Look Up!

By Royal Observatory GreenwichScience

Look Up! episodes

March 01, 2023 Look Up! March 2023
In March’s episode we cover the night sky highlights for the month ahead and discuss a wealth of news stories related to Jupiter, including some newly discovered moons! We also talk about an update on the International Space Station and its damaged Soyuz capsule. Since this episode was recorded an uncrewed soyuz has successfully launched and docked with the ISS, so the damaged capsule doesn’t need to be used! The SpaceX crew-6 launch has been postponed until at least the 2nd March.
For more information on this Soyuz launch: Uncrewed Replacement Soyuz Launches to the Space Station – Space Station (nasa.gov)
For more information on the postponed Dragon launch: NASA, SpaceX Move Forward with March 2 Launch to Space Station – NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission
At the start of March, you can join us on Twitter to vote on which story is your favourite in our poll (@ROGAstronomers).
40 min
January 23, 2023 Look Up! February 2023
In February's episode we cover the night sky highlights for the month ahead and then discuss black holes taking bites out of the same star over and over, and LauncherOne - the attempt to be the first orbital launch from the UK.
At the start of February, you can join us on Twitter to vote on which story is your favourite in our poll (@ROGAstronomers).
How to see the green comet: https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/blog/astronomy/how-see-green-comet-c2022-e3-ztf
35 min
December 23, 2022 Look Up! Jan 2023
In January's episode we cover the night sky highlights for the month ahead and talk about the latest (and last!) updates from the Insight mission on Mars, which sent its last ever signal shortly after this podcast was recorded. We also discuss JWST's fantastic new images of Titan.
At the start of January, you can join us on twitter to vote on which news story is your favourite in our poll (@ROGAstronomers)
37 min
December 01, 2022 Look Up! Dec 2022
Royal Observatory Astronomers Affelia and Jess take you through what to see in the night sky during the month of December. They also cover some cosmic news! In this month's episode we discuss all things Moon-related with the recent launch of Artemis 1.
Join us on twitter @ROGAstronomers and take part in our poll at the start of December!
In this episode we don't discuss the Apollo 1 tragedy. If you wanted to learn more about Apollo 1 we covered this in our April 2019 episode: https://soundcloud.com/user-429302439/look-up-april-2019
If you're interested in the Moon our next livestream, which celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 17, this will take place on the 7th December. Find it on our YouTube channel:
@RoyalObservatoryGrnwich
28 min
October 30, 2022 Look Up! Nov 2022
Royal Observatory Astronomers Affelia and Jess take you through what to see in the night sky during the month of November in our family friendly Look Up! podcast.
On this month's podcast, Affelia and Jess talk about a new theory on Uranus' spin, and the legacy of the Arecibo telescope. We also have this month's viewing highlights in our Cosmic Diary!
Join us on Twitter @ROGAstronomers and take part in our poll at the start of November!
26 min
October 24, 2022 RMG SOUND WORK YC22
Facilitated by artist Charlotte Grayland
Spotlighting the creative minds around the museum - content shared on behalf of Royal Museums Greenwich’s Young Creatives group. If you wanted to learn more about this program, follow this link: https://www.rmg.co.uk/schools-communities/young-people
5 min
October 05, 2022 Look Up! October 2022
Royal Observatory Astronomers Jess and Tania take you through what to see in the night sky during the month of October in our family friendly Look Up! podcast.
On this month's podcast, Jess and Tania talk about developments in the Hayabusa2 mission, and the DART mission's successful impact into an asteroid. We also have this month's viewing highlights in our Cosmic Diary!
Join us on Twitter @ROGAstronomers and take part in our poll at the start of October!
36 min
August 22, 2022 Look Up! September 2022
Royal Observatory Astronomers Jess and Greg take you through what to see in the night sky during the month of September in our family friendly Look Up! podcast.
On this month's podcast, Jess and Greg talk about the progress in NASA's plan to return to the moon, and a recently opened liquid mirror telescope. We also have this month's viewing highlights in our Cosmic Diary!
Join us on Twitter @ROGAstronomers and take part in our poll at the start of September!
34 min
July 27, 2022 Look Up! August 2022
Royal Observatory Astronomers Jake and Jess take you through what to see in the night sky during the month of August in our family friendly Look Up! podcast.
On this month's podcast, Jake and Jess talk about the newly released images from the James Webb Space Telescope. We also have this month's viewing highlights in our Cosmic Diary!
Join us on Twitter @ROGAstronomers and take part in our poll at the start of August!
41 min
July 01, 2022 Look Up! July 2022
Royal Observatory Astronomers Aman and Jess take you through what to see in the night sky during the month of July in our family friendly Look Up! podcast.
On this month's podcast, Aman talks about NASA starting a study on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs), while Jess updates us on the Europa Clipper mission.
We also have this month's viewing highlights in our Cosmic Diary!
Join us on Twitter @ROGAstronomers and take part in our poll at the start of the month!
36 min