Star Diary

A guide to August 2021’s night sky in the northern hemisphere. This month Jupiter and Saturn reach opposition, and the Perseid meteor shower appears. Transcript:https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary/august-2021/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Particle physicist Dr Harry Cliff traces the building blocks of the cosmos back to the Big Bang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

August sees Jupiter reach opposition and the extension of NASA's Juno mission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Planetary scientist Simone Marchi reveals the vital role collisions have played in the history of the Solar System. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A guide to July's night sky in the northern hemisphere. This month a parade of planets will be visible, even during the light summer nights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Revisiting Apollo 15 and the moon buggy on the 50th anniversary of the fourth Moon landing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the Sun's activity increases, we take a look at whether space weather could be hazardous to the Artemis moon-landing mission, and to satellites in orbit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Planetary scientist Emily Lakdawalla discusses the importance of putting rovers on the Red Planet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A guide to June's planets, stars, conjunctions and how to see the partial solar eclipse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How the WMAP satellite detected residual heat from the birth of the Universe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Astronomer Heino Falcke reveals how an international science team photographed a black hole for the first time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Martian author, Andy Weir, talks to us about his new novel Project Hail Mary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Discover the stars, planets, conjunctions and other observing highlights in the night sky this month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geneticist Dr Christopher Mason reveals how we could reengineer human genetics to survive on another planet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Astrophysicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explores some of the Universe's greatest unsolved mysteries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

101 years since astronomy's Great Debate challenged our understanding of the Universe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We talk with John Barentine from the International Dark Sky Association about an emerging source of light pollution – satellites. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Discover the stars, planets, conjunctions and other observing highlights in the night sky this month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We look back on cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's historic spaceflight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Astronomer Beth Biller reveals the new instrument that can directly image planets orbiting distant stars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We speak to astronomer Jessica Mink about her discovery of rings around Uranus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Find out what to see in the night sky this month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NASA scientist Jamie Bock discusses a new mission to track the evolution of the cosmos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We take a look at the asteroid belt and NASA's space-rock-investigating spacecraft OSIRIS-Rex as it prepares to return to Earth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What will the UAE's first space mission reveal about the Red Planet? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices