Best AWESOME ASTRONOMY Podcasts (2025)

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AstroCamp Spring 2025! 1:22:55

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We come at you with all the fun of AstroCamp in Welsh Wales. Chat, debate and birdsong! Produced by Paul, Jen, John, Damien & DustinBy Awesome Astronomy

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Object 150: And Now for Something Completely the Same 9:50

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Wolf 1069 is another nearby red dwarf with an exoplanet, but this time, the exoplanet is more likely to harbor life than other nearby red dwarfs with exoplanets that I may have discussed in previous episodes.By George Bendo

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Object 149: Spaghetti Leftovers 9:42

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The globular cluster Messier 54 is not part of our galaxy but actually the nuclear stellar core of a dwarf galaxy that has nealy been completely gravitationally torn apart by the Milky Way.By George Bendo

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Object 148: Problem Solving 8:01

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DI Pegasi is a star system with two eclipsing stars in its center that orbit each other every 17 hours and 5 minutes and two smaller stars on very wide orbits that gravitationally tug on the central two stars, which has the effect that the variability of the star system's brightness seems to change over decades of time.…

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Has NASA been Trumped? 1:10:19

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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 & DustinBy Awesome Astronomy

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Object 147: Nothing But Gas 8:21

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Abell 1142 is a peculiar cluster of galaxies that has formed from the merger of two smaller clusters, and its center contains nothing but gas.By George Bendo

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Object 146: The Prototype of Peculiar 8:05

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SN 2002cx was the first supernova ever identified in a subclass of objects now called Type Iax supernovae.By George Bendo

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Object 145: Neutron Numbers Time 10:56

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PSR J1518+4904 is one of the very few identified double neutron stars, and it has provided opportunities to perform unique measurements on the objects.By George Bendo

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Paranal Problems: Light Pollution at the VLT 1:06:16

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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.By Awesome Astronomy

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Object 144: Heavy Metals 8:05

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The stars in the open cluster NGC 6253 contain abnormally large amounts of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, and no one is quite certain why.By George Bendo

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Asteroid Doom and Gaia Gloom 58:43

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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 & DustinBy Awesome Astronomy

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Object 143: Almost Absolutely Awesome 10:52

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GJ 887 is a very close red dwarf with two exoplanets (and a potential third) that almost look like they could harbor life except for one potential problem.By George Bendo

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Object 142: The Littlest Galaxy Ever Found 10:31

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The awkwardly-named Segue 2 is (as of the time of the publication of this episode) the smallest galaxy anyone has ever found.By George Bendo

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Object 141: Just a Very Nice Spiral 12:32

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Messier 74 is just a very nice looking face-on spiral galaxy, which has made it quite useful for many different types of astrophysical analyses.By George Bendo

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Venus. Twined with Milton Keynes 39:09

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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 & DustinBy Awesome Astronomy

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Panto 2024! 43:05

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It's that time of year again where the team get silly...this year Butch and Suni hijack the ISS...By Awesome Astronomy

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Object 140: Imagine All the Dust 9:44

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Infrared observations of SN 1995N indicate that the material ejected by the explosion may have produced a huge amount of dust.By George Bendo

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Object 139: Recoil 8:16

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The galaxy 3C 186 features a supermassive black hole with a mass several billions of times the mass of the Sun that has been ejected 36000 light years out of the galaxy's nucleus.By George Bendo

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Re-examining Uranus 1:01:17

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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 & DustinBy Awesome Astronomy

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Comets, Cruises and Outreach 1:10:36

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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.By Awesome Astronomy

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Object 138: A Weird Example of a Weird Subclass of a Weird Class of Objects 8:40

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4U 1850-087 is an ultracompact binary star system consisting of a whtie dwarf and a neutron star orbiting each other so closely that the neutron star can strip the outer layers off of the white dwarf.By George Bendo

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Object 137: The Bedtime Story of the Black Hole that was Too Large for its Galaxy 8:17

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The elliptical galaxy NGC 4291 contains a supermassive black hole that is unusually massive in comparison to the rest of the galaxy.By George Bendo

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Apollo 12 40:47

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The Team are taking a little break so here is a classic interview with Apollo astronaut Alan Bean.By Awesome Astronomy

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Object 136: Barium 10:43

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HD 11397 is one of very few Sun-like stars that might seem ordinary but actually contain abnormally large amounts of heavy elements, most notably barium, that they could not have formed themselves.By George Bendo

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Gaining InSight 1:18:33

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Meet Dr Anna Horleston from Bristol University. NASA’s InSight lander was active on Mars from November 2018 to December 2022 – a total of 1446 sols (Martian days). InSight carried a suite of geophysical instruments designed to help us understand the interior structure of the red planet. The primary instrument was a seismometer – the first seismomet…

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Object 135: Feedback Time 9:01

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NGC 3801 is one of the very few nearby galaxies where astronomers can see jets from an active galactic nucleus disrupting star formation in the galaxy in a process known as feedback.By George Bendo

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AstroCamp Special! 1:19:54

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This month the episode comes from the user dark skies of Wales as it is AstroCamp time! Discussion of Hera and Europa Clipper probes, comet news and the live recording of the Astrocamp panel! EnjoyBy Awesome Astronomy

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Object 134: Not Dead Yet 7:24

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The star at the center of the planetary nebula NGC 7094 is almost but not quite a white dwarf, making it a rather unusual object for astronomers to look at.By George Bendo

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100 Hours of Astronomy with Go Stargazing 21:55

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Between 2nd and 5th October, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) are celebrating 100 hours of astronomy. We’ve caught up with good friend of the show Neill Sanders, founder of Go Stargazing, who’s helped create an app to get you and all your friends involved with the celestial party! Enjoy!By Awesome Astronomy

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Object 133: Strong Arm Tactics 9:45

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One of the spiral arms in the galaxy NGC 3110 is producing unusually huge amounts of new stars as well as unusually huge amounts of infrared emission.By George Bendo

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Object 132: I Need a 2002 Pop Culture Reference 11:21

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The radio source PMN J0134-0931 created a lot of excitement in 2002 when people discovered that it was a quasar gravitationally lensed by another galaxy in front of it, they were really excited.By George Bendo

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Chatting Space within tent 1:37:19

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A bit different this month as Paul is joined by Dustin as they chat about aurora on Ganymede, starliner, Polaris Dawn, Blue Origin and Dustin shares an interview at a local astronomy Festival. Produced by Paul, Jen, John, Damien & DustinBy Awesome Astronomy

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British Planetary Science Conference 52:45

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In this podcast extra for Awesome Astronomy in August 2024, we bring you two of the Plenary Sessions from the British Planetary Science Conference 2024, hosted by Space Park Leicester and the National Space Center. The first, from Dr Aprajita Verma, discusses the upcoming Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), and the second, from Dr Steve Banham, gives …

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Object 131: Get To Know Your Ultrafaint Neighbors 9:45

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Hydrus I is a very small, ultrafaint dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way that was accidentally (or, to use the technical term, serendipitously) found by the Dark Energy Survey.By George Bendo

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Object 130: Putting It All Together 7:46

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NGC 4261 was made famous when Hubble Space Telescope observations in the 1990s showed that this elliptical galaxy contains a supermassive black hole.By George Bendo

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Comet Olbers in Silly Season 1:08:01

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This month the team talk Comet Olbers, black holes in globular Clusters, the cancellation of Vixen, the ultra calm lakes of Titan, more phosphine news from Venus and look forward to this months Perseids. Produced by Ralph, Paul, Jen, John, Damien & DustinBy Awesome Astronomy