Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus, and the Eta Aquarid Meteor shower shine during May 2025.
May 3rd: Last Minute Astronomer May 2025
Tag: Mars
May 1st: The Observer’s Calendar for May 2025
In this episode we talk about how to see the Moon as it pairs with Saturn and Venus in the morning sky, Mars & the Beehive in the evening sky
Apr 25th: Magnetar Exhibits Bizarre Behavior, Identity Crisis
A radio-loud magnetar first observed in March suffered an apparent identity crisis, behaving like a pulsar until gradually settling into magnetar-like emissions in July.
Apr 21st: Should We Go to the Moon or Mars Next?
We are on the verge of sending humans back to the Moon. At the same time others prefer we focus our exploration on Mars. It’s a tough choice.
Apr 11th: Space is Hard
Let’s take a fast-paced journey through all that’s new in space and astronomy, including new results from Perseverance Rover, Venusian Volcanism, Mars Sample Return (or not), Intuitive Machines’ failure to land upright
Apr 5th: Last Minute Astronomer April 2025
April of 2025 brings us the annual Lyrid meteor shower, all the naked-eye planets, and plenty of lunar close encounters.
Apr 3rd: The Observer’s Calendar for April 2025
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents The Observer’s Calendar for April 2025. Don’t miss the Lyrid meteor shower and catch Venus, Moon, Saturn and Mercury in the morning sky.
Mar 23rd: Comet Johnson & Space Salsa
Bye bye Comet C2 2015 V2J which discovered by Jess Johnson & won’t be coming back. Also mission to test growing tomatoes in Lunar & Mars.
Feb 12th: The Next Steps
Cheap Astronomy looks at things a bit closer to home.
Feb 9th: Caves of Mars & Lost and Found
Today’s Travelers in the Night talk about large reservoirs of water in lava tubes on Mars and about asteroids get lost and rediscovered