Royal Observatory Greenwich
Look Up!
Join the astronomers of the Royal Observatory Greenwich as they discuss the night sky and recent news in the wide world of astronomy. The Royal Observatory Greenwich is the historic home of the Astronomer Royal, with the first building, Flamsteed House, built in 1675. Now the Observatory is a heritage site, museum and a centre for excellence in science learning.
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Jul 2, 2026
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Episodes
Look Up! Dec 2022 01.12.2022 27:09
Royal Observatory Astronomers Affelia and Jess take you through what to see in the night sky during the month of December. They also cover some cosmic news! In this month's episode we discuss all things Moon-related with the recent launch of Artemis 1. Join us on twitter @ROGAstronomers and take part in our poll at the start of December! In this episode we don't discuss the Apollo 1 tragedy. If yo...
Look Up! Nov 2022 30.10.2022 25:22
Royal Observatory Astronomers Affelia and Jess take you through what to see in the night sky during the month of November in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. On this month's podcast, Affelia and Jess talk about a new theory on Uranus' spin, and the legacy of the Arecibo telescope. We also have this month's viewing highlights in our Cosmic Diary! Join us on Twitter @ROGAstronomers and take par...
RMG SOUND WORK YC22 24.10.2022 4:31
Facilitated by artist Charlotte Grayland Spotlighting the creative minds around the museum - content shared on behalf of Royal Museums Greenwich’s Young Creatives group. If you wanted to learn more about this program, follow this link: https://www.rmg.co.uk/schools-communities/young-people
Look Up! October 2022 05.10.2022 35:18
Royal Observatory Astronomers Jess and Tania take you through what to see in the night sky during the month of October in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. On this month's podcast, Jess and Tania talk about developments in the Hayabusa2 mission, and the DART mission's successful impact into an asteroid. We also have this month's viewing highlights in our Cosmic Diary! Join us on Twitter @ROGAs...
Look Up! September 2022 22.08.2022 33:13
Royal Observatory Astronomers Jess and Greg take you through what to see in the night sky during the month of September in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. On this month's podcast, Jess and Greg talk about the progress in NASA's plan to return to the moon, and a recently opened liquid mirror telescope. We also have this month's viewing highlights in our Cosmic Diary! Join us on Twitter @ROGAs...
Look Up! August 2022 27.07.2022 40:19
Royal Observatory Astronomers Jake and Jess take you through what to see in the night sky during the month of August in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. On this month's podcast, Jake and Jess talk about the newly released images from the James Webb Space Telescope. We also have this month's viewing highlights in our Cosmic Diary! Join us on Twitter @ROGAstronomers and take part in our poll at...
Look Up! July 2022 01.07.2022 35:56
Royal Observatory Astronomers Aman and Jess take you through what to see in the night sky during the month of July in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. On this month's podcast, Aman talks about NASA starting a study on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs), while Jess updates us on the Europa Clipper mission. We also have this month's viewing highlights in our Cosmic Diary! Join us on Twitter @...
Look Up! June 2022 02.06.2022 37:48
Royal Observatory Astronomers Jess and Jake take you through what to see in the night sky during the month of June in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. On this month's podcast, Jake talks about the image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy, while Jess explores the history of space crime. We also have this month's viewing highlights in our Cosmic Diary! Join us on Twitter...
Look Up! May 2022 26.04.2022 37:43
Royal Observatory Astronomers Jake and Patricia take you through what to see in the night sky during the month of May in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. On this month's podcast, Jake talks about the largest comet ever discovered, while Patricia explains the weird and wonderful way that sound travels on Mars. We also have this month's viewing highlights in our Cosmic Diary! Join us on Twitter...
Look Up! April 2022 01.04.2022 44:04
Royal Observatory Astronomers Patricia and Jake take you through what to see in the night sky during the month of April in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. On this month's podcast, Patricia talks about the legacy of solar physicist Eugene Parker, while Jake dives into the first image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. We also have this month's viewing highlights in our Cosmic Diary! Joi...
Look Up! March 2022 03.03.2022 14:00
Royal Observatory Astronomer Jake takes you through what to see in the night sky during the month of March in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. On this month's podcast, Jake talks about the one year anniversary of NASA's Perseverance Rover's successful landing on Mars, featuring audio of the winds of Mars. (Credit: NASA https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/participate/sounds/) We also have this mont...
Look Up! December 2021 30.11.2021 43:51
Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomers Bryony and Patricia are here to tell you what to look out for in the night sky for the final month of 2021 in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. But wait, there's more; they also bring two exciting stories that have recently broken in the world of astronomy and space science to the table. Bryony talks about the stellar beginnings of heavier elements, part...
Look Up! November 2021 01.11.2021 15:33
Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomer Bryony is going it alone this month, letting you know what to look out for in the night sky this November 2021 in our family-friendly Look Up! podcast. As for our cosmic news, this month Bryony talks about NASA's newest mission, the Lucy mission, launched October 16th, and explains where it's going, what it's looking for, and where its (rather adorable) name...
Look Up! October 2021 03.10.2021 41:15
Join Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomers Bryony and Patricia to hear about what's up in the sky in October 2021 in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. But wait, there's more! Bryony and Patricia both leave the solar system to discuss recent astronomical breakthroughs, discussing the fiery ends of stars. Bryony looks at the smaller end, how white dwarf stars may not be as docile as we used to...
Look Up! September 2021 30.08.2021 44:06
Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomers Bryony and Patricia tell you what to look out for the night sky in September 2021, as well as giving you the run down on a couple of astronomical news stories from August in our family-friendly Look Up! podcast. This month Patricia brings her love of Star Trek to the forefront and talks about how NASA are celebrating the 100th birthday of Star Trek creator G...
Look Up! August 2021 24.07.2021 51:35
Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomers Bryony and Patricia are here to tell you what to look out for in the night sky this August 2021 as well as a few astronomical news stories from July in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. As for our cosmic news, this month Bryony talks about the first ever measurement of isotopes in the atmosphere of an exoplanet and how they may give us insight into where...
Look Up! July 2021 30.06.2021 44:28
Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomers Bryony and Patricia are here to tell you what to look out for in the night sky this July 2021 as well as a few astronomical news stories from June in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. This month Patricia talks about the newest images coming from Juno, NASA's mission to Jupiter, and what they are revealing about the largest moon of our Solar System, Ganym...
Look Up! June 2021 26.05.2021 48:26
Join Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomers Bryony and Patricia as they give you a guide to the night sky in June 2021 in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. But wait, there's more! Bryony and Patricia also nerd out over two recent astronomy/space science related news stories, and this month is no exception. Bryony starts us off by talking about the Voyager 1 probe and its journey through inter...
Look Up! May 2021 27.04.2021 1:00:02
Join Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomers Bryony and Patricia as they give you a guide to the night sky in May 2021 in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. Not only that but they will then bring their favourite astronomical news stories from the previous month to the table and do their best to break them down. Patricia starts us off this month, talking about the Mars Insight lander and the exc...
Look Up! April 2021 01.04.2021 58:46
Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomers Bryony and Patricia are here to tell you what to look out for in the night sky in April 2021 in this Look Up! podcast. But wait, there's more! Bryony and Patricia also discuss two of their favourite astronomical news stories from March 2021. Bryony kicks off by talking about 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar object that we ever observed in our Solar System,...
Look Up! March 2021 01.03.2021 40:54
Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomers Bryony and Patricia are here to tell you what to look out for in the night sky in March 2021 in this Look Up! podcast. That's not all, though - they also discuss some recent astronomical news stories. February was mostly dominated with the Mars missions, but some other exciting things happened. Patricia discusses the newly-found most distant solar system obj...
Look Up! February 2021 01.02.2021 35:12
Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomers Bryony and Patricia are here to tell you what to look out for in the night sky for the start of 2021 in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. As well as this, they discuss some recent astronomical news. Patricia kicks off with an overview of some important space-related legislation that passed on December 31st of 2020 that aims to help preserve our heritage...
Look Up! January 2021 31.12.2020 41:49
Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomers Bryony and Patricia are here to tell you what to look out for in the night sky for the start of 2021 in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. As well as this, they discuss some recent astronomical news. Patricia discusses the sample return from asteroid Ryugu by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft while Bryony pays tribute to a fallen friend: the radio dish at Arecibo...
Look Up! December 2020 30.11.2020 45:11
Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomers Bryony and Patricia are here to tell you what to look out for in the night sky this December, 2020, in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. As well as this, they discuss some recent astronomical news. Bryony explains how Mars' dust storms may be the reason for its lack of water, while Patricia talks about the possibility of Europa glowing in the dark. Which...
Look Up! November 2020 29.10.2020 43:21
Royal Observatory Astronomers Dhara and Bryony take you through what to see in the night sky during the month of November in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. On this month's podcast, Dhara chats about the asteroid sample-return mission of OSIRIS-REx and Bryony discusses the Physics Nobel Prize of 2020 for the robust theoretical prediction of black holes with the discovery of a compact object...
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