Please Look Up

By Particle WA

Tune in each month for a guided tour of the night sky as seen from Perth, Western Australia. Each episode highlights all of the fascinating constellations, planets, and asteroids that you should be ke... more

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July 02, 2026 What's up in July? Galaxy Subclumps, Space Jellyfish & Yelling at the moon
This month Alyshia & Leon discuss galaxy sub-clumps, space jellyfish, weird egg shaped stars & yelling at the moon.
*Disclaimer - There's a 4 letter swear word around 30 mins in that starts with an "s."

Alyshia's Space Pic:
https://particle.scitech.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/space-jellyfish-fuelburny.jpg

Leon's Space Pic/ Space Fail:
https://particle.scitech.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/twisty-telescope.png

What's up in the Night Sky for July?
In the West - Jupiter going going gone. Venus is still super bright & swings by Regulus in Leo constellation July 10. To the East - see Mars in the morning. Pleiades, Taurus, Aldebaran.

Dates of interest:
July 7: Earth at aphelion
July 10: Venus close to Regulus in Leo
July 20: International Moon Day
July 29: Full Moon

Buzz Aldrin yells at the moon in 30 Rock:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvG8qI0HCfY&t=96s

Constellation of the month:
Virgo & the wheat laden maiden

Virgo Cluster: Subclumps, sub-subclumps & non cometary fuzzy objects
Messier 87's cool plasma jet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Messier_87_Hubble_WikiSky.jpg

M87's Black Hole image
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/resources/teachable-moment/how-scientists-captured-the-first-image-of-a-black-hole/

Spica - Leon's Hypothetical Egg Boys
https://particle.scitech.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/bin_000001-egg-boys.png
Image: Hypothetical appearance of stars in an ellipsiodal binary. Credit: Smith/Scitech

Space Flight Focus:
Artemis 3 crew is announced! (Which was fresh news at time of recording!)
Leon discusses the battle between Space X & Blue Origin on whose landing craft will be ready.
Alyshia get's confused about the Artemis 3 confusing mission map from 2022.
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/artemis_iii_mission_map_2022.jpg

Space Fail of the Month:
Deep Space Station 14 Azimuth Over-Rotation Mishap.
How a cultural/workplace issue caused $4m worth of damage for NASA. Big Whoops!

Read the very redacted document here.
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/dss14-mishap-investigation-board-report-signed-final-redacted-hm-tagged-508.pdf?emrc=74c749

For more space news check out https://particle.scitech.org.au/atoms-galaxies/the-sky-tonight-july-2026/

Got a question? Chuck it in the comments and we will try to answer it next episode!

Please Look Up is recorded on Whajduk Noongar Land.
Particle is powered by Scitech.
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June 01, 2026What’s Up In The Sky? Gigantic Jets, Exploding Rockets & Star Soup!
This episode has some adult themes, and language.
Join Alyshia & Leon this month, discussing all things space, as well as exploding rockets, star soup, and now footy. Book the bus Freo fans!
Space Picture of the Month
Leons Space Pic - Space X Starship Heat Shield Comparison
Alyshia's Space Pic - Gigantic Jet from ISS
More info on jets
Spriteactular site - https://spritacular.org/
The Night Sky
In the West, Venus and Jupiter get cozy on the 10th of June, while Mercury & Gemini watch.
Turn to the East & see Scorpius starting to appear. Mars and Saturn visible in the morning.
Constellation of the Month – Ara the Altar
Cool things inside Ara
Westerland 1
NGC 6397
Star Soup!

Special dates
June 21 - Winter solstice
June 30 - Micro full moon!
June 30 -International asteroid day! Remember to Live laugh & remember asteroids! (They can destroy us at anytime)

Space Flight Focus
Starship, (the Big Friendly Rocket) launches, but its booster goes rogue.
Blue Origin goes BOOM! In a surprise Space Fail of the month.

Alyshias Space Cat T-Shirt
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May 01, 2026 What’s Up In The Sky? Birds, Blue Moons and Space Crushes!
Join Leon and Alyshia as they talk all things volcanoes, movies, Artemis II, space crushes and crows! And once in a blue moon they'll sprinkle in what's up in the sky in the month of May - no but for real there's a blue moon this month.
Tune back in in a month for the space news and what's up in June!
Picture Links:
Alyshia's space picture of the month
Leon's space picture of the month
Artemis II photo gallery
Stay up to date on all the space news with monthly 'The Sky Tonight' articles on our website: WA science. Done different. | Particle
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April 01, 2026 What’s Up In The Sky? Venus, Jupiter, Dawn Planets, and Artemis Updates!
Leon and Morgan share April night-sky highlights and space news, starting with Venus low in the west after sunset and Jupiter in the northwest, plus a tip for spotting satellites near Orion (steady, non-blinking lights) and using NASA’s “Spot the Station” for ISS passes. They mention viewing the faint stars Tau Ceti and 40 Ari tied to Project Hail Mary, and set pre-dawn “homework” to look east for Mercury, Mars, Saturn (and Neptune with a telescope), with April 16 best for seeing them near the Moon. Leon explains why Earth looks small from lunar distance, suggests the pinky-nail Moon size check (full moon April 2), and notes April 12 (Yuri Gagarin’s flight anniversary) and April 22 (Earth Day). Constellation of the month is Libra, historically Scorpius’s claws, and they discuss Gliese 581 and past radio messages. Space news covers Artemis schedule changes, a 2028 Moon goal, ISS funding to 2030 with a shift toward private stations, and they end with “space pitches” on simulated Martian wind in crops and artist concepts of space-based data centers, plus an After Dark “knees” prank story.
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February 28, 2026 What’s Up In The Sky? March's Stellar Stargazing Guide
Happy March!
With Alyshia away, Leon and Morgan guide you through everything you can see in the night sky in March.
They talk about planets, stars, the moon... the moon... the moon... they talk about the moon a lot. Theres just so much going on with it!
Stay up to date on all the space news with monthly 'The Sky Tonight' articles on our website: WA science. Done different. | Particle
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February 01, 2026What’s Up In The Sky? February's Stellar Stargazing Guide
We're going to the MOON!
This episode Alyshia and Leon discuss the exciting Artemis II launch returning humans to the moon. Space fails include the Cancellation of Mars Sample Return, an Indian Polar Satelite Rocket Explodes taking 14 satellites with it - oops! Alyshia's brain breaks and Leon received yet ANOTHER spam call during recording.
Night sky - Jupiter, Canis Minor.
Space Pics
Artemis II Movie Poster
https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/missions/webb/science/2026/01/STScI-01KCMATAPPC5QXWSD5BM6VRT9M.png
Space pictures
Alyshia - James Webb Helix Nebula
https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/missions/webb/science/2026/01/STScI-01KCMATAPPC5QXWSD5BM6VRT9M.png
Comparison Video - https://youtu.be/F3nm9oUggrE?si=kz2KmS17NrSGO72w

Leon - Crawler Preps for Artemis II Rollout.
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-crawler-preps-for-artemis-ii-rollout/

Mars Sample Return Video -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9G36CDLzIg&t=1s

Australian of the Year
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/25/astronaut-katherine-bennell-pegg-named-australian-of-the-year-for-2026
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December 31, 2025 What's Up In The Sky? January 2026's Stellar Stargazing Guide
Happy New Year!
This month, join the Please Look Up team for this special episode of reflection - looking back on our favourite moments from the year of 2025.
Leon and Alyshia will be back in February well rested and ready to return to regular space news programming.
But fear not! We wouldn't leave you without your monthly dose of space news. If you want to read about what's happening in the night sky in January, check out the latest 'The Sky Tonight,' on the Particle website.
Just click this link: WA science. Done different. | Particle
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December 03, 2025 What’s Up In The Sky? December’s Stellar Stargazing Guide
Join Leon and Alyshia in a look through the December night sky.
Enjoy the last faint glimpses of the milky way for the year and cast your eyes instead on Jupiter which is shining brightly this month. If you whip out a telescope you may even be able to see Saturn and Neptune to add to your planet tally! And Pisces gives you your monthly dose of mythological family shenanigans.
As for space news, the New Glenn rocket investigates Mars’ “absolutely spaghetti mess piss-weak magnetic field.”
Important dates this month!
December 5th - Super Full Moon
December 14th - Geminids Meteor Shower
December 21 - Summer Solstice
To see the space pictures of the month:
Alyshia's
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Leon's
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November 01, 2025What's Up In The Sky? November's Stellar Stargazing Guide
Join Leon and guest host Alyshia as they rocket into the November night sky and explore all the latest space news including:
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No... it's a supermoon!
Grab a mirror because November is the best month to look at Uranus.
Leon's namesake meteor shower.
It's raining space junk, but has anyone ever been hit by it?
How Leon broke Scitech.

Enjoy, and we'll see you next month to talk about the night sky in December.
If you're at all interested in the pictures discussed throughout this audio medium, you can find them here:
Lottie Williams
Alyshia's space pictures of the month: Image 1 Image 2
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October 01, 2025 What's Up In The Sky? October's Stellar Stargazing Guide!
What's up this month?
The October sky is just like Leon's resting heart rate... chill as hell.
There's still stuff to see though! The milky way, triangles (like, official ones, not just three random stars connected), meteors and not to mention it's the best time of year to see Mercury!
Additionally, Leon and guest host Alyshia embark on side quests including but not limited to alleged alien sightings, menstruating in space and coming up with the worst puns possible.
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46min

FAQs about Please Look Up:

How many episodes does Please Look Up have?

The podcast currently has 42 episodes available.