Look Up!

What’s in the night sky this March? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Catherine and Jess talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects and events in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They cover a progress update for the New Horizons space probe, and the asteroid that might (but most likely, might not) hit Earth.

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

What’s in the night sky this February? 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 a breathtaking new photomosaic of the Andromeda Galaxy, and the oldest Supernova found in the Universe... so far.

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

What’s in the night sky this January? 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 Artemis 2 updates, and Ingenuity’s new life as a weather station!

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

What’s in December’s night sky? 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 a recent study on the nature of the Large Magellanic Cloud, and the starship test launches! Join us on X at the start of December to be part of the conversation.

What's in November's night sky? Join Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Catherine as they discuss some of the cosmic objects you shouldn't miss in the sky this month. Also discussed are this month's cosmic news stories, both of which are to do with moons! Join us on X at the beginning of the month to join in the conversation- do you think Europa's oceans are habitable?

What’s in October’s night sky? 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, both human spaceflight related! They discuss SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn, Boeing’s Starliner, and the astronauts on board both. Join us on X at the start of the month to be part of the conversation. If you could take one food to space, what would it be?

What’s in September’s night sky? 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 blue supermoon seen recently, and a new theory about the origin of the “Wow!” signal detected in 1977. Join us on X at the start of September to give us your opinion on the origin of this mysterious signal!

A previous version incorrectly referred to the blue moon as a super blue moon.

What’s in August’s night sky? 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 first launch of the Ariane 6 and the release of 4 crew from their year of isolation in the CHAPEA Mars simulation.

What’s in July’s night sky? 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 nova event we’re expecting from T Coronae Borealis, and the first ever return of lunar samples from the far side of the Moon by China’s Chang’e-6!

What’s in June's night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Imo talk through some of the month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month's Cosmic News – results from ESA's Euclid mission, and the misrepresented June 3rd planetary aliment.