This month is indulgent and ranty! There is a big dive into the huge aurora display in May, talk of new exoplanets and old ones vanishing. The usual skyguide and this months history moment is all about X rays.
Today’s Awesome Astronomy discuss with Chris Lintott about How amateur astronomers can contribute to real science, removing the boundaries between professional and amateur astronomers, and also Finding supernovae (violently exploding stars)
This episode it is Jeni and Dustin talking about their experiences of the Great American Eclipse!
This month excitement builds for the predicted Nova outburst in Corona Borealis as well as looking forward to China launching a sample return mission to the far side of the Moon.
If you’ve never been to the southern hemisphere, you might not be aware that the moon and the constellations appear upside down!In this episode we’ll show you how that appears, why, and how that proves the Earth isn’t flat – as if any more proof were needed!
This month Dr Jen is off to the US for the Solar Eclipse while Paul is just back from Goonhilly Earth Station. We chat about the imminent demise of the Chandra Space Telescope, more news on the Hubble tension, and of course the Great North American Eclipse.
Today Awesome Astronomy talked to Dr. Helen Sharman, Britain’s First astronaut and the first woman to visit the Russian Mir Space Station in 1991.
This month @AwesomeAstroPod investigate sub surface oceans on the moons of the solar system, smoking stars, distant blackholes, oversized structures and of course tippy over lunar landers.
This month Dr Jen talks to Dr Phil! Dr Phil Metzger about how rocket efflux interacts with soil and what this will mean for future landings on the Moon and Mars…
This month @AwesomeAstroPod discuss about ESA new mission for the 20230s and the usual skyguide. So prepare your instrument for the night sky.