Andrew Prestage

Cosmic Coffee Time with Andrew Prestage

Science EN ↓ 94 episodes

It's cosmology in a cup! - Cosmic Coffee Time is bite sized podcasts making sense of space, astronomy, life, and the universe, best enjoyed with a coffee. A down to earth look at what's up there, and it's just for you spacefans. Grab a coffee and see where in the universe we go this time. Follow on Twitter @CosmicCoffTime

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Andrew Prestage

Episodes

#19 Let's take a look at the Moon - part 3 31.08.2020 6:13

Send us Fan Mail There's so much to explore with the moon. It's our little companion in space, like our next door neighbour. We're going to take a few episodes to get right into it. Here's part 3. Let's take a look at the exploration of the moon, not the Apollo missions, we'll save those for another episode, but the vitally important but sometimes forgotten uncrewed m...

#18 Let's take a look at the Moon - part 2 31.07.2020 6:40

Send us Fan Mail There's so much to explore with the moon. It's our little companion in space, like our next door neighbour. We're going to take a few episodes to get right into it. Here's part 2. Why do all full moons look the same? And what's with the tides, they're caused by the moon right? Get comfy, grab a coffee in your favourite reusable cup, and check it out....

#17 Let's take a look at the Moon - part 1 30.06.2020 6:50

Send us Fan Mail There's so much to explore with the moon. It's our little companion in space, like our next door neighbour. We're going to take a few episodes to get right into it. Here's part 1. Get comfy, grab a coffee in your favourite reusable cup, and check it out. Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some special content twitter.com/CosmicCoffTime You can request...

#16 The incredible tale of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter. A special first birthday quadruple episode. 31.05.2020 10:27

Send us Fan Mail It's Cosmic Coffee Time's first birthday, and what better way to celebrate than with a quadruple episode exploring the four Galilean moons of Jupiter. Explore the vastly different landscapes of four totally unique and fascinating bodies. What are they really like? And check out how unique they all are. Get comfy, grab a coffee in your favourite reusable cup, and chec...

#15 So are we really alone in the Universe? Where is everyone? And what are we doing to find extraterrestrial life? 30.04.2020 5:46

Send us Fan Mail Ever since we started using radio to communicate on Earth, we've wondered if we could use it to communicate with other civilizations in different parts of the galaxy. But it seems the harder we look, the less we find. What is SETI? Are we really alone? Let's take a look. Get comfy, grab a coffee in your favourite reusable cup, and check it out. Follow Cosmic Coffe...

#14 So an asteroid caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs? Let's find the crater! 31.03.2020 5:27

Send us Fan Mail So an asteroid fell from space and caused a mass extinction of the dinosaurs. But where is the crater? We know impacts have left craters on the moon, earth, and other planets, But have we found one big enough to have been caused by the dinosaur asteroid? Get comfy, grab a coffee in your favourite reusable cup, and check it out. Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some s...

#13 Comets? I know Halley's, but what other cool comet stuff should I know? 29.02.2020 5:10

Send us Fan Mail Halley's Comet comes around once every 76 years. You might have missed its last visit in 1986, but it'll be back in around 40 years... What is a comet? Why do a lot of people really only know about Halley's? and how did we learn a whole lot more about another comet a few years ago. Who remembers the gutsy little comet lander called Philae? Get comfy, grab a coffee i...

#12 Proving Einstein's relativity in outback Australia. A cracking tale of spacebending gravity 30.11.2019 5:43

Send us Fan Mail So Einstein's theory of general relativity predicted black holes, or more specifically, that gravity could warp spacetime. But how could we prove it? Here's a ripping yarn about some astronomers who travelled across the world in 1922 to test Einstein's theory during a solar eclipse in far north western Australia. Get comfy, grab a coffee in your favourite reusable c...

#11 So there are planets orbiting the stars? Tell me more about exoplanets! 31.10.2019 7:55

Send us Fan Mail We love our Earth, (and we love our coffee), we love all the planets in our solar system. But what if I told you that some of the stars you see at night, have their own planets? They're squillions of miles away, some of them are pretty weird, and some of them might be able to support life. Grab a coffee in your favourite reusable cup, and check it out. Follow Cosmic Coffee Ti...

#10 How cool is Saturn. I mean really. 30.09.2019 6:03

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes your favourite coffee cup leaves a ring on the table, or on that important document! But rings that you're always happy to see are the ones around Saturn. Saturn with its system of rings is arguably the most spectacular sight in the solar system. So what is it like to see Saturn with your own eyes? how was its system of rings discovered? and what are we doing to lea...

#9 Hey tell me about the International Space Station 31.08.2019 5:31

Send us Fan Mail So many questions about the International Space Station. What do the astronauts do in their free time? Why did they do that twin study? But coolest of all, how do I see the International Space Station from my back yard? Grab a coffee, and let's take a look Get the ISS Detector app issdetector.com Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some special content twitter.com/Cos...

#8 So Earth's magnetic field will make my compass needle point south one day? 31.07.2019 5:03

Send us Fan Mail Got five minutes for a coffee? Grab your favourite cup, and hit play to take a closer look at Earth's magnetic field, it's stranger than you think! Let's see what makes it work, and explore the history of how north strangely becomes south sometimes. Stick around to see when it's likely to happen next. Episodes are at cosmiccoffeetime.buzzsprout.com Follow on...

#7 A black hole sounds pretty weird 30.06.2019 3:13

Send us Fan Mail Black coffee and black holes, get caffeinated for this one. Black holes are some of the weirdest things in the universe, so let's understand them a bit better this coffee break. Episodes are at cosmiccoffeetime.buzzsprout.com Follow on Twitter @CosmicCoffTime for some special content. Want to suggest a topic? email cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com

#4 You've got to love an eclipse of the sun 17.06.2019 3:38

Send us Fan Mail You've got your coffee, we've got some pretty cool facts about eclipses. If you've ever wondered about how a solar eclipse happens, or maybe why they're so rare, then wonder no more! And what is an orbital node anyway? Episodes are at cosmiccoffeetime.buzzsprout.com Follow on Twitter @CosmicCoffTime for some special content. Want to suggest a topic? email cosmi...

#5 NASA Deep Space Communication Network 17.06.2019 5:28

Send us Fan Mail Coffee break time again. So we see all these amazing pictures from rovers on Mars, and flybys of distant planets, but how do those pictures get back to Earth? Who's listening? and what is Australia's role in all of this? Check out https://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html Episodes are at cosmiccoffeetime.buzzsprout.com Follow on Twitter @CosmicCoffTime for some special content....

#6 Why isn't Pluto a planet any more? 17.06.2019 4:01

Send us Fan Mail Pluto is famous these days for not being a planet. What happened? You've got a coffee, we've got some of the answers. Episodes are at cosmiccoffeetime.buzzsprout.com Follow on Twitter @CosmicCoffTime for some special content. Want to suggest a topic? email cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com

#1 How much space is in space? 16.06.2019 5:37

Send us Fan Mail We hear a lot about the size of the planets in the solar system and beyond, but how far apart are they? Let's grab a coffee and find out by using a really relatable scale, you might be surprised! Visit the scale model Solar System Trail stkildamelbourne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Solar_System_Self_Guided_Trail_web_friendly.pdf Episodes are at cosmiccoffeetime.buzzsprou...

#2 Big bang and the bookends of the universe 16.06.2019 5:08

Send us Fan Mail The biggest question - and a coffee break. How did the universe begin? Why can't we talk about what happened before the universe began? And how will the universe end? Episodes are at cosmiccoffeetime.buzzsprout.com Follow on Twitter @CosmicCoffTime for some special content. Want to suggest a topic? email cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com

#3 What's with leap years anyway? 16.06.2019 5:12

Send us Fan Mail Coffee smells nice today, and why do we need a leap year? When did we start doing the leap day and what would happen if we didn't bother with 29 February? What was unique about the 2000 leap year? Episodes are at cosmiccoffeetime.buzzsprout.com Follow on Twitter @CosmicCoffTime for some special content. Want to suggest a topic? email cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com