Synopsis
The monthly astronomy podcast from the makers of BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Episodes
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Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, December 2021
25/11/2021 Duration: 30minBBC Sky at Night Magazine's guide to the best things to see in the northern hemisphere's night sky in December 2021. Transcript Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Deflecting asteroids with NASA's DART mission
18/11/2021 Duration: 23minCan we stop an asteroid from hitting Earth? That's what NASA's DART mission is about to investigate Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Interview: How to see the Northern Lights
08/11/2021 Duration: 38minAurora-hunter Tom Kerss reveals how to see the phenomena for yourself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, November 2021
31/10/2021 Duration: 34minBBC Sky at Night Magazine's guide to the best things to see in the northern hemisphere's night sky in November 2021. Transcript Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Interview: Astronaut Nora Al Matrooshi
24/10/2021 Duration: 22minWe speak to the UAE’s first female astronaut. Transcript Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Remembering Rosetta
21/10/2021 Duration: 30minWe take a look back at what ESA's Rosetta mission taught us about comets as the comet it spent two years exploring - 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - returns into the inner Solar System. Transcript Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Interview: Natalie Starkey talks space volcanoes
07/10/2021 Duration: 39minCosmochemist Natalie Starkey discusses the volcanoes of the Solar System. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, October 2021
29/09/2021 Duration: 36minWhat to see in the northern hemisphere night sky throughout October 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Interview: UK astronaut Tim Peake
24/09/2021 Duration: 40minThe British astronaut discusses life on the International Space Station and getting human feet on Mars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Perseverance: 200 sols on Mars
17/09/2021 Duration: 44minNASA's Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter scout have been on Mars for 200 sols. We find out what they've been up to. Transcript Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, September 2021
26/08/2021 Duration: 28minA guide to September 2021’s night sky in the northern hemisphere. Transcript Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Interview: The largest radio telescope in the world
19/08/2021 Duration: 40minAstrophysicist Carole Mundell reveals how the Square Kilometre Array will explore the secrets of the cosmos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Telescopes that changed astronomy
12/08/2021 Duration: 48minFrom Galileo's refractor, to the Hubble Space Telescope, to the JWST - there have been some telescopes that have changed how we look at the night sky. Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/podcast-telescopes-that-changed-astronomy/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, August 2021
29/07/2021 Duration: 34minA guide to August 2021’s night sky in the northern hemisphere. This month Jupiter and Saturn reach opposition, and the Perseid meteor shower appears. Transcript:https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary/august-2021/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Interview: How to make a Universe from scratch
23/07/2021 Duration: 36minParticle physicist Dr Harry Cliff traces the building blocks of the cosmos back to the Big Bang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jupiter Special: a celebration of the gas giant
19/07/2021 Duration: 31minAugust sees Jupiter reach opposition and the extension of NASA's Juno mission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Interview: Cosmic Collisions
01/07/2021 Duration: 38minPlanetary scientist Simone Marchi reveals the vital role collisions have played in the history of the Solar System. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Star Diary: What's in the night sky, July 2021
26/06/2021 Duration: 31minA guide to July's night sky in the northern hemisphere. This month a parade of planets will be visible, even during the light summer nights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apollo 15's 50th anniversary
21/06/2021 Duration: 31minRevisiting Apollo 15 and the moon buggy on the 50th anniversary of the fourth Moon landing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Interview: solar weather expert, Mathew Owens
14/06/2021 Duration: 25minAs the Sun's activity increases, we take a look at whether space weather could be hazardous to the Artemis moon-landing mission, and to satellites in orbit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices