Jeni visits Space Forge and talk to CEO Joshua Western about that fateful launch from Cornwall on Virgin’s Cosmic Girl & an update on their mission to build reusable satellites to manufacture materials.
Apr 11th: The Distance to the Moon
How far away do you think the Moon is? It looks deceptively large and close in the sky.But here we’ll show you what will happen to the Moon, how far away it is and how we know with such accuracy.
Apr 6th: An Exfoliating Spa on a far off World
Mar 29th: Why Does the Earth Spin?
Why Does the Earth Spin? We’ll tell you straight away without having to hang around until the end of the video. That’s our USP!
Mar 22nd: The Astronomer With His Own Sun: Professor Robert Walsh
Today’s @AwesomeAstroPod interview Professor Robert Walsh who with artist Alex Rinsler has created a giant representation of the Sun as an outreach and art project that uses the data of the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Mar 9th: Predicting Supernovae
What will happen to Betelgeuse? How bright will it get? When will it go supernova? Will we get to see it? How do we predict supernovas?
Mar 1st: The Universe is Broken. Again
Today’s @AwesomeAstroPod talks about latest JWST findings that may have broken cosmology and changed everything we thought we knew about the history of the universe. Also March Sky Guide!
Feb 22nd: Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Jeni talks to the legendary discoverer of pulsars, champion of women in science and Oxford University astronomer about her astronomy career, inspirations, motivations and key discoveries. A very special interview with one of modern astronomy’s greats!
Feb 14th: Atmospheres
What is an atmosphere? How and why do they form? What are they made of? Why are they so different? Do all planets have atmospheres? Do asteroids and dwarf planets? Is the sun a giant atmosphere?
Feb 1st: Awesome Astronomy February 2023
It’s time for news and February sky guide with @AwesomeAstroPod. This month we have 3 rocky water worlds found by the Kepler Space Telescope, and Does the James Webb Space Telescope have to take calibration frames like we do from Earth?