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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.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
AWESOME ASTRONOMY makes telescope research, space missions and unresolved cosmic measurements legible through informed conversation with a playful edge.
AWESOME ASTRONOMY turns astronomy news into lively conversation, moving between space missions, telescope results and interviews about particular objects or research.
The Moon is the garden shed at solar-system scale; you can decide if that's comforting.
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A lively Artemis mini-review that makes lunar distance feel human-sized without losing the thrill of the mission.
Artemis comes through as a brisk, approachable mini-review, with Jenny and Paul grounding the launch, flyby, and landing in the feel of live coverage.
A clear cosmic tour of the Hubble tension and the gravitational-wave hum that could help probe it.
Awesome Astronomy starts at the universe's most daunting scale, moving from mountain-sized rocks on the road to planet formation to stars releasing more energy in seconds than humanity has used in all its time.
A focused Ring Nebula interview that uses a clean JWST target to explain how astronomers work toward messier cosmic systems.
The Ring Nebula comes through as both a beautiful object in Lyra and a practical way into harder astronomical questions. Awesome Astronomy's conversation with Dr.
A lively space-news episode that moves from a lunar impact to JWST's challenge to galaxy evolution.
A spacecraft hitting the Moon gives this episode its hook, but the conversation soon opens out into a broader run through recent space stories: India's mixed lunar moment, NASA briefly losing track of an old deep-space probe, and JWST observations that complicate tidy ideas…
A dying star, two telescopes, and a clear account of how cosmic material takes shape.
Two space telescopes frame this astronomy talk, though its strongest moments gather around a dying star. Dr Stephen Wilkins places the James Webb Space Telescope beside Euclid, with JWST doing most of the work before Euclid enters as a useful comparison.
A practical, conversational guide to April skies and safe eclipse viewing.
April 2024 gets a solid, mostly even-handed treatment here. The Starship joke is fine, but the real draw is the eclipse, and the episode knows it. It stays practical without getting dry, which is a harder balance than it looks.
Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser build single reported stories around one scientific question.
Flora Lichtman interviews scientists, from gut-health researchers to Queen's Brian May.
Steven Novella and a rotating panel dissect weekly science news and debunk pseudoscience claims.
Long interviews with neuroscientists and philosophers on consciousness, decision-making, and whether AI is anything like a brain.
Bob McDonald anchors weekly multi-segment interviews on new research, from cricket courtship to moon missions.
APA's Kim Mills interviews psychology researchers on tipping, crying, and extremism.
This interview with Dr.
The hosts discuss space news including the Chandra telescope budget cuts, Euclid's icing issue, and JWST confirming the Hubble constant discrepancy.
This episode explores the concept that most of the universe is invisible, discussing limitations of human vision, the electromagnetic spectrum, and light pollution, while highlighting scientists' efforts to detect hidden phenomena like black holes.
Awesome Astronomy’s April 2026 special follows Jenny and Paul as they react to Artemis 2, a crewed test flight that went about 700,000 miles and came within 252,756 miles of Earth.
A monthly astronomy podcast covering space news, hot topics, and interviews with scientists.
An interview with Dr.
The hosts apologize for audio issues and discuss personal health before starting the astronomy news episode.
An interview with Dr.
An interview with former NASA astronaut Dr.
An interview with astronaut Jack Lausma about his experiences on Skylab and Apollo 13, plus promotion of Astronomy on Tap events.
An interview with Professor Robert Walsh about a solar projection installation at a science festival.
An interview with Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell about her career in astronomy and discovery of pulsars.
An interview with Chris Lee, former chief scientist of the UK Space Agency, discussing his career highlights including Beagle 2 and other space missions.
Chris Lintott explains how amateur astronomers support NASA's Juno mission and discover unexpected supernovas.
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy landed two boosters in synchronized powered descents while the Tesla Roadster entered solar orbit.
GW170817 linked a neutron-star merger to a gamma-ray burst just 1.7 seconds later.