#59 - May 2017
AWESOME ASTRONOMY1 Touko 2017

#59 - May 2017

The Discussion: Jeni's missing this month as she collects transiting exoplanet data in South Africa using the SIRIUS camera on the Japanese 1.4 metre Infrared Survey Facility telescope.

So Paul & Ralph take the helm and record from the AstroCamp starparty in the Welsh Brecon Beacons, discussing light pollution, the wonder of starparties and take a look at the countries which only have a solitary Awesome Astronomy downloader.

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

  • Astronomers use gravitational lensing to calculate intergalactic distances
  • The Event Horizon Telescope gathers its data for an image of our supermassive black hole
  • Space X demonstrates the first relaunch of previously used rocket
  • Cassini begins its swan song in glorious style

The Interview: This month we speak to Dr Dave Abergel at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics to discuss the merit (or otherwise) of the recent creation of a substance with negative mass.

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 take a look at radio telescopes:

I'd like to know how a radio telescope comes up with an image Samuel Wertz, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Lancing Galaxies and Angry Emails

Lancing Galaxies and Angry Emails

This month we have Galactic sized lancing battles, Jupiter twice its size, Wales entering the space race and we have emails! Oh we have emails!

4 Kesä 20251h 11min

Lancing Galaxies and Angry Emails

Lancing Galaxies and Angry Emails

This month we have Galactic sized lancing battles, Jupiter twice its size, Wales entering the space race and we have emails! Oh we have emails!

4 Kesä 20251h 11min

Lancing Galaxies and Angry Emails

Lancing Galaxies and Angry Emails

This month we have Galactic sized lancing battles, Jupiter twice its size, Wales entering the space race and we have emails! Oh we have emails!

1 Kesä 20251h 11min

AstroCamp Spring 2025!

AstroCamp Spring 2025!

We come at you with all the fun of AstroCamp in Welsh Wales. Chat, debate and birdsong! Produced by Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin

7 Touko 20251h 22min

Has NASA been Trumped?

Has NASA been Trumped?

We try to keep it upbeat this month with tales of blackholes, definitions of moons, and solar system science but unfortunately the fate of NASA and American science currently hangs in the balance... P...

1 Huhti 20251h 10min

Paranal Problems: Light Pollution at the VLT

Paranal Problems: Light Pollution at the VLT

It looks as though the European Southern Observatory is caught in an American light pollution pincer...starlink above and now the threat of an American industrial complex as a neighbour. Is this the e...

2 Maalis 20251h 6min

Asteroid Doom and Gaia Gloom

Asteroid Doom and Gaia Gloom

The world veers towards madness, asteroids threaten destruction and Gaia is no more. But the planets are putting on a show and Pluto is 95, so that's alright... Produced by Ralph, Paul, Jen, John, Dam...

11 Helmi 202558min

Venus. Twined with Milton Keynes

Venus. Twined with Milton Keynes

Happy New Year! This month we talk about an new climate history for Venus, a new origin story for Mars' moons and we chat about the new potential head of NASA... Produced by Ralph, Paul, Jen, John, ...

4 Tammi 202539min

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