The weekly astronomy podcast from the makers of BBC Sky at Night Magazine.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 5 days 8 hours 11 minutes
episode 15: Meteor showers and space rocks that fall to Earth
Meteorite hunter Peter Jenniskens talks to us about his recent find of a meteorite in the Botswanan bush, and we reveal our stargazing tips for the Perseid meteor shower.
episode 14: The Sun, a danger to life on Earth?
Chris Scott, Professor of Space and Atmospheric Physics at the University of Reading, speaks to us about just how dangerous solar activity is to life on Earth and what’s going on at the surface of the Sun.
episode 13: The mission to map the Milky Way
We speak to Prof Gerry Gilmore, principal investigator for the UK participation in the Gaia mission to map 1.7 billion stars in our Galaxy. The team also discuss strange stars, the Stellarium online planetarium and noctilucent clouds.
episode 12: Sifting through Mars's sediment with a planetary geologist
We speak to sedimentary geologist and Curiosity mission co-investigator Prof Sanjeev Gupta of Imperial College London.
episode 11: Bowie, Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
In this first episode of an all-new, sparkly format for Radio Astronomy we speak to Dr Alan Penny, vice-president of METI International. Clear skies!
episode 10: Christmas Special: Tales from 2017
What does David Bowie’s Space Oddity have to do with SpaceX, should we go back to the Moon or straight to Mars, and what is multi-messenger astrophysics anyway? All these questions and more are answered in our 2017 retrospective.
episode 9: International Astronomy Show 2017 Special
We report from the International Astronomy Show 2017 in Warwickshire, UK, and get the chance to talk to some of the speakers at the event, including The Sky at Night's Chris Lintott.
episode 8: Radio Astronomy Shorts - Episode 1: Dava Sobel
Iain Todd speaks to US science author Dava Sobel, host of Stargazing, a new astronomy show on the BBC World Service. She discusses the story behind the show, the legacy of Copernicus and this month’s total solar eclipse over the US.
episode 7: Radio Astronomy: Bluedot Festival 2017 Special
Recorded live at Jodrell Bank Observatory, we bring you interviews with six of the speakers at 2017’s Bluedot Festival. In this episode: Antarctic meteorite hunting, a new CERN particle, Voyager’s legacy, the latest on ESA’s BepiColombo mission to Mercury
episode 6: Episode 6: The 2016 retrospective
This month: Fresh insights from the Beagle 2 Mars lander, a special end-of-year News Bingo, and how you can get to know the constellation of Orion a bit better.