All four gas giants will be visible this week, as well as other highlights in our stargazing guide.

Transcript [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-14-august-2023/]

Photograph Saturn’s rings before they disappear: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astrophotography/astrophoto-tips/photograph-saturn-rings/

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The Perseid meteor shower is due to put on a great show in this week’s stargazing guide.

Transcript [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-7-august-2023/]

How to see the meteors: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/skills/meteor-showers-how-observe-record-shooting-stars/

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The first of August’s supermoons and the appearance of the Pleiades feature in this week’s stargazing guide.

Transcript [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-31-july-2023/ ]

Meteor observing [URL] https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/skills/perseid-meteor-shower-how-to-see-it/

Stargazing in Utah [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/stargazing-utah/]

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Telescopes like JWST or the upcoming Square Kilometre Array have the power to reveal the hidden depths of the Universe. Their images contain not just the stars, galaxies and planets astronomers are looking for, but could contain all manner of hidden gems we have yet to even consider. However these observatories produce so much data it’s impossible to look through it all by hand and even citizen science projects like Zooniverse, which gets hundreds of volunteers to go through the data, could struggle to cope. 

Alex Andersson from Oxford University is working on a new machine learning programme that could help work with humans to find the undiscovered mysteries of the Universe. 

https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/alex-andersson/bursts-from-space-meerkat

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Keep an eye out for the three innermost planets just after sunset in this week’s stargazing guide.

Transcript [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-24-july-2023/ ]

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Mishaal Ashemimry started her own aerospace company at the age of 26, aiming to build the space industry in her home nation of Saudi Arabia. Now she works as a special adviser to the Saudi Space Commission, who recently sent their first female astronaut into space on board the Axiom-2 mission. She is a keen promoter of women in the space industry, and is the President for diversity initiatives at the International Aeronautical Federation (IAF).

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Transcript [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-17-july-2023/ ]

How to see the ISS in the night sky [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/skills/how-see-international-space-station-iss-night-sky/]

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The Pleiades return to the morning sky, while the Moon pairs up with Jupiter in this week’s stargazing guide.

Transcript [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-10-july-2023/]

Test your eyesight with the Pleiades [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/skills/electra/]

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How do you measure ultra-low-frequency gravitational waves coming from the centres of distant galaxies? By observing their effect on cosmic clocks of course! This episode Dr Michael Keith, an astrophysicist at the University of Manchester, reveals how detecting subtle changes in the regularity of pulsars is providing a new way of observing the cosmos.

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Venus, Mars and Regulus around themselves together in the night sky in this week’s stargazing guide.

Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-19-june-2023/

How to see the ISS in the night sky: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/skills/how-see-international-space-station-iss-night-sky/

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