Who's afraid of big, bad numbers? In the show this time, we talk to Bobby Seagull about the mathematics of astronomy and popularising maths among the public [07:30.46 - 52:26.84], Michael Wright rounds up the latest news [01:32.27-07:15.94] and we find out what we can see in the December night sky from Ian Morison, Haritina Mogosanu and Samuel Leske [57:26.00 - 1:34:16].

December 2019

The Jodcast is an astronomy podcast created by students and staff from the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics.  The episodes include the latest astronomy news, interviews with astronomers, stargazing information, and more.

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Galaxy evolution: not so sim(ple)ulations.  This month, Kammy and Jessy are joined by Dr. Ana Duarte Cabral from Cardiff University, where she discusses her work on understanding the connection between star formation and galaxy evolution and clues us in on how simulating these processes are not a simple affair. Fiona and Phoebe report on the recent discovery of a quiet Galactic black hole, and observations of a loud white dwarf star. Ask an Astronomer makes a return with George and Honor!

May 2024

ABC's of GRB's.  In this episode, Soheb interview Dr Gavin Lamb from Liverpool   John Moores University and they discuss the exotic nature of gamma ray bursts. Fiona is joined by Mel and   Honor and they discuss NASA's DART mission, the oldest 'dead' galaxy yet and why Gallifrey must not exist.    The Jodbite makes a comeback where Fiona interview Micah Bowles.

April 2024

Feel the Magnetic Pull. In this episode, Jessy Marin talks to Dr. Kate Pattle about her work   studying the involvment of magnetic fields in star formation. We discuss some of the newly released images from the Event Horizon Telescope and   JWST and test a new format for our Odds and Ends section where we present an interesting article on Saturn's moon, Mimas.

March 2024

Blueberries and Peas.  In February's episode, Fiona interviews Dr Alex Cameron on his work understanding the properties of early galaxies using JWST, and we take a whistle-stop tour around some of Bluedot's stalls from July 2023.

February 2024

Bluedot 2023 Special.  In this episode, Fiona Porter travels to Bluedot and interviews Dr. Rebecca Bowler, Sheena Cruickshank, and Jen Gupta.  Additionally, Fiona Porter conducted a separate, extended interview with Dr. Tim O'Brien about organizing Bluedot and about the history of Jodrell Bank.

December 2019

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