All the planets in the solar system rotate counter clockwise – except Venus. A day on Venus lasts longer than it’s year!
Oct 18th: Venus is Going Backwards
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Oct 4th: More Aurora on the Same Welsh Mountain
Time for astroguide and update with @AwesomeAstroPod. We have guide to seeing Aurora at lower latitudes and autumnal sky guide. Also updates from JWST and OSIRIS-REx.
Sep 27th: JWST looks at the Ring – Interview with Dr Robert Wessen!
This months interview looks at that stunning imagery that JWST took of the Ring Nebula – that familiar Messier planetary nebula in Lyra and favourite of star parties
Sep 21st: The Antikythera Mechanism
This is the machine made over a thousand years ahead of its time!Found in a shipwreck by sponge divers, the Antikythera Mechanism has been compared to a computer and often seen as the most advanced technology the world had seen.
Sep 12th: Our Caveman Ancestors Were Just As Smart As Us!
We think we’re really smart now we have computers, cryptocurrencies, video games and spaceships. But we’re no smarter than our cave-dwelling ancestors. They were just as intelligent!
Sep 7th: Colliding with the Moon on a Summer’s Day
This month @AwesomeAstroPod has astronomy cruise holiday and news about new type of star, mud on Mars and JWST breaking cosmology once again. Also this month skyguide!
Aug 29th: A Voyage to the Extreme Planets We’ve Discovered
With over 5,000 planets that we’ve already discovered – and probably billions out there in our galaxy alone – there are some weird and wonderful planets to explore. More with @AwesomeAstroPod
Aug 16th: A Tale of Two Telescopes
Join @AwesomeAstroPod today for the Tale of Two Telescopes, exploring NASA’s new flagship James Webb Space Telescope, and ESA’s pioneering Euclid, set to uncover the Dark Universe. Enjoy!
Aug 9th: How to Grow a Supermassive Black Hole
Today on #365DaysOfAstro, @AwesomeAstroPod talk to Dr Becky on how to grow a supermassive black hole – and it’s not as easy as you think! Always picture a black hole as a gigantic hoover, sucking up everything that dares to stray too close? Think again…
Aug 2nd: Awesome Astronomy August 2023
This month @AwesomeAstroPod have stories ESA new space telescope, Chandrayaan-3, and skyguide for your August observation.