galactic offering an alternative, how about Blue Origin?
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Celebrating 55 years since humans first set foot on the Moon with Project Apollo and embrace Sanctuary on the Moon, a daring project to leave a legacy of humanity on our nearest celestial neighbour
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This month the team discuss keeping the elderly Hubble alive with a single gyro, how Starliner is currently marooned in orbit, this month skyguide, & the life of Henrietta Swan-Leavitt
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The International Space Station has been continuously inhabited for more than 20 years but its end is coming. So how do you bring down a spacecraft? What will happen to the falling space debris?
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This month is indulgent and ranty! There is a big dive into the huge aurora display in May, talk of new exoplanets and old ones vanishing. The usual skyguide and this months history moment is all about X rays.
Today's Awesome Astronomy discuss with Chris Lintott about How amateur astronomers can contribute to real science, removing the boundaries between professional and amateur astronomers, and also Finding supernovae (violently exploding stars)
This episode it is Jeni and Dustin talking about their experiences of the Great American Eclipse!
This month excitement builds for the predicted Nova outburst in Corona Borealis as well as looking forward to China launching a sample return mission to the far side of the Moon.
If you’ve never been to the southern hemisphere, you might not be aware that the moon and the constellations appear upside down!In this episode we’ll show you how that appears, why, and how that proves the Earth isn’t flat - as if any more proof were needed!
This month Dr Jen is off to the US for the Solar Eclipse while Paul is just back from Goonhilly Earth Station. We chat about the imminent demise of the Chandra Space Telescope, more news on the Hubble tension, and of course the Great North American Eclipse.
Today Awesome Astronomy talked to Dr. Helen Sharman, Britain's First astronaut and the first woman to visit the Russian Mir Space Station in 1991.
This month @AwesomeAstroPod investigate sub surface oceans on the moons of the solar system, smoking stars, distant blackholes, oversized structures and of course tippy over lunar landers.
This month Dr Jen talks to Dr Phil! Dr Phil Metzger about how rocket efflux interacts with soil and what this will mean for future landings on the Moon and Mars...
This month @AwesomeAstroPod discuss about ESA new mission for the 20230s and the usual skyguide. So prepare your instrument for the night sky.
Today Awesome Astronomy takes us on a voyage of discovery to understand how the Sun (and all the stars) work and how we discovered this.
Lets explore the the first proof connecting supernovae to black holes and neutron stars, cyclones on a far-away world, dazzling images of Io, and the true color of Neptune.
Festive silliness (bit naughty!) a review of the space and astronomy year and a look ahead to what 2024 has in store for us. Not forgetting the outtakes!
It's time for @AwesomeAstroPod December skyguide! Also we have discussion about what might have happened to the Planet Theia after it hit the Earth, what Lucy saw on its first asteroid encounter, the mystery of a new double crater on the Moon and what the first images from the Elucid telescope show.
We think we're really smart now we have computers, cryptocurrencies, video games and spaceships. But we're no smarter than our cave-dwelling ancestors. They were just as intelligent!
This month @AwesomeAstroPod has astronomy cruise holiday and news about new type of star, mud on Mars and JWST breaking cosmology once again. Also this month skyguide!
With over 5,000 planets that we've already discovered - and probably billions out there in our galaxy alone - there are some weird and wonderful planets to explore. More with @AwesomeAstroPod
Join @AwesomeAstroPod today for the Tale of Two Telescopes, exploring NASA’s new flagship James Webb Space Telescope, and ESA’s pioneering Euclid, set to uncover the Dark Universe. Enjoy!
Today on #365DaysOfAstro, @AwesomeAstroPo talk to Dr Becky on how to grow a supermassive black hole – and it’s not as easy as you think! Always picture a black hole as a gigantic hoover, sucking up everything that dares to stray too close? Think again…
This month @AwesomeAstroPod have stories ESA new space telescope, Chandrayaan-3, and skyguide for your August observation.
A look back at the greatest distance any human has ever been from Earth!From spacewalks to moon landings, how far have humans ever travelled? And what about space probes?More with @AwesomeAstroPod at #365DaysOfAstro
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 Rubin Observatory astronomer as well as a skyguide and an astronomy news round up.
@AwesomeAstroPOd chat to Dr Kathy Thornton, nuclear physicist turned NASA astronaut who went on to fly on four Space Shuttle missions about her life as an astronaut, the Hubble fix and that fateful day in mission-control on Columbia's last re-entry.
The biggest question of them all...why the Universe exists? Find the answers along with other questions on today's @AwesomeAstroPod at #365DaysOfAstro
Time for June @AwesomeAstroPod as Jenny & Paul discuss about the recent supernova in galaxy M101, volcanic exoplanets, and also June Skyguide!
Taking a look at how over the last 40 years we went from only knowing of the handful of planets in our solar system to knowing of around 5,000 planets littering the galaxy.
To mark the Skylab 50th anniversary here is @AwesomeAstroPod chat from 2012 where we caught up with Skylab 3 and STS-3 astronaut, Jack Lousma
Today @AwesomeAstroPod look at what makes the moon shine, why the moon looks different every night and how objects from dust and asteroids to stars and galaxies either reflect or emit their own light.
This month Awesome 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 been oxygen rich.
Are we alone in the cosmos? Do aliens exist? How are we looking for them? And how long will it be before we know for sure? Well, we're searching every corner of space for alien microbes or signals from ET.
Jeni visits Space Forge and talk to CEO Joshua Western about that fateful launch from Cornwall on Virgin's Cosmic Girl & an update on their mission to build reusable satellites to manufacture materials.
How far away do you think the Moon is? It looks deceptively large and close in the sky.But here we'll show you what will happen to the Moon, how far away it is and how we know with such accuracy.
Today @AwesomeAstroPod discuss about exoplanet atmosphere, 'Oumuamua, and April SkyGuide for you.
Why Does the Earth Spin? We'll tell you straight away without having to hang around until the end of the video. That's our USP!
Today's @AwesomeAstroPod interview Professor Robert Walsh who with artist Alex Rinsler has created a giant representation of the Sun as an outreach and art project that uses the data of the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
What will happen to Betelgeuse? How bright will it get? When will it go supernova? Will we get to see it? How do we predict supernovas?
Today's @AwesomeAstroPod talks about latest JWST findings that may have broken cosmology and changed everything we thought we knew about the history of the universe. Also March Sky Guide!
Jeni talks to the legendary discoverer of pulsars, champion of women in science and Oxford University astronomer about her astronomy career, inspirations, motivations and key discoveries. A very special interview with one of modern astronomy’s greats!
What is an atmosphere? How and why do they form? What are they made of? Why are they so different? Do all planets have atmospheres? Do asteroids and dwarf planets? Is the sun a giant atmosphere?
It's time for news and February sky guide with @AwesomeAstroPod. This month we have 3 rocky water worlds found by the Kepler Space Telescope, and Does the James Webb Space Telescope have to take calibration frames like we do from Earth?
If you’ve never been to the southern hemisphere or the northern hemisphere, you might not be aware that the moon and the constellations appear upside down!
This week, @AwesomeAstroPod team bringing back the much-missed Awesome Astronomy interviews with a bang, we’re joined by friend of the show Chris Lee.
We take a look at the reasons why there are no human footprints on the surface of Mars. SpaceX have also had plans of their own to get to the Red Planet.
Happy New Year! It's time for news round-up and sky guide with @AwesomeAstroPod. We have leak on the ISS, the end of Mars lander, a new way to look for aliens, and how did dust form the expanding halo observed around the GRB source?
Today's Christmas Pantomime sees the Awesome Astronomy crew exploring strange new worlds on the Astronomy Star Ship (ASS) Penetrator. And of course a roundup of the best astronomy and space exploration news from 2022
Traveling to Mars is dangerous. Landing on Mars is dangerous. Staying on Mars is dangerous. Lifting off from Mars is dangerous. And returning from Mars is dangerous. So how long people will survive on Mars?
December skyguide and news with @AwesomeAstroPod. We JWST image of exoplanet atmosphere, ESA astronaut recruitment, Artemis 1, and more stories. Also Does the x-ray end of the electromagnetic spectrum have Fraunhofer lines like the visual part?
A simple explanation of the size of the universe, how the universe grew so big and how big it will get.
Why spiral galaxies seem to line up from our perspective? What's the origin story about Saturn's ring? Also the discovery of Hipparchus’ star charts in early Christian parchments and this month skyguide. More with @AwesomeAstroPod
Why Does the Sun Continue to Shine? Today @AwesomeAstroPod take a look at what stars are (and our Sun is just a star), how they are born, their chaotic lives and violent deaths.
Today on #365DaysOfAstro, @AwesomeAstroPod discuss about The Rendlesham Forest Incident when Two US airmen witness what they believe is an aircraft coming down in the forest next to their base.
Join us today for October sky with @AwesomeAstroPod and discussion about where space begins, JWST, the worth of Artemis and how the infamous Elephant Trunk nebulae incident happened.
Quick guide to the astronomy events to observe over the next few months. Farewell Frank Drake, Artemis 1 delays, and monthly round up with @AwesomeAstroPod
Dr. Jen covers all the different types of galaxies! Find out what makes a galaxy, how they form, how they die and how we know what our galaxy looks like when we can't leave it to look back on it.
Created by French astronomer Charles Messier in the 18th Century to help him find more comets, this catalogue is the most helpful list of the brightest and easiest to find galaxies, star clusters, nebulae and even starts with an SNR, a supernova remnant. This makes it the catalogue of objects for anyone with their first telescope or pair of binoculars.
Time for space exploration news with @AwesomeAstroPod. We have Perseids meteor shower, NASA going back to the Moon, news from ISS. Also what would we like to see happen to the ISS instead of being deorbited? More at #365DaysOfAstro
Today Awesome Astronomy will taking a look at the colour of stars and why stars appear the colours they do. Also how the mass of a star is related to its temperature, what happens to expanding dying stars and why we don't see any green or purple stars.
August news round-up with @AwesomeAstroPod. Also august skyguide. This week we have Jupiter's ring, triple star system with a violent past, fossil galaxy, & life on Mars.
How big is the Sun? How do we know? How does it compare to the planets in our solar system and other stars in the galaxy? What's the fate of the Sun?
It's time for space news explorations shows with @AwesomeAstroPod. Today discussions will include heatwave, JWST, Starship launch, Artemis 1, international cooperation in space, and more at #365DaysOfAstro
Time for news roundup with @awesomeastropod as well as July sky guide. This episode we have cultural names for Ursa Major, planetary alignment, Mars Storm, Gaia data release and more.
Time for June Space Exploration show with @AwesomeAstroPod. This month we have China’s Tiangong space station, Artemis 1, France joins Artemis Accord, moon suit development. Also how many people can you get on the ISS?
Time for your June sky guide and news round up with @AwesomeAstroPod. This month we have A companion star that survived a supernova, dark matter stripped away in galaxies, and of course the image of Sagittarius A*.
Happy 10th anniversary @AwesomeAstroPod! Listen to behind the scene of the show, space news about Space Forge, JWST updates, UK space energy initiative. Also inspiring children to think about careers in science. More at #365DaysOfAstro
Time for @AwesomeAstroPod news round-up and skyguide. We have JWST, new type of nebula, detecting life in Europa, exoplanet around dead star, galaxy with no dark matter and more. #365DaysOfAstro
Space Exploration news with @AwesomeAstroPod will take you to SpaceX Starlink launch, JWST first image, NASA's moon rocket testing, affects of the war, Axion-1 mission, and Dark Nebulas.
Time for newsroundup and skyguide with @AwesomeAstroPod. The team discuss about JWST performance, a milestone of 5000 exoplanet, carbon impact of running large observatories, impossible supermassive blackhole orbit. More at #365DaysOfAstro
Time for messier marathon, and @awesomeastropod space exploration news. This episode, we have ESA's demonstrator for extracting oxygen from the lunar surface, countdown to the death of NASA's Mars Insight lander, future for ExoMars and ISS. And many more.
News round up with @AwesomeAstroPod. This week the team talk about stargazing & post covid travel as well as, new planet in Proxima Centauri, quasars, blazars, free floating planet, and mini neptune.
Today @AwesomeAstroPod epace exploration shows talk about Britain’s spaceports hit regulatory purgatory, China’s plans for space station completion, comet and asteroid missions, and unknown heroines of space & astronomy for International Women in Science Day. More issues on today Awesome Astronomy
What to observe in February? Listen to @awesomeastropod #skyguide and news round up today at #365DaysOfAstro. The team will cover Venus sample return mission, big far away star with very big planet, another ocean moon in Saturn and many more.
A professional and amateur astronomer take a look at the Netflix movie, Don't Look Up. How realistic is it? Could a comet destroy Earth? Would we spot one? Could we defend Earth from a catastrophe? Could you harvest a comet's minerals?
Time for space exploration show with @AwesomeAstronoPod. Today discussion will cover JWST, astronomy in LEGO, space traffic control, Chinese space programme, SpaceX troubled, ISS extension and more at #365DaysOfAstro
Let's start 2022 with news round up. @AwesomeAstroPod will discuss about water on Mars, life in Venus, image from supermassive blackhole region, rogue planet, & JWST.
Time for 2021 highlight with @AwesomeAstroPod. Starting with 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 astronomy and space exploration highlights of 2021.
What do you think about colonising galaxy? Check it out at @AwesomeAstroPod space exploration session. Today's news will cover recreating Mars in Antarctica, future space tourist, ways to capture space debris, and more topic.
It's December! Time to catch geminid meteor showers. More with @AwesomeAstroPod skyguide and news round up at #365DaysOfAstro
This week @AwesomeAstroPod will discuss about the results of Astro2020, NASA Moon program, SpaceX 3rd crew launched, and plans to build 2 space station before 2030.
Let's check this month skyguide and news update with @AwesomeAstroPod. Today's news includes: Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, crazy exoplanets orbits, red and dead galaxies, alien radio signals, and the 1st exoplanet in another galaxy
Today Space Exploration Show with @AwesomeAstroPod will discuss about Lucy mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, JWST launch on December and many more. All at #365DaysOfAstro