Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce.

The Discussion: 

You can now watch Jen presenting on BBC TV’s Weatherman Walking!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0bw773s/weatherman-walking-series-12-7-cross-hands-to-felinfoel   (from 06:40 - BBC iPlayer only works in the UK. Sorry, it’s due to rights issues.)

Walking, astronomy and animal abuse in the New Forest.

NASA finds the Awesome Astronomy bunker on Mars! https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/26754/door-shaped-fracture-spotted-by-curiosity-at-east-cliffs/ 

Listeners’ emails on:

- Obscure names for constellations.

- Podcast editorial suggestions.

- Sending us your astrophotography.

 

The News: 

Rounding up the astronomy news in April, we have:

- A companion star that survived a supernova!

- Galaxies that had their dark matter stripped away.

- Everything we thought we knew about galaxy evolution is wrong 

- We were just buzzed by an asteroid a mile wide. 

 

The big news story: 

Only an image of the black hole region at the centre of our galaxy!

 

The Sky Guide: 

This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Draco with a guide to its history, how to find it, a couple of deep sky objects and a round-up of the solar system views on offer in June. 

 

Q&A:

What sites and activities could you recommend for disabled amateur astronomers? From our good friend Ash in Wales.

 

http://www.awesomeastronomy.com

 

Bio: Awesome Astronomy is a podcast beamed direct from an underground bunker on Mars to promote science, space and astronomy (and enslave Earth if all goes well).

 

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