Synopsis
Join the astronomers of the Royal Observatory Greenwich as they discuss the night sky and recent news in the wide world of astronomy. The Royal Observatory Greenwich is the historic home of the Astronomer Royal, with the first building, Flamsteed House, built in 1675. Now the Observatory is a heritage site, museum and a centre for excellence in science learning.
Episodes
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Look Up February 2017
31/01/2017 Duration: 22minRoyal Observatory Astronomers Radmila and Dhara take you through what to see in the night sky during the month of February in our family friendly Look Up! Podcast. This month Radmila and Dhara each pick their favourite news story. Which will be your favourite - an explosion that is predicted to light up our sky in 2022 caused by two merging stars or the possibility of microorganisms existing on Mars including how they could be used to make Mars a habitable place for humans to live?
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Look Up January 2017
05/01/2017 Duration: 20minRoyal Observatory Astronomers Radmila and Dhara take you through what to see in the night sky during the month of January in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. This month Radmila and Dhara each pick their favourite news story. They talk about whether the Earth will still exist 5 billion years from now and then chat about the exotic liquid ocean that’s thought to exist beneath an ice covered basin on Pluto – which is your favourite?