#106 - April 2021 Part 1
AWESOME ASTRONOMY31 Mars 2021

#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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#117 - March 2022 Part 1

#117 - March 2022 Part 1

The Discussion: Stargazing & post-covid travel A lovely email from our good friend @SsonnyY The joys of being an astronomy beginner Pioneer 10's 50th anniversary The News: Rounding up the astronom...

1 Mars 202254min

#116 - February 2022 Part 2

#116 - February 2022 Part 2

The Discussion: Techniquest in Cardiff Bay Our Good friend Dylan O'Donnell at Star Stuff A listener's email on the naming of spacecraft, prompting a debate on history, cultures and tearing down statu...

15 Feb 20221h 4min

#116 - February 2022 Part 1

#116 - February 2022 Part 1

The Discussion: AstroCamp returns for listeners to observe with us 2-5th April. Book tickets here. Listeners' emails on: A Venus sample return mission Why our website is so poor L The News: ...

1 Feb 202256min

#115 - January 2021 Part 2

#115 - January 2021 Part 2

The Discussion: Astronomy in Lego Jeni on the BBC Listeners emails on space traffic control and the Chinese space programme The News: SpaceX's troubled start to 2022 New York Times reports sexu...

15 Jan 202259min

#115 - January 2022 Part 1

#115 - January 2022 Part 1

The Discussion: Astronomy Christmas presents Listener's email about the value of early human space endeavours Listener's email about the marvelousness of Musk The News: Rounding up the astronomy n...

2 Jan 20221h 6min

2021 Xmas Special

2021 Xmas Special

We defer our usual Xmas frivolity to go to NASA's coverage of Elon Musk's Penetrating Explorer Neo Insertion System rocket delivering NASA's Advanced Solar System probe to Uranus and look back at the ...

23 Dec 202154min

#114 - December 2021 Part 2

#114 - December 2021 Part 2

The Discussion: Jen becomes the Managing Editor of the Sky Guide app and talks hazardous asteroids on BBC1's Breakfast show Observing Comet Leonard Listeners emails on colonising the galaxy and killi...

15 Dec 20211h 9min

#114 - December 2021 Part 1

#114 - December 2021 Part 1

The Discussion: Sex with aliens (sorry) Jen's reveals the secrets of TV trickery AweAst now has videos! Head over to YouTube Emails about our new YouTube channel & aliens watching us The News: Rou...

1 Dec 20211h 18min

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