#106 - April 2021 Part 1
AWESOME ASTRONOMY31 Maalis 2021

#106 - April 2021 Part 1

The Discussion:

  • Jen finally becomes Dr Jen – bow down pitiful Earthlings!
  • Binocular astronomy
  • Get the book Vera Rubin - A Life by Jacqueline and Simon Mitton with 25% off by emailing cs-books@wiley.com, and quoting the discount code H0350 (mentioning Awesome Astronomy probably wouldn't go amiss too)
  • Emails from listeners correcting a possible error and posing a teasing question about US refractors.

The News: Rounding up the astronomy news in February, we have:

  • UCL researchers unravel the mystery of the Antikythera mechanism
  • The Event Horizon Telescope improves the image of a supermassive black hole by revealing its magnetic fields
  • Confirming the existence of the furthest major solar system object
  • An exoplanet that lost its atmosphere and then gained another one!

Main News story: CERN's LHC spots a quirky quark that hints at a big anomaly in the Standard Model of Physics

The Sky Guide: This month we're taking a look at the constellation of Coma Bereneces with a guide to its history, how to find it, a couple of deep sky objects and a round-up of the solar system views on offer in April.

Q&A: You mentioned recently that a comet was a long period comet? What does this mean? How do we know if a comet is a long period comet? From our good friend Arliss Evans in Texas, USA.

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#113 - November 2021 Part 1

#113 - November 2021 Part 1

The Discussion: A bonanza of radio interviews Jeni's guide to the darkest and best places to stargaze in the UK A trip to the satellite company Space Forge. Emails about radio interviews and the firs...

1 Marras 20211h 13min

#112 - October 2021 Part 2

#112 - October 2021 Part 2

The Discussion: Tales from a dark sky weekend Jen appearing on the Cosmic Companion and at the Open University Space Society Emails on space tourism and from a US state penitentiary The News: NASA...

14 Loka 20211h 10min

#112 - October 2021 Part 1

#112 - October 2021 Part 1

The Discussion: Murder on a submarine Jeni's exoplanet talk for the Open University Space Society - available here on YouTube An email from Eastern Europe prompting a discussion on future energy harv...

1 Loka 20211h 11min

#111 - September 2021 Part 2

#111 - September 2021 Part 2

The Discussion: Our practical astronomy gathering is back – join us in Wales on 2-5th October Jen is contributing to Andy Oppenheimer's book Stars of Orion Submit your support for Lego to create a c...

15 Syys 20211h 7min

#111 - September 2021 Part 1

#111 - September 2021 Part 1

The Discussion: Jeni Nearly joined a cult Farewell to Carolyn Shoemaker The Room of Doom at Redditch Astronomical Society The new updated Sky Guide app (that Jen works on) Listeners' emails on how an...

1 Syys 20211h 5min

Podcast Extra – The Twinkle Space Mission

Podcast Extra – The Twinkle Space Mission

This podcast extra is all about our favourite topic of them all, exoplanets. Thanks to our good friends Ian and Billy, we'll be taking a look at the very exciting upcoming low-Earth orbit space missio...

20 Elo 202130min

#110 - August 2021 Part 2

#110 - August 2021 Part 2

The Discussion: Presenting on the BBC The importance of dust to astronomy The News: A round up of current Mars exploration from Perseverance, Ingenuity, Hope & Zhurong. The mystery of the disappe...

15 Elo 20211h 13min

#110 - August 2021 Part 1

#110 - August 2021 Part 1

The Discussion: Star Wars marathon Observing the ISS & the Nauka Module NAM 2021 Amateur recreation of the Antikythera Mechanism Spectrum analysing the new audio anomaly The News: Rounding up the ...

1 Elo 20211h 6min

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