#90 - December 2019 Part 1

#90 - December 2019 Part 1

The Discussion: A look at the BBC's new Martian invasion documentary, The War of the Worlds; the recent transit of Mercury; Celestron's new phone adapter; Jen's upcoming talks in Wales, an update on Jen's research paper, a new research project and a debate over the start and end of a decade. Then we take a look at a couple of listeners' emails.

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

  • Water vapour geysers on Europa
  • Ultima Thule loses its Nazi moniker
  • Locating the stellar remnant from the closest supernova to Earth
  • Are Axions dark matter particles? (no)
  • And a round up of spaceflight news from NASA, ESA, India, New Zealand & UK

The Sky Guide: Covering the solar system and deep sky objects on offer to amateur astronomers in December:

  • Jen: A round up of the planets available to northern hemisphere observers in December, and a look at the Pleiades in Taurus.
  • Paul: The best meteor shower of the year and naked eye visible open cluster Messier 35.

The Debate: A look back at the debates and votes over the past year with your result for The Best Space Mission of All Time.

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(373)

An American Astronomer in Cwmdu

An American Astronomer in Cwmdu

It's AstroCamp time again and this time we reveal the dark matter of Awesome Astronomy as Dustin joins us in darkest Welsh Wales. An episode recorded in front of a live AstroCamp audience. Produced by...

21 Sep 57min

Holy Flipping Galaxies Batman!

Holy Flipping Galaxies Batman!

So it turns the Milkyway may have done a back flip...news about the Swift telescope, NASA raiding its bare cupboards, and a super fast star. Also our usual skyguide and wittering. Ohnand a song. You w...

1 Sep 57min

The Eclipse and the Perseids

The Eclipse and the Perseids

Join Paul in his Astronomy lair as he live sketches the Eclipse, chats to neighbours and talks Astronomy news while spotting Perseid meteors. Produced by Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin

15 Aug 45min

Jodrell Bank Murder Club

Jodrell Bank Murder Club

Angry episode where Paul and Jeni have their blood boiled by the decision to defund Jodrell Bank Observatory and the plans to launch over a million satellites. Produced by Paul, Jeni, Dustin, Damien, ...

2 Aug 1h 11min

Eclipse Girl Summer

Eclipse Girl Summer

Summer is here, so is the heat and so is the Eclipse! Chat, tips and hints about August's Eclipse and the Perseid meteor shower, as well as summer vibes, emails and Jeni dressing up as Max Wall Produc...

24 Jul 1h 8min

When Cosmologists get spicy

When Cosmologists get spicy

This month it appears cosmology is saved, Swift maybe saved and exoplanets have their magnetosphere measured. Jeni has been in the States where she may have been turned into an android visiting Silico...

1 Jul 1h

The Secret History of a Space Mission

The Secret History of a Space Mission

The idea that sparked a billion-dollar space telescope was recorded in the most unlikely of places: a scrap of paper fished out a pocket while gondolas sailed by in Venice. In this talk, award-winning...

19 Jun 1h 10min

Objects in the Golden Mirror may be Closer

Objects in the Golden Mirror may be Closer

This month a bit of a JWST fest with news about the cosmic Web (Webb?! ) and those little red dots the seem to be breaking cosmology. There is also our normal skyguide and moon guide. Produced by Paul...

1 Jun 51min

Populært innen Vitenskap

fastlegen
tingenes-tilstand
romkapsel
jss
liberal-halvtime
rss-nysgjerrige-norge
rekommandert
forskningno
villmarksliv
smart-forklart
rss-paradigmepodden
fjellsportpodden
sinnsyn
nordnorsk-historie
grunnstoffene
rss-rekommandert
nevropodden
vett-og-vitenskap-med-gaute-einevoll
rss-overskuddsliv
tomprat-med-gunnar-tjomlid