#106 - April 2021 Part 1

#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 2

#113 - November 2021 Part 2

The Discussion: Jen as a space expert on BBC1's Breakfast show AweAst on YouTube is coming! Head over and help us out by subscribing here. An email on the less than stellar working conditions at Blue...

15 Nov 20211h 15min

#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 Nov 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Aug 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 Aug 20211h 13min

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