#54 - December 2016
AWESOME ASTRONOMY1 Joulu 2016

#54 - December 2016

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 been hosting events with British astronaut Tim Peake.

The News: Rounding up the space and astronomy news this month we have:

  • An update on Blue Origin's spaceflight ambitions
  • More on Shiaparelli and Exomars part 1
  • A NASA Director's worries about science in a Trump administration
  • An Ocean like the Dead Sea under Pluto's ice sheets
  • The roundest object in space
  • Could dark energy actually be an emergent property of entropy?
  • The dinosaur-killing asteroid may have turned planet Earth inside out

The Hat of Woo: Delving into the rank and putrid world of conspiracy theories to debunk the nonsense that lies within. This month Paul pulls Project Pegasus out of his fetid hat where a young President Obama was part of a team of juveniles used in the 1980s to teleport to Mars and into the past. No, really!

Q&A: Listeners' questions via email, Facebook & Twitter take us on a journey into the astronomy issues that have always plagued our understanding or stretched our credulity. This month we go back to Tycho Brahe:

What is a plain regular (non-super) nova? Doug, @DesRon94, Detroit Michigan

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Rendlesham Forest Incident

Rendlesham Forest Incident

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 R...

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#124 - October 2022 Part 1

#124 - October 2022 Part 1

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.... ...

1 Loka 20221h 9min

#123 - September 2022 Part 2

#123 - September 2022 Part 2

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 a...

13 Syys 20221h 12min

#123 - September 2022 Part 1

#123 - September 2022 Part 1

Hear ye! Hear ye! 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 A...

1 Syys 20223min

#122 - August 2022 Part 2

#122 - August 2022 Part 2

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 debr...

15 Elo 202256min

#122 - August 2022 Part 1

#122 - August 2022 Part 1

The Discussion: 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 JW...

1 Elo 20221h 19min

#121 - July 2022 Part 2

#121 - July 2022 Part 2

The Discussion: Another heatwave in the UK Dr Jen on TV covering the latest JWST news The Orville on Disney+ Night Sky on Amazon Prime The News: Preparations for the launch of Starship and an u...

15 Heinä 20221h 2min

#121 - July 2022 Part 1

#121 - July 2022 Part 1

The Discussion: 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 The...

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