Look Up!

What’s the night sky in January? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Catherine talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories, the discovery of collisions around the star Formalhaut, and the exciting atmosphere of lemon-shaped exoplanet PSR J2322-2650b!

What’s the night sky in December? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Catherine and Jess talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They cover some exciting news about moss (trust me, it’s cool) and an emergency launch to the Tiangong space station. Join us on X at the start of December to be part of the conversation.

What’s the night sky in November? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Catherine talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They cover the some of the comets you may be able to spot from Earth and celebrate 25 years of humans living on the International Space Station!

What’s the night sky in October? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Catherine talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They cover the exciting news about potential signs of life in ancient rocks on Mars, and the recently announced confirmation of 6,000 exoplanets! Join us on X at the start of October to be part of the conversation.

What’s the night sky this September? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Catherine talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories, the discovery of a new moon around Uranus, and the appointment of the 16th Astronomer Royal, Professor Michele Dougherty!

What’s the night sky this August? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Catherine talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories, the discoveries of a new companion star for Betelgeuse and interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS!

What’s the night sky this July? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Jess talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They cover the origins of a mysterious fast radio burst detected last year, and the very exciting first images of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory!

Explore these images for yourself here: https://rubinobservatory.org/gallery/collections/first-look-gallery

And explore the sonification of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, created by Skysynth: https://rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look/cosmic-treasure-chest/skysynth-sonification

What’s in the night sky this June? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Catherine and Imo talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They talk about a new JWST image of the galaxy cluster Abell S1063 and a potential dwarf planet discovery!

Join us on X at the start of the month to be part of the conversation.

What’s in the night sky this May? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Catherine and Jess talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They talk about an exciting potential discovery on the exoplanet K2-18b, and a recent experiment conducted in space testing out lab grown food! Join us on X at the start of May to be part of the conversation.

What’s the night sky this April? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Jess talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They cover the 128 new moons discovered around Saturn, and some interesting preliminary results about dark energy, which have implications for the end of the Universe! Join us on X at the start of April to be part of the conversation.