#15 - September 2013

#15 - September 2013

A daytime lunar occultation and a favourable libration of the moon, the ice giants and a round-up of all the planets on view and the deep sky treats in Cassiopeia and Andromeda in our September sky guide.

A bright nova in Delphini, declassification of Area 51 plans, an update on Kepler, Juno and the Mars Science Laboratory, Voyager 1 leaving the solar system (maybe!), and new science from ESO's ALMA array.

Nucleosynthesis and the life of stars explained in Paul's 5 Minute Concept.An interview on solar dynamics and the upcoming solar maximum with Dr Todd Hoeksema of Stanford University's Wilcox Solar Observatory, and in Q&A we answer listeners' questions on the moon's atmosphere and Han Solo's Kessel Run.

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Britain's First Astronaut

Britain's First Astronaut

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Wet Moons and Tippy landers

Wet Moons and Tippy landers

This month our intrepid crew of the good ship Awesome investigate sub surface oceans on the moons of the solar system, smoking stars, distant blackholes, oversized structures and of course tippy over ...

1 Maalis 20241h 2min

Blasting Soil - Interview with Dr Phil Metzger

Blasting Soil - Interview with Dr Phil Metzger

This month Dr Jen talks to Dr Phil! Dr Phil Metzger, 30 years at NASA where he has worked on various missions and programmes including the ISS snd Space Shuttle, while more recently he has been invest...

17 Helmi 202453min

Awesome Astronomy Episode #140

Awesome Astronomy Episode #140

This month we explore the exciting announcements from the European Space Agency as they outline their new missions for the 2030s. LISA, a space based gravitational wave detector and EnVision, a Venus ...

2 Helmi 20241h 9min

#139 Awesome Astronomy January 2024

#139 Awesome Astronomy January 2024

This episode, it's Jen and a special guest exploring the inexplicable Big Ring, the first proof connecting supernovae to black holes and neutron stars, cyclones on a far-away world, dazzling images of...

15 Tammi 20241h 13min

Awesome Astronomy Panto and Review of the Year 2023!

Awesome Astronomy Panto and Review of the Year 2023!

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 outakes!

26 Joulu 20231h 9min

#138 Awesome Astronomy December 2023 Pt1

#138 Awesome Astronomy December 2023 Pt1

This month we explore 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 fi...

1 Joulu 20231h 15min

Astronomy Mythology of Wales

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This month Jeni talks to Paul. No not our Paul Paul Cornish, planetarium and science outreach extraordinaire at Bristols We the Curious. They chat about one of our favourite topics on Awesome, conste...

19 Marras 202345min

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