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The Cosmic Cast
Follow the UK's original planetary science podcast and vloggers. The Cosmic Cast team are based at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Manchester. Twitter: twitter.com/earthsolarsystm Facebook: facebook.com/earthandsolarsystem Blog: earthandsolarsystem.wordpress.com Instagram: instagram.com/earthandsolarsystem
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Feb 3, 2026
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Episodes
S4E11: Exploring the Geology of Exoplanets (Oli Shorttle) 03.02.2026 44:31
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, we chat to Oli Shorttle (Cambridge) about the challenges of exploring the geology of exoplanets. You can find Oli on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/oshorttle Read more about exoplanets here: h...
S4E13: LPSC 2022 Round Up 03.02.2026 31:29
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, we give a round-up of our abstracts and presentations for the Lunar and Planetary Science conference, which is taking place in Houston this week! Check out a full list of Manchester LPSC abstracts ...
S4E10: Q&A Livestream! 03.02.2026 50:19
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, we field questions from our audience in this festive livestream. (Recorded on 15th Dec). Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/cosmic_cast and ht...
S4E9: Organics and Volatiles in Meteorites (Peter Mc Ardle & Arthur Goodwin) 03.02.2026 29:48
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, we welcome Peter Mc Ardle and Arthur Goodwin to The Cosmic Cast team! We chat about their career path to Manchester and their PhD projects. Follow ...
S4E7: Crystalizing the Moon from the Earth (Ed Baker) 03.02.2026 34:38
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, we chat to Ed Baker (Manchester) about crystallising the Moon using an Earth-like starting composition. Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/co...
S4E5: Exploring the volcanoes of the Solar System (Natalie Starkey) 03.02.2026 50:23
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, we chat to Natalie Starkey (OU) about her new book Fire & Ice. You can find Natalie's book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fire-Ice-Volcanoes-Solar-System/dp/147296036X/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=fire+and+...
S4E6: First results from Chang'e 5 lunar samples (Josh Snape) 03.02.2026 37:09
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, we chat to Josh Snape (Manchester) about some of the first analyses from the latest Chang'e 5 lunar sample return mission. You can read more about these exciting new results here: https://www.scie...
S4E4: Moonquakes!! (Alice Turner) 03.02.2026 36:53
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, we chat to Alice Turner (Oxford) about what moonquakes tell us about the lunar interior. You can find Alice on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/SeismoAlice --------------------------------------...
S4E3: Dehydrating Carbonaceous Chondrites (Catherine Harrison) 03.02.2026 34:16
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, we chat to Catherine Harrison (Manchester/NHM) about all things chondrites including the latest from the Winchcombe meteorite. You can find Catherine on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/cathharri...
S4E1: Welcome to Season 4 (Just the Hosts) 03.02.2026 30:55
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, we open season 4 by having a chat about what we've all been up to over the summer. We'll post Marissa paper once it's live. Click here to read more about the Geological Society’s Year of Space: ht...
S3E22: How the Perseverance Rover will help understand volcanism on Mars (Eleni Ravanis) 03.02.2026 44:43
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, we check in with Eleni Ravanis (Hawai'i) about what life is like on the Perseverance Rover team. You can follow Eleni's work on Twitter: https://twitter.com/eleniravanis The Space Ethics Library is...
S3E23: Exploring the Earth's mantle using ophiolites (Elliot Carter) 03.02.2026 23:00
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, we check in with Elliot Carter (Dublin) who chats to us about his new paper on untangling the effects of metasomatism on the Leka Ophiolite Complex, Norway. Check out the paper here: https://www.sc...
S3E21: Curating the Apollo collection (Ryan Zeigler) 03.02.2026 36:29
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, we talk to Ryan Zeigler (NASA) about what it's like looking after the Apollo collection. Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/cosmic_cast and h...
S3E19: PhD hand-in extravaganza! 03.02.2026 49:10
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, we talk to Matt Varnam, Ben Esse, and Sam Bell (Manchester) about what it was like finishing their PhDs during lockdown. You can find our wonderful guests on Twitter, using these links: https://tw...
S3E20: Phosphorus and the early Solar System (Craig Walton) 03.02.2026 39:34
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, we talk to Craig Walton (Cambridge) to chat about what phosphorus can tell us about not only meteorites, but also how life started on Earth. To read more about Craig's reseach check out these pape...
S3E18: Finding the Winchcombe Meteorite (Ashley King) 03.02.2026 39:50
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, Dr. Ashley King (Natural History Museum) talks about finding the UK's newest meteorite fall in over 30 years. You can find Ashley on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/AshleyJKing85 To find out more...
S3E16: Searching for life on Mars on Earth (Bea Baharier) 03.02.2026 44:24
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, Bea Baharier (OU) talks to us about how we can use Martian analogue sites here on Earth to investigate potential habitable environments on Mars. You can find Bea on Twitter here: https://twitter.co...
S3E17: Linking meteorites to potential asteroid parent bodies (Helena Bates) 03.02.2026 37:04
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, Helena Bates (NHM) talks to us about how we can use spectral measurements to link meteorites to their potential asteroidal parental bodies. You can find Helena on Twitter here: https://twitter.com...
S3E14: How to map Mercury (David Pegg) 03.02.2026 42:38
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, we chat with David Pegg (OU) about his work in producing geological maps of Mercury . The Cosmic Cast is brought to you by the Earth and Solar Syst...
S3E13: What Sulphur tells us about volcanic eruptions (Laura Crick) 03.02.2026 40:02
You're listening to The Cosmic Cast! This week, we chat with Laura Crick (St. Andrews) about how sulphur trapped in ice can tell us about some of the largest volcanic eruptions in the last 10 kyrs. Laura researches the 74 ka eruption of Toba, Ind...
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