Professor Michele Dougherty reveals what we can learn by studying the magnetic fields of Solar System bodies, why the Cassini mission was so important, and what JUICE might discover at Jupiter's icy moons.

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Welcome back the winter sky, and take in the Milky Way as we take you through the astronomy highlights in our weekly stargazing guide.

Learn all about astrophotography in our upcoming online Masterclass, all about deep-sky imaging: https://bit.ly/SaNMCDSPod

Transcript: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-11-sept-2023

Astrophotography guide: Create a Milky Way mosaic: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astrophotography/astrophoto-tips/astrophotography-guide-create-milky-way-mosaic

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 The Milky Way is on fabulous display this week as the Moon clears out of the evening sky, while the Moon passes close to the Pleiades in this week’s stargazing guide.

Transcript: www.skyatnightmagazine.co.uk/podcast/star-diary-4-sept-2023

How to see the Milky Way: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/skills/how-to-see-the-milky-way

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This week the Super Blue Moon takes centre stage in this week’s stargazing guide.

Transcript [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-28-august-2023/]

What is a supermoon: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/supermoon-what-when-next

Astrophotography image processing: a beginner’s guide: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astrophotography/astrophoto-tips/astrophotography-image-processing-beginners-guide

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Saturn’s rings are disappearing, so make sure you don’t miss the planet as it passes through opposition in this week’s stargazing guide.

Transcript [URL: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star-diary-21-august-2023/]

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

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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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