Star Diary

By BBC Sky at Night MagazineScience Astronomy

Star Diary episodes

April 01, 2023 Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 3 to 9 April
Venus brushes past the Pleiades in this week’s stargazing guide.
Transcript https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-3-april-2023/

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13 min
March 26, 2023 Humans Of Space: Aaron Yung
NASA scientist Aaron Yung talks about what it’s like being an astrophysicist working with the James Webb Space Telescope, and what inspired him to forge a career studying the cosmos.

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55 min
March 26, 2023 Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 27 March to 2 April
Mars and the crescent Moon make a lovely pairing in this week’s stargazing guide.
Transcript https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-27-march-2023/
How to see the International Space Station https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/skills/how-see-international-space-station-iss-night-sky/

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14 min
March 19, 2023 Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 20 to 26 March
Ceres reaches opposition, while the New Moon offers a great time for deep-sky observing.
Transcript https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-20-march-2023/

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13 min
March 17, 2023 Black holes and bending spacetime
Astrophysicist Luciano Rezzolla discusses the mind-blowing properties of gravity and his quest to understand black holes

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34 min
March 13, 2023 Humans Of Space: Nicole Stott
Former NASA astronaut Nicole Stott reveals what made her choose a career in spaceflight, what it’s like living in zero gravity and how her experiences made her realise just how precious planet Earth really is.

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53 min
March 12, 2023 Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 13 to 19 March, 2023
Ceres reaches opposition in the asteroid belt, while the planet Venus continues to dominate the sky in this week’s stargazing guide.
Transcript https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-13-march-2023

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12 min
March 05, 2023 Star Diary: What's in the night sky, 6th March to 12th March 2023

This week’s full Moon offers a great opportunity for some lunar observing in this week’s stargazing guide.
Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-6-march-2023

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11 min
February 27, 2023 Humans Of Space: Jeff Hoffman
Humans Of Space is a podcast all about the people who have changed the way we view the cosmos, and how they got to be where they are today. In this episode we got the chance to speak to former NASA Space Shuttle astronaut Jeff Hoffman.

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1 hr 6 min
February 26, 2023 Star Diary: What's in the night sky, 27 February to 5 March 2023
Jupiter and Venus shine brightly together, while the Moon meets up with Mars in this week’s stargazing guide.
Transcript [link: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-27-feb-2023/]
How to photograph lunar ray craters [link: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/skills/moon-ray-ejecta-systems/]

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14 min