#25 - July 2014
AWESOME ASTRONOMY1 Heinä 2014

#25 - July 2014

The Discussion: Looking back over Sirius Astronomy outreach events in June, a bit of a rant over peer-review and science by press conference and our own pathetic attempts to get awarded a Nobel Prize or two.

The News: Modelling of Pluto's moon Charon ahead of the flyby of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft next year, aerobraking an orbiter through Venus' upper atmosphere and radio imaging a Near Earth Asteroid.

The 5 Minute Concept: How comets are far from the traditional portents of doom and may well be the harbingers of life.

The Interview: Beginning a regular series of interviews with Dr Joe Liske about each of the key facilities in the European Southern Observatory's arsenal, starting with the 3.6 meter telescope.

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 Ralph & Paul answer:

  • Hey you mad martians, I have a question for the podcast. When we look at other galaxies we can clearly see the glowing bulge at their centres. Why is it when we look up at the milky way we don't see one. Thanks for all your efforts? Lee Garner from Norwich, UK via Facebook .
  • Should the BICEP2 team have made their announcement pre-peer review? Mark Cullen (@Mokwepa) from the Buckinghamshire, UK via Twitter .

And we finish with a competition to win a DVD copy of the new film Gagarin – First in Space

Jaksot(362)

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

Suosittua kategoriassa Tiede

rss-mita-tulisi-tietaa
tiedekulma-podcast
rss-duodecim-lehti
mielipaivakirja
rss-poliisin-mieli
rss-kasvikutsut
utelias-mieli
docemilia
hippokrateen-vastaanotolla
rss-bios-podcast
rss-ranskaa-raakana
rss-kasvatuspsykologiaa-kaikille
rss-ammamafia
rss-astetta-parempi-elama-podcast
rss-tiedetta-vai-tarinaa
rss-tervetta-skeptisyytta