Intergalactic Craic

This festive season, Heather and Courtney explore the other options for living in our Solar System (just on the off chance we don't fix the climate!). What would living on the Moon, Venus, Europa or Mars look like?! Tune in to find out. Need Some Space?

This month on Intergalactic Craic, Heather and her special guest host, Dr Rok Nežič, tackle some commonly asked questions heard in the Armagh Planetarium exhibition area. Sometimes these questions might make you do a double take and ask... Here's me wha? At least if you are (unlike Rok) from Northern Ireland!

From Pluto's dubious standing in the Solar System, to where the heck we can see the aurora and when black holes will eat the Earth, Heather and Dr Rok discuss it all and more. Need Some Space?

This month Heather and Courtney attempt to uplift everybody's spirits with a discussion of four Earth ending scenarios. From comets we thought were friends to nightmarish grey goo, we have the range of what could happen to the blue planet. And for two of them... we are long overdue. Need Some Space?

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This week Heather and Courtney chat to AOP's own Professor Simon Jeffery about the misfits of the universe; heavy metal stars! There's more than one type of star out there and we are still discovering more about these stellar oddities today. Need Some Space?

For this Wee Bitta Craic, Heather and Courtney chat with outgoing AOP research fellow Dr Andreas Sander about his work, the PhD process and his advice to aspiring researchers! 

This week Heather and Courtney embark upon a journey to the biggest gas giant that we have in our Solar System - Jupiter! Want to know more about our protector/assassin/lighting ball?! Listen to Intergalactic Craic! Need Some Space?

This week Heather and Courtney are joined by Director of Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, Prof Michael Burton! Prof Burton lends his expertise to explain how big the universe really is using a scale we can all wrap our heads around. Also we find out how he voted on the decision to kick Pluto out of the official Solar System planets! Need Some Space?

This month Courtney freaks Heather out with the scariest stuff out there: strange matter! Have you ever wondered what it would take to turn Earth into a tiny blob of an asteroid? Turns out... it's a bean! A bean of strangelet that is. Need Some Space?

Welcome to our first Mini-sode! This week Heather and Courtney get the 101 on Comet 2I/Borisov with the one and only Dr Rok! The paper referred to in this episode can be found here.

Welcome to Season 2 everyone! Heather and Courtney kick off the new season with some amazing women in science that everyone should know. Any questions? Email us at [email protected]