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Radio Astronomy

The weekly astronomy podcast from the makers of BBC Sky at Night Magazine

The weekly astronomy podcast from the makers of BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Latest Episode12/7/2022

Interview: Apollo 17 student ambassador Dermot Gethings

Apollo 17 was the final human moon landing mission from NASA. Student ambassador Dermot Gethings was on of 80 students who got a behind the scenes look at the mission.Transcript.Find out more about Apollo 17 in the December issue of BBC Sky at Night Magazine.You can see the UK piece of the Goodwill Moonrock at the Natural History Museum in London.

Interview: Apollo 17 student ambassador Dermot Gethings

Apollo 17 was the final human moon landing mission from NASA. Student ambassador Dermot Gethings was on of 80 students who got a behind the scenes look at the mission.Transcript.Find out more about Apollo 17 in the December issue of BBC Sky at Night Magazine.You can see the UK piece of the Goodwill Moonrock at the Natural History Museum in London.

Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 5 to 11 December 2022

Mars will be occulted by the Moon while at opposition this week - a truly historic occasion. Find out out more in our weekly stargazing guide.TranscriptFind all the details about the occultation of Mars.Learn how to observe Mars at opposition.Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine for all the latest space news and stargazing tips.

Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 28 November to 4 December 2022

Mars' closest approach to Earth as Saturn and Jupiter approach the crescent Moon in this week's stargazing guide.Transcript

Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 21 to 27 November 2022

In this week's stargazing guide, we take advantage of the new Moon for some deep-sky astronomy.Transcript

Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 14 to 20 November 2022

The Leonid meteor shower returns and the moon Callisto brushes past Jupiter in this week's stargazing guide.Transcript

Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 7 to 13 November 2022

The Moon glides past Uranus, the Pleiades and Castor & Pollux in this week's stargazing guide.Transcript

Amazing cosmic facts

Astrophysicist Dr Jillian Scudder reveals some of the most mind-blowing facts about the universe, including why the Milky Way smells of raspberries, how the Moon has a whiff of gunpowder, what happens when galaxies collide and why our own galaxy is flatter than a credit card.

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