AWESOME ASTRONOMY

The Discussion: Looking back over Sirius Astronomy outreach events in June, a bit of a rant over peer-review and science by press conference and our own pathetic attempts to get awarded a Nobel Prize ...

1 Juli 201452min

What to look out, and up, for in July. We start with the beautiful summer constellation of Cygnus in our beginners' and young observers' guide. Next up is Mercury, Venus, Mars & Saturn and some lo...

27 Juni 20149min

This month we're outside recording under red light as we bag the latest meteor shower to grace planet Earth - the Camelopardalids. We start with reminisces about our April AstroCamp star party, radi...

1 Juni 20141h

What to look out, and up, for in June. We start with the constellation of Lyra in our beginners' and young observers' guide, and end it with a few deep sky challenges for you to hunt down. Next up...

27 Maj 20147min

The Discussion: Astronomy in the late 18th Century and the increased sense of hope we, as amateur astronomers, get from the work of early astronomical observations. The Field Report: This month we r...

1 Maj 20141h 2min

What to look out, and up, for in May. We start with the constellation of Hercules in our beginner's and young observer's guide. Next up is the moon and our round up of the craters and interesting ...

28 Apr 201410min

Download Episode! A podcast extra episode to get you in the mood for the biannual dark sky weekend run by the podcast crew. We have the BBC's Sky at Night team joining us again to show off the wonder...

23 Apr 201416min

This month we talk National Astronomy Week and have an audio report from the outreach we conducted. In the news, we have a discussion with Jeni Millard and Sebastian Khan from Cardiff University abo...

1 Apr 20141h 18min