Podcaster: Ralph & Paul
Title : Awesome Astronomy’s February Edition
Organization: Awesome Astronomy
Link : www.awesomeastronomy.com
Description:
The Discussion: The BBC’s annual StargazingLIVE series, observations in January and aurora hunting in Iceland.
The Audio Journal: Damien, the Awesome Astronomy webguru, describes the skies in rural Pakistan and shows the locals their 1st ever views of the universe.
The News: In the news section, Ralph begins with a new planet-hunting instrument in Chile, the recently discovered best candidate for a naked-eye visible supernova, the progress of commercial spaceflight and public access into space, China’s Chang’e-3 rover’s progress on the moon and ESA’s Rosetta wakes up.
The 5 Minute Concept: Paul explains one of our solar system’s rings of icy debris – the Kuiper Belt – and the importance of having a good publicist!
The Competition: Goodies from the European Southern Observatory are on offer to one listener, draw at random, in this month’s competition.
The Interview: This month, Ralph speaks with The European Southern Observatory’s Dr Joe Liske about the world’s largest telescopes and finding ET within our lifetimes.
Q&A: Listeners’ questions via email, Facebook & Twitter take us on a journey into the astronomy issues that have always plagued our understanding or stretched our credulity. This month Ralph & Paul answer:
- I have a question regarding Mercury. How can a planet so close to the sun have temperatures colder than -100 degrees?
Darren Knight in Cambridgeshire via Facebook
- How are we able to see the light from the early universe if it’s going in a different direction to us as the universe expands?
Francis Moore in London via email
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