AWESOME ASTRONOMY
Science
Awesome Astronomy explores the frontiers of science, space and our evolving understanding of the universe. Join Ralph, Paul & Jeni for informative and fun astronomy programmes dedicated to space and astronomy news and monthly podcast extras covering hot topics and special interviews in the world of science and astronomy.
Location:
United States
Description:
Awesome Astronomy explores the frontiers of science, space and our evolving understanding of the universe. Join Ralph, Paul & Jeni for informative and fun astronomy programmes dedicated to space and astronomy news and monthly podcast extras covering hot topics and special interviews in the world of science and astronomy.
Twitter:
@AwesomeAstroPod
Language:
English
Website:
http://www.awesomeastronomy.com/
Episodes
3 days to lose LEO
1/16/2026
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
Duration:00:55:05
Soundgarden win at Astrophysics
1/5/2026
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
Duration:00:47:49
Panto 2025: Cometh the Comet, Comet the Ralph
12/25/2025
It's time for our annual review of the year, a look forward to next year and of course the Panto!...and the return of an old face!
Produced by Ralph, Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin
Duration:00:53:10
Yeeting your office into a flamepit
12/14/2025
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
Duration:00:52:25
Icy Telescopes and Martian Lightning
12/1/2025
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
Duration:01:03:10
What an Artimess!
11/15/2025
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
Duration:00:40:31
Comet I3 ATLAS and Cerne Abbas Star Party
10/31/2025
Time for a Comet 3I ATLAS deep dive, a chat about Paul's recent visit to the Cerne Abbas Starparty and our new extended skyguide.
Produced by Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin
Duration:01:07:04
Camping, Craters and Comets
10/1/2025
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
Duration:01:21:38
Paul in Festival Land
9/2/2025
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.
Duration:01:35:13
AI, Hypersonics and Betelbuddy
8/1/2025
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
Duration:01:26:40
Vera Rubin, Welsh Satellites and LIGO disaster
7/1/2025
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!
Duration:01:32:37
Lancing Galaxies and Angry Emails
6/4/2025
This month we have Galactic sized lancing battles, Jupiter twice its size, Wales entering the space race and we have emails! Oh we have emails!
Duration:01:11:00
AstroCamp Spring 2025!
5/7/2025
We come at you with all the fun of AstroCamp in Welsh Wales. Chat, debate and birdsong!
Produced by Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin
Duration:01:22:55
Has NASA been Trumped?
4/1/2025
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
Duration:01:10:19
Paranal Problems: Light Pollution at the VLT
3/2/2025
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.
Duration:01:06:16
Asteroid Doom and Gaia Gloom
2/11/2025
The world veers towards madness, asteroids threaten destruction and Gaia is no more. But the planets are putting on a show and Pluto is 95, so that’s alright...
Produced by Ralph, Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin
Duration:00:58:43
Venus. Twined with Milton Keynes
1/4/2025
Happy New Year! This month we talk about an new climate history for Venus, a new origin story for Mars' moons and we chat about the new potential head of NASA...
Produced by Ralph, Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin
Duration:00:39:09
Panto 2024!
12/31/2024
It's that time of year again where the team get silly...this year Butch and Suni hijack the ISS...
Duration:00:43:05
Re-examining Uranus
12/5/2024
This month we look at new old data about Uranus, a possible second dinosaur asteroid the first image of a star in another galaxy and the image of a new planet forming. Plus sky and launch guides and a chat about Christmas present ideas!
Produced by Ralph, Paul, Jen, John, Damien & Dustin
Duration:01:01:17
Comets, Cruises and Outreach
11/30/2024
This month the episode is all about astronomy! Yep just astronomy. We catch up with the wonderful comet observations of the autumn, Jen’s aurora cruise in Norway and we talk outreach astronomy in response to a listener's question.
Duration:01:10:36