Radio Astronomy

A guide to August 2021’s night sky in the northern hemisphere. This month Jupiter and Saturn reach opposition, and the Perseid meteor shower appears.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Particle physicist Dr Harry Cliff traces the building blocks of the cosmos back to the Big Bang.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

August sees Jupiter reach opposition and the extension of NASA's Juno mission.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Planetary scientist Simone Marchi reveals the vital role collisions have played in the history of the Solar System.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A 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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Revisiting Apollo 15 and the moon buggy on the 50th anniversary of the fourth Moon landing  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As 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.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Planetary scientist Emily Lakdawalla discusses the importance of putting rovers on the Red Planet.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A guide to June's planets, stars, conjunctions and how to see the partial solar eclipse.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How the WMAP satellite detected residual heat from the birth of the Universe.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Astronomer Heino Falcke reveals how an international science team photographed a black hole for the first time.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Martian author, Andy Weir, talks to us about his new novel Project Hail Mary.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Discover the stars, planets, conjunctions and other observing highlights in the night sky this month.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Geneticist Dr Christopher Mason reveals how we could reengineer human genetics to survive on another planet.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Astrophysicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explores some of the Universe's greatest unsolved mysteries.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

101 years since astronomy's Great Debate challenged our understanding of the Universe.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We talk with John Barentine from the International Dark Sky Association about an emerging source of light pollution – satellites.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Discover the stars, planets, conjunctions and other observing highlights in the night sky this month.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We look back on cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's historic spaceflight.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Astronomer Beth Biller reveals the new instrument that can directly image planets orbiting distant stars.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.