Star Diary

Venus, Mars and Regulus around themselves together in the night sky in this week’s stargazing guide. Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-19-june-2023/ How to see the ISS in the night sky: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/skills/how-see-international-space-station-iss-night-sky/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mars and Venus make their closest approach of the year in this week’s stargazing highlights. Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-26-june-2023/ How to do astrophotography during a full moon: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astrophotography/astrophoto-tips/astrophotography-during-full-moon/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the summer solstice approaches, take a look at Venus and Mars in this week’s stargazing guide Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-19-june-2023/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 How close are we to finding life beyond Earth? Are habitable planets common outside of our Solar System? Astronomer Chris Impey discusses exoplanet science and whether life could indeed exist elsewhere in the Universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s stargazing highlights include the earliest sunrise of the year, and Venus clipping the top of the Beehive Cluster. Transcript [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-12-june-2023/] Find the minor planet Massalia: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/what-comets-asteroids-in-sky-tonight/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Keep an eye on the supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy, M101, while the Moon passes under Saturn. Transcript [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-5-june-2023/ ] See the latest images of the supernova in M101: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/supernova-sn-2023ixf-m101/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mars will pass through the heart of the Beehive cluster in this week’s stargazing guide. Transcript [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-29-may-2023/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Watch out for Noctilucent clouds, and Mars and Venus continue to dominate the evening sky in this week’s stargazing guide. Transcript [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-22-may-2023/] Noctilucent clouds: what are they and how to see them [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/skills/noctilucent-clouds-what-they-are-and-how-to-see-them/] Learn more about your ad ch...

Former NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan talks about her oceanographic exploits, what it’s like to stare at planet Earth during a spacewalk, her part in the launch of Hubble and what lies ahead for human spaceflight.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jupiter passes behind the Moon in a daylight occultation and Mars lines up with Castor and Pollux in Gemini in this week’s stargazing guide. Transcript [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-15-may-2023/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Venus and Mars pass through Gemini, and the minor meteor shower the Eta Lyrids will light up the sky in this weeks stargazing guide. Transcript [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-8-may-2023/ How to photograph a shadow cast by Venus [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/skills/capture-a-shadow-cast-by-the-planet-venus/] How to create a planetary animation of Jupi...

Venus passes between the horns of Taurus, and it’s a great time to look at the double star Porrima in this week’s stargazing guide. Transcript [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-1-may-2023/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mars makes its way through Gemini, while Saturn begins to emerge in the week’s stargazing guide. Transcript [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-24-april/ Aurora hunting guide for travellers [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/travellers-guide-aurora-hunting/] Noctilucent clouds: what are they and how can you see them [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine....

The return of Halley's Comet in 1910 saw many media outlets report on the supposed end of civilisation that would occur as the celestial wanderer passed close by planet Earth. This episode, author Richard Goodrich discusses his new book Comet Madness, all about the doom-laden predictions that accompanied news of Halley's approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...

The Lyrids meteor shower peaks this week, and Venus approaches the moon in this week’s stargazing highlights Transcript [URL https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-17-april-2023/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rover engineer Pete Visscher discusses what it takes to put a wheeled robot on another planet, and how he began his career in space exploration.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Venus passes by the Pleiades and the Moon blocks out the star Alniyat in this week’s stargazing highlights. Transcript [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-10-april-2023/] How to sketch the Moon [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/skills/how-to-draw-the-moon/] How to photograph the Moon [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astrophotography/astrophoto-tips/ho...

In 2002, Lance Bass (formerly of N’Sync) spent six months training to be a cosmonaut. We talk to him about his experience and his new podcast, The Last Soviet.  Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/interview-lance-bass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Venus brushes past the Pleiades in this week’s stargazing guide. Transcript  https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-3-april-2023/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NASA scientist Aaron Yung talks about what it’s like being an astrophysicist working with the James Webb Space Telescope, and what inspired him to forge a career studying the cosmos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mars and the crescent Moon make a lovely pairing in this week’s stargazing guide. Transcript https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-27-march-2023/  How to see the International Space Station https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/skills/how-see-international-space-station-iss-night-sky/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 Ceres reaches opposition, while the New Moon offers a great time for deep-sky observing. Transcript https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-20-march-2023/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Astrophysicist Luciano Rezzolla discusses the mind-blowing properties of gravity and his quest to understand black holes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former NASA astronaut Nicole Stott reveals what made her choose a career in spaceflight, what it’s like living in zero gravity and how her experiences made her realise just how precious planet Earth really is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ceres reaches opposition in the asteroid belt, while the planet Venus continues to dominate the sky in this week’s stargazing guide. Transcript https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-13-march-2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices