Day Eight – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

Episode 1: Astronaut Driving lessons: This month: Tim Peake tries his hand at driving a rover from the ISS, comedian Ben Miller on aliens and an unfortunate weasel at CERN by Radio Astronomy

47 min listen

Episode 4: Farewell Rosetta: This month: Rosetta’s mission end and newly-discovered exoplanet Proxima Centauri b. The Sky at Night’s Pete Lawrence looks at lunar occultations and Ezzy hears from Cardiff University’s Dr Annabel Cartwright about whether life may have begun on Venus. by Radio Astronomy

54 min listen

Black holes, asteroid bombs and the solar cycle: This episode the team discuss the recent image of a supermassive black hole at the heart of a galaxy, and the Japanese Hayabusa2 asteroid sample mission. Plus, we speak to The Sky at Night’s Prof Lucie Green about the science of the solar cycle. by Radio Astronomy

35 min listen

Bluedot Festival 2018 special: In this special edition of Radio Astronomy, we’re live at the world famous Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire for the Bluedot science and music festival 2018. by Radio Astronomy

40 min listen

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 by Radio Astronomy

73 min listen

Kielder Observatory Special: The BBC Sky at Night Magazine team visit Kielder Observatory in Northumberland to experience truly dark skies and find out how observatory staff are spreading the stargazing bug. by Radio Astronomy

29 min listen

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. by Radio Astronomy

44 min listen

2018 in review and scientific observations of Mars: The team each pick one event that stands out most for them from 2018. Plus we hear from the British Astronomical Association’s Mars section director, Richard McKim, about how to make your observations of the Red Planet count for the scientific record. by Radio Astronomy

40 min listen

Radio Astronomy, Episode 3: Juno at Jupiter: This month: The latest on the new mission to Jupiter, tips for observing the famous Perseid meteor shower, and how research in Antarctica could take us to Mars by Radio Astronomy

42 min listen

Episode 2: Einstein’s Vindication: This month: The magic of the Moon illusion, how astronomy has changed the world we live in, and the second detection of gravitational waves by Radio Astronomy

44 min listen

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. by Radio Astronomy

80 min listen

New Horizons and event horizons: The team take a look at the recent Chinese lunar mission Chang’e 4, discuss the New Horizons flyby of Ultima Thule and wonder why a black hole isn’t as strong as a fridge magnet. They also interview Martin Harwit. by Radio Astronomy

38 min listen

Day Seven – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon: The Moon can look vastly different throughout the month, and so we take a look at the different ways colour and shadow can affect your lunar observing experience. For more info, visit www.skyatnightmagazine.com/backgarden. by Radio Astronomy

8 min listen

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. by Radio Astronomy

35 min listen

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. by Radio Astronomy

28 min listen

Trailer: Back Garden Astronomy Week special series: Back Garden Astronomy Week is back between 2-9 March 2020! We're running a special series of daily podcasts throughout the week telling you everything you need to know about observing the Moon. Be sure to subscribe to Radio Astronomy podcast to ma... by Radio Astronomy

4 min listen

Episode 5: So long, Schiaparelli: This month: The unlucky end for ExoMars lander Schiaparelli, Chinese space station ambitions, and why this month’s full Moon is a special one. by Radio Astronomy

50 min listen

Ice on the Moon, Apollo 7 and advice for new astronomers: The team discuss the discovery of water at the lunar poles and what it could mean for the future of spaceflight. Plus, we take a look back at the Apollo 7 mission and talk to Guy Consolmagno, writer of Turn Left at Orion. by Radio Astronomy

53 min listen

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. by Radio Astronomy

36 min listen

Talking moonwalkers with Andrew Smith: In a special episode of Radio Astronomy, we catch up with author of Moon Dust Andrew Smith, who interviewed nine of the Apollo moon walkers. by Radio Astronomy

25 min listen

ASTHROS: the stratospheric balloon observatory: NASA’s Jose Siles discusses the mission to send a 2.5m telescope into the stratosphere on a helium balloon. by Radio Astronomy

32 min listen

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. by Radio Astronomy

32 min listen

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! by Radio Astronomy

23 min listen

Light pollution, Mars rovers and Jupiter's storms: In the April edition of Radio Astronomy, the crew from BBC Sky at Night Magazine look at the effects light pollution, talk about the trials and tribulations of the Mars rovers and delve deep into Jupiter’s atmosphere. by Radio Astronomy

36 min listen

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. by Radio Astronomy

39 min listen

Planetarium special: BBC Sky at Night Magazine’s editor Chris Bramley joins Anna Henley and Paul Cornish from the planetarium team at Bristol's We The Curious science centre. Anna and Paul discuss how they operate the UK's only 3D planetarium, reveal the secrets ... by Radio Astronomy

36 min listen

Apollo 12, volcanic moons and cannibal galaxies: This month we discuss Apollo 12 on its 50th anniversary, reveal news of an impending volcanic eruption on Jupiter's moon Io, and speak to astrophysicist Geraint Lewis from the University of Sydney, who's part of a team that has been studying ... by Radio Astronomy

44 min listen

Lunar eclipses, 2019’s space missions and green stars: The team of BBC Sky at Night Magazine discuss lunar eclipses look at the new raft of space missions coming in 2019, including an interview with Kerri Donaldson Hanna about the OSIRIS-Rex mission to the asteroid Bennu. by Radio Astronomy

42 min listen

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. by Radio Astronomy

17 min listen

Day Five – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon: There are lots of things to see in the night sky, but how does our biggest, brightest companion effect the view? For more info, visit www.skyatnightmagazine.com/backgarden. by Radio Astronomy

7 min listen

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