Ozone Hole II Mega-Constellation Bogaloo This episode we chat about the potential ozone hole issue caused by mega constellations, how Jupiter has shrunk and what Aurora would look like when Earth’s poles flip. Produced by Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin Awesome Astronomy Go to SourceRead More →

The End of British Astronomy? We discuss the British Government’s vandalism of UK physics and astronomy. In better news we celebrate the refunding of NASA and the up coming Artemis II mission… will Paul finally get excited? Produced by Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin Awesome Astronomy Go to SourceRead More →

3 days to lose LEO So it looks like Low Earth Orbit is not just crowded but a disaster waiting to happen trapping humanity on this planet for a very long time… Produced by, Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin Awesome Astronomy Go to SourceRead More →

Soundgarden win at Astrophysics So it turns out Soundgarden nailed astrophysics in 1994. We explore latest thinking on Little Red Dots, Globular Custers, oldest supernovae, No-ceans on Titan as well as our monthly skyguide and moon guide. Produced by Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin Awesome Astronomy Go to SourceRead More →

Yeeting your office into a flamepit In this chatty news episode we chat about more Artemis mission shenanigans and how the Russians have wrecked their only human rated launch pad. Produced by Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin Awesome Astronomy Go to SourceRead More →

Icy Telescopes and Martian Lightning This episode it is a new bananza with discussion of the Thirty Metre Telescope, shenanigans on Mars, asymmetrical supernovae and more trouble in the world of cosmology. There is a Xmas Telescope buying guide as well as our monthly skyguide! Produced by Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin Awesome Astronomy Go to SourceRead More →

What an Artimess! In our second episode of the month we chat about the weird mess that is now the Artemis Programme, whether there is even a new space race and what strange shenanigans rogue planets are up to! Produced by Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin Awesome Astronomy Go to SourceRead More →

Camping, Craters and Comets This month we are at Astrocamp, our biannual dark sky retreat. We have a Q and A session with the campers and we talk a newly confirmed impact crater in the UK, Artemis II, ozone layer, and an upcoming comet bonanza!   Produced by Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin Awesome Astronomy Go to SourceRead More →

Paul in Festival Land A bumper end of summer episode with Paul out in the world of science outreach and communication in a Summer music festival. There’s also discussion of the new Astronomer Royal, China’s moon programme, Starship and a deep dive on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Awesome Astronomy Go to SourceRead More →

AI, Hypersonics and Betelbuddy This month we talk about Jen at the BBC, AI in science communication, a supernova in NGC7331, whether Betelgeuse has a companion, Exoplanet shenanigans, European hypersonic space planes, and of course our monthly sky guide and general chat.   Produced by Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin Awesome Astronomy Go to SourceRead More →

Vera Rubin, Welsh Satellites and LIGO disaster A bumper episode or is that a Jumper episode if Jeni has her way. Paul has new scope and Jeni has been seeing the Sun. We have terrible news from LIGO, the end of Milkomeda, Light pollution paradox, Vera Rubin first light, a new satellite from Wales, spaceX kablooie, leaks on the ISS and of course the usual skyguide and emails! Phew! Awesome Astronomy Go to SourceRead More →

Has NASA been Trumped? We try to keep it upbeat this month with tales of blackholes, definitions of moons, and solar system science but unfortunately the fate of NASA and American science currently hangs in the balance… Produced by Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin Awesome Astronomy Go to SourceRead More →

Paranal Problems: Light Pollution at the VLT It looks as though the European Southern Observatory is caught in an American light pollution pincer…starlink above and now the threat of an American industrial complex as a neighbour. Is this the end? We have eclipse news, launch round up and the usual inane chatter from Jeni & Paul. Awesome Astronomy Go to SourceRead More →