Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 14 to 20 November 2022
The Leonid meteor shower returns and the moon Callisto brushes past Jupiter in this week's stargazing guide. Transcript Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about y...
13 Nov 202216min
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 7 to 13 November 2022
The Moon glides past Uranus, the Pleiades and Castor & Pollux in this week's stargazing guide. Transcript Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices...
7 Nov 202214min
Amazing cosmic facts
Astrophysicist Dr Jillian Scudder reveals some of the most mind-blowing facts about the universe, including why the Milky Way smells of raspberries, how the Moon has a whiff of gunpowder, what happens...
4 Nov 202243min
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 31 October to 6 November2022
In this week's stargazing guide: catch Saturn, Vesta and the Moon together, watch out for Jupiter on Bonfire Night. Transcript Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more ...
30 Okt 202215min
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 24 to 30 October 2022
A partial solar eclipse and a Mars going into retrograde in this weekly stargazing guide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...
27 Okt 202212min
Piecing together the history of the Universe
How much do astronomers know about the evolution of the cosmos? Prof Nial Tanvir from the University of Leicester talks about the early Universe, the formation of the first stars and galaxies, redshif...
23 Okt 202225min
Webb Telescope and the secrets of the Solar System
We spoke to University of Leicester planetary scientist Prof Leigh Fletcher about the James Webb Space Telescope, why it observes in infrared, what it has revealed about the planets of the Solar Syste...
20 Okt 202223min
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 17 to 23 October 2022
The Orionids meteor shower peaks this week, and Mercury passes by the binary star Porrima in our weekly stargazing guide. Transcript Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn...
16 Okt 202213min
