AWESOME ASTRONOMY

What to look out, and up, for in June. Jeni returns from astronomy research in South Africa so the gang's back together to pick their highlights for this month's skies; starting with the planets on ...

28 Maj 20179min

This podcast extra episode comes from this year's Big Bang Fair and Jeni & Paul grabbed an interview with a Gaia mission data scientist to talk data and the efforts taken in the less-glamorous, but ab...

11 Maj 20177min

The Discussion: Jeni's missing this month as she collects transiting exoplanet data in South Africa using the SIRIUS camera on the Japanese 1.4 metre Infrared Survey Facility telescope. So Paul & Ra...

1 Maj 201751min

Download Episode! What to look out, and up, for in May. Jeni's abandoned us this month in favour of research-grade instrumentation so only Paul and Ralph pick their highlights for this month's skie...

27 Apr 20176min

A teaser for the weekend stargazing under the über dark skies of the Brecon Beacons International Dark Sky Reserve at this spring's AstroCamp. We'll take you through the events and activities which ...

17 Apr 201723min

The Discussion: Paul and Jen packed out the Star Stage at this year's Big Bang Fair in Birmingham as Sirius Astronomy ran experiments to explain how rockets and space suits work and how space capsules...

1 Apr 20171h 27min

What to look out, and up, for in April. Our highlights of this month's skies with the planets on offer to observers and imagers: A pair of comets to observe with amateur telescopes or binoculars ...

29 Mars 201711min

Following a recent NASA press conference – a regular event that fills us with dread as we anticipate an anticlimax – this time NASA really get us excited with the announcement of seven rocky Earth siz...

12 Mars 201737min