Star Diary

By BBC Sky at Night MagazineScience Astronomy

Star Diary episodes

February 25, 2019 Planet 9 in doubt, a beautiful Beehive and an aurora adventure
BBC Sky at Night Magazine’s creators discuss the latest theories about Planet 9 with physicist Antranik Sefilian, plus there’s chat about aurora hunting and the achievements of Apollo 9.
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30 min
January 23, 2019 New Horizons and event horizons
This episode we look at the Chinese lunar mission Chang’e 4, discuss the New Horizons flyby of Ultima Thule and wonder why a black hole isn’t as strong as a fridge magnet. We speak to Martin Harwit, author of Cosmic Discovery, about how some of the most important astronomical discoveries were first made.
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36 min
December 20, 2018 Lunar eclipses, 2019’s space missions and green stars
The team of BBC Sky at Night Magazine discuss lunar eclipses look at the new raft of space missions coming in 2019, including an interview with Kerri Donaldson Hanna about the OSIRIS-Rex mission to the asteroid Bennu.
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40 min
November 21, 2018 2018 in review and scientific observations of Mars
We discuss the biggest space stories of 2018 including Kepler, UK rocket launches and the blood moon. Plus we hear from the British Astronomical Association’s Mars section director Richard McKim about how to make your observations of the Red Planet count for the scientific record.
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38 min
September 24, 2018 Ice on the Moon, Apollo 7 and advice for new astronomers
The team discuss the discovery of water on the Moon and take a look back at the Apollo 7 mission. Vatican observatory director Guy Consolmagno gives his advice for getting started in practical astronomy.
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51 min
July 27, 2018 NASA's Dawn mission, Holst’s Planets and water on Mars
We look back on 100 years of Holst’s musical work The Planets and discuss the success of NASA’s Dawn mission at Ceres and Vesta. Plus, we speak to Roberto Orosei, an astronomer who led a recent study that found evidence of water on Mars.
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25 min
July 27, 2018 Bluedot Festival 2018 special
In this special edition of Radio Astronomy, we’re live at the world famous Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire for the Bluedot science and music festival 2018.
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38 min
July 23, 2018 Meteor showers and space rocks that fall to Earth
Meteorite hunter Peter Jenniskens talks to us about his recent find of a meteorite in the Botswanan bush, and we reveal our stargazing tips for the Perseid meteor shower.
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27 min
June 22, 2018 The Sun, a danger to life on Earth?
Chris Scott, Professor of Space and Atmospheric Physics at the University of Reading, speaks to us about just how dangerous solar activity is to life on Earth and what’s going on at the surface of the Sun.
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37 min
May 21, 2018 The mission to map the Milky Way
We speak to Prof Gerry Gilmore, principal investigator for the UK participation in the Gaia mission to map 1.7 billion stars in our Galaxy. The team also discuss strange stars, the Stellarium online planetarium and noctilucent clouds.
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34 min