Under The Stars

Find out all about the twinkly star Sirius and why it is associated with dogs and Harry Potter in this fortnight’s episode. Join your host Becky as she delves deeper into the mythology of this star. U...

20 Mar 20226min

This episode join Becky as she takes us nearly 1500ly away to a distant nebula to look at some baby stars that are in the classic constellation of Orion. If you have a pair of binoculars you may like ...

6 Mar 20226min

This episode of Under The Stars Shorts, host Becky looks at our classic summer constellation of Orion. Find out how you can be a citizen scientist and how Orion can help understand how dark our skies ...

20 Feb 20226min

This week on Under The Stars Shorts, Becky talks about our nearest star, the Sun! We may take it for granted occasionally but hopefully over summer we will see it a bit more frequently than the last m...

5 Feb 20225min

Season 2 starts next weekend, get ready for the night sky with this Omnibus edition of Season 1. UTS Shorts are a series of quick listens full of information about things you can see in the night sky ...

29 Jan 202239min

Season one of Under The Stars #Shorts has come to an end as we hit the summer break, we'll be back in 2022 but until then sit back and listen to our first ever podcast.

19 Des 20213min

The largest planet and the one that shook our knowledge of the Solar System in the 1600’s. Becky talks about the planet Jupiter. Learn how it changed how we thought about our place in Space and where ...

4 Des 20215min

Did you see the partial lunar eclipse this week and want to know more? Sometimes ignored, taken for granted, but vital to our life and environment here on Earth, this week we look at our Moon. Grab a ...

21 Nov 20215min