#115 - January 2021 Part 2

01/15/22 • 59 min

AWESOME ASTRONOMY

The Discussion:

Astronomy in Lego
Jeni on the BBC
Listeners emails on space traffic control and the Chinese space programme

The News:

SpaceX’s troubled start to 2022
New York Times reports sexual harassment at SpaceX
International Space Station operations extended to 2030
A look at Arianespace

The news discussion: JWST

Nebulas: A look at the weird and wonderful nebulae that you can see through telescopes or use to understand the interstellar medium and star formation. This month we focus on supernova remnants.

The Discussion:

Astronomy in Lego
Jeni on the BBC
Listeners emails on space traffic control and the Chinese space programme

The News:

SpaceX’s troubled start to 2022
New York Times reports sexual harassment at SpaceX
International Space Station operations extended to 2030
A look at Arianespace

The news discussion: JWST

Nebulas: A look at the weird and wonderful nebulae that you can see through telescopes or use to understand the interstellar medium and star formation. This month we focus on supernova remnants.

Previous Episode

#115 - January 2022 Part 1

The Discussion:

Astronomy Christmas presents
Listener’s email about the value of early human space endeavours
Listener’s email about the marvelousness of Musk

The News: Rounding up the astronomy news in October, we have:

The largest valley in the solar system (on Mars) is packed with water
More evidence to suggest there may be living organisms in Venus’ atmosphere
The sharpest images yet of the region around our galaxy’s supermassive black hole
Astronomers find 70 new rogue planets free-floating in space
The James Webb Space Telescope finally launches!

The Interview: this month we interview... the constellation Orion!

The Sky Guide: This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Orion with a guide to its history, how to find it, a couple of deep sky objects and a round-up of the solar system views on offer in January.

Next Episode

#116 - February 2022 Part 1

The Discussion:

AstroCamp returns for listeners to observe with us 2-5th April. Book tickets here.
Listeners’ emails on:
- A Venus sample return mission
- Why our website is so poor L

The News:

A very big far away star with a very big planet
Unpicking the riddle of where the matter is that makes up all the stars
Another of Saturn moons may be hiding an ocean
Why there are no newly formed stars within 500 light years of the Sun

Big News Story: a mysterious radio signal points to a new type of magnetar

The Sky Guide:

This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Auriga with a guide to its history, how to find it, a couple of deep sky objects and a round-up of the solar system views on offer in February.

If you want to help chart the advancing light pollution: cpre.org.uk/what-we-care-about/nature-and-landscapes/dark-skies/star-count-2022/

Q&A:

How are black holes able to evaporate? From our good friend Mitch in the United States.