Star Diary

By BBC Sky at Night MagazineScience Astronomy

Star Diary episodes

December 09, 2020 A history of Palomar Observatory
Astronomer Linda Schweizer discusses the history of California's Palomar Observatory, the subject of her new book Cosmic Odyssey.
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34 min
November 20, 2020 What next for New Horizons?
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft heads deeper into the Kuiper Belt at the edge of the Solar System.
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43 min
November 17, 2020 Is there life beyond Earth?
Biologist Wallace Arthur reveals why he believes the Universe could be teaming with life.
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41 min
November 06, 2020 What's a black hole? Interview with astrophysicist Janna Levin
US astrophysicist Janna Levin reveals the secrets of black holes.
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40 min
October 30, 2020 Interview: NASA astronaut Jeff Williams
November 2020 marks 20 years of continuous occupation of the International Space Station. We speak to former NASA astronaut Jeff Williams about the space station's construction, what it's like working in the Earth-orbiting laboratory, and the future of human spaceflight.
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30 min
October 22, 2020 20 years of the International Space Station
We're marking 20 years of continuous occupation of the ISS with a look at its past, present and future, its many achievements, and what it's like to live on the floating laboratory.

Plus, astronomer and cosmologist Dr Emma Chapman discusses the history of the Universe and the moment the first stars began to shine throughout the cosmos.

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40 min
October 09, 2020 Interview: Getting The Right Stuff right
Robert Yowell served as a technical consultant on Dinsey+ new series, The Right Stuff. The series chronicles the story of the US’s first astronaut class, the Mercury 7 and Yowell helped ensure that the missions depicted were as accurate as possible.
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25 min
October 02, 2020 Interview: Stuart Clark on the history of astronomy
Have you ever wondered what early humans thought as they looked up at the night sky? How did our ancestors interpret the motion of the stars, constellations and planets? How did it develop into the science of astronomy as we know it today? This episode Stuart Clark discusses his new book Beneath The Night, and how stargazing has shaped the development of our species.
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41 min
September 25, 2020 ASTHROS: the stratospheric balloon observatory
NASA’s Jose Siles discusses ASTHROS, a new mission that will see a 2.5m telescope attached to a helium balloon and sent into the stratosphere, in order to give astronomers a closer look at galactic star formation.
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31 min
September 19, 2020 Galaxies
What are the different types of galaxies, and how have astronomers studied them over the years? Also this episode, we speak to Andrew Griffith MP, co-chair of an all-party parliamentary group seeking to protect the UK's dark skies.
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47 min