AWESOME ASTRONOMY

The Discussion: In our first invasion of 2016 we discuss Paul's work promoting British astronaut Tim Peake's stay on the International Space Station and his visit to Parliament; Jen's ongoing work in ...

1 Jan 20161h 7min

What to look out, and up, for in January. For the beginners and young astronomers this month we take a look at the magnificent winter constellation of Orion with the belt and sword bordered by four ...

30 Dec 20159min

This pantomime episode contains some mild bad language and puerile humour Join us for our yearly round up of our favourite stories & events from 2015 and discuss the most exciting space missions and...

25 Dec 201541min

The Discussion: In this Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy contrived episode we look back over the movie The Martian, meeting Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, we gloss over the Bayesian statistics in ...

1 Dec 20151h 25min

For the beginners this month we take a look at the constellation of Gemini with bright star Castor providing a nice easy double star to split with a telescope. We move over to the feet of the Gemini t...

28 Nov 20157min

During this spring's AstroCamp event, hosted by the Awesome Astronomy podcast team, our new presenter, Jeni Millard, gave another of her inspiring talks. We were treated to a history of the much neg...

14 Nov 201552min

The Discussion: We welcome astrophysicist Jeni Millard from Cardiff University onto the show as our new co-presenter! We discuss the astronomy lessons, tuition and events we've been involved with over...

1 Nov 20151h 19min

What to look out, and up, for in November. This month we tour a few simple objects that you can show to a child and spark their interest in the night skies. In our beginners' guide, Ursa Major sho...

28 Okt 20157min