Podcasts about royal observatory greenwich

What's in the night sky this May? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Catherine and Jess talk through some of this month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month's cosmic news stories. They talk about an exciting potential discovery on the exoplanet K2-18b, and a recent experiment conducted in space testing out lab grown food! Join us on X at the start of May to be part of the conversation.

Giant icebergs that scientists believe drifted off the UK coast 18,000 years ago are now helping researchers at the British Antarctic Survey to understand the impact that climate change and global warming are having on the Antarctic. Dr James Kirkham joins us on the podcast to explain how. Why ​Apple is reportedly planning to diversify its supply chain, moving its iPhone production away from China and making India its primary source.The rapidly crumbling exoplanet hurtling through space, with Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomer Finn Burridge. Also in this episode: Google's“call to arms” over a worrying gap in the UK's adoption of artificial intelligence.Volkswagen America and Uber's plans for a robotaxi service as soon as 2026And how marathon runners' urine could soon be enriching our soil Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's the night sky this April? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Jess talk through some of this month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month's cosmic news stories. They cover the 128 new moons discovered around Saturn, and some interesting preliminary results about dark energy, which have implications for the end of the Universe! Join us on X at the start of April to be part of the conversation.

Preview: Professor Julien de Witt of MIT explains the importance of the James Webb Space Telescope study of the TRAPPIST-1 system of seven rocky Earth-sized exoplanets -- all just 40 light years from our system. Much later. 1802 ROYAL OBSERVATORY GREENWICH

Bex visits London's Postal Museum to find out all about the postal service and take a ride on Mail Rail – plus, we're at the Royal Observatory Greenwich where we're learning about partial solar eclipses!Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's in the night sky this March? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Catherine and Jess talk through some of this month's must-see cosmic objects and events in this podcast. Also discussed are this month's cosmic news stories. They cover a progress update for the New Horizons space probe, and the asteroid that might (but most likely, might not) hit Earth. Join us on X at the start of March to be part of the conversation.

The internet is buzzing about Asteroid 2024 YR4, currently ranked as the highest-threat asteroid in our skies. But is it really cause for concern? Our Public Education Specialist, Kate Howells, breaks down the facts. Then, we shift from potential impacts to stunning space imagery as Finn Burridge from the Royal Observatory Greenwich shares how astrophotographers worldwide can participate in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Finally, our space policy experts, Casey Dreier and Jack Kiraly, discuss how the new Trump administration has impacted NASA in its first weeks. Stick around for What’s Up with Bruce Betts, as he explains how we assess asteroid threats using the Torino Impact Hazard Scale. Discover more at: https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/2025-2024-YR4-and-a-new-administrationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's in the night sky this February? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Catherine and Jess talk through some of this month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month's cosmic news stories. They cover a breathtaking new photomosaic of the Andromeda Galaxy, and the oldest Supernova found in the Universe... so far. Join us on X at the start of February to be part of the conversation.

What's in the night sky this January? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Catherine and Jess talk through some of this month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month's cosmic news stories. They cover Artemis 2 updates, and Ingenuity's new life as a weather station! Join us on X at the start of January to be part of the conversation.

What's in December's night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Jess talk through some of this month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month's cosmic news stories. They cover a recent study on the nature of the Large Magellanic Cloud, and the starship test launches! Join us on X at the start of December to be part of the conversation.

What's in October's night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Catherine talk through some of this month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month's cosmic news stories, both human spaceflight related! They discuss SpaceX's Polaris Dawn, Boeing's Starliner, and the astronauts on board both. Join us on X at the start of the month to be part of the conversation. If you could take one food to space, what would it be?

Welcome to The Photography Bar podcast, where we talk all things photography. In this episode we talk about: - 8TB sd card rumours from western digital - Canon Eos R6 mk 3 rumours already??? - Ryan Imperio wins The Royal Observatory Greenwich's Astronomy photographer of the year - Stolen ‘iconic' Winston Churchill portrait resurfaces in Italy - Taylor Swift endorses Olympus. - Is f2.8 king? You can support he channel by leaving us a 5* review on your favourite podcast app like Spotify and Apple podcasts   ----- SUBSCRIBE to our new Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePhotographyBar   Support the show by joining our Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/thephotographybar ----- Here is everywhere you can find us: Website: https://www.thephotographybar.co.uk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thephotogbar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thephotographybar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thephotographybar1/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thephotographybarpodcast    

It's time for another trip around the solar system on the BIGGER and BETTER Science Weekly!  This episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly we continue our bigger and better podcast where we answer YOUR questions, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about  International Observe the Moon Day from a real-life astronaut. Dan starts with the latest science news, how the Boeing Starliner completed its journey back to earth, why adopting pigs has improved the well-being of school pupils and Astronaut Jake Foster from the Royal Observatory Greenwich tells us all about International Observe the Moon Day and what we can learn from the moon? Then we delve into your questions where Dan explains the difference between petrol and diesel & the National Space Centre's Ed Turner answers Calan's question asking what's inside a black hole? Dangerous Dan continues and we learn all about the TherizinosaurusThe Battle of the Sciences continues where Dan chats to Justin Stebbing from Anglia Ruskin University about why the Biomedical Sciences is the best kind of science? What do we learn about? The Boeing Starliner's return to earth International Observe The Moon Day from Astronaut Jake Foster What's inside a black hole? Is Biomedical Sciences the best type of science? All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Using NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, scientists reveal that space may not be as dark as we think. We speak to Jake Foster, astronomer from Royal Observatory Greenwich.British scientists who developed a skin cancer-treating drug are to receive £30 million in funding to continue their research.Calling all Emos: a museum in London needs your help... We speak to culture Journalist Elizabeth Gregory.Also in this episode:Four in ten cats choose to play fetch with their ownersAustralian scientists are using sound technology to test soil biodiversity healthThe Minecraft Movie trailer is here… but it's left critics scratching their headsFor more news head to standard.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's in September's night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Catherine talk through some of this month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month's cosmic news stories – the blue supermoon seen recently, and a new theory about the origin of the “Wow!” signal detected in 1977. Join us on X at the start of September to give us your opinion on the origin of this mysterious signal! A previous version incorrectly referred to the blue moon as a super blue moon.

What's in August's night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Catherine talk through some of this month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month's cosmic news stories, the first launch of the Ariane 6 and the release of 4 crew from their year of isolation in the CHAPEA Mars simulation.

What's in July's night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Catherine talk through some of this month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month's cosmic news stories – the nova event we're expecting from T Coronae Borealis, and the first ever return of lunar samples from the far side of the Moon by China's Chang'e-6!

Jake Foster, astronomer at Royal Observatory Greenwich, shares his insight about why SpaceX has landed a lucrative Nasa contract to destroy the International Space Station, and what we know about its replacement. One of the world's top architects, Kent Jackson, design partner at Skidmore Owings and Merrill, explains how buildings could be able to act as trees.Also in this episode:Asteroid ‘the size of Mount Everest' to skim past Earth todaySatellite image sheds light on how ice and snow in clouds turn into rainXbox 360 classic Dead Rising is back with a "Deluxe Remaster," but fans don't know how to feel about the protagonist's new look… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's in June's night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Imo talk through some of the month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month's Cosmic News – results from ESA's Euclid mission, and the misrepresented June 3rd planetary aliment.

What's in May's night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Julienne talk through some of the month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. They also bring two news stories, the discovery biggest stellar mass black hole in our galaxy and an update on the Dragonfly mission. Join the conversation on X (@ROGAstronomers) in May. We want to know what you would name a black hole if you discovered one?

IS DARK ENERGY WEAKENING?  2/4: Flashes of Creation: George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate, by Paul Halpern https://www.science.org/content/article/model-ever-expanding-universe-confirmed-dark-energy-probe https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/something-fishy-is-happening-with-the-milky-ways-dark-matter-halo/ar-BB1hs74y https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08PV5CLZQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 A respected physics professor and author breaks down the great debate over the Big Bang and the continuing quest to understand the fate of the universe. Today, the Big Bang is so entrenched in our understanding of the cosmos that to doubt it would seem crazy. But as Paul Halpern shows in Flashes of Creation, just decades ago its mere mention caused sparks to fly. At the center of the debate were the Russian-American physicist George Gamow and the British astrophysicist Fred Hoyle. Gamow insisted that a fiery explosion explained how the elements of the universe were created. Attacking the idea as half-baked, Hoyle countered that the universe was engaged in a never-ending process of creation. The battle was fierce. In the end, Gamow turned out to be right—mostly—and Hoyle, along with his many achievements, is remembered for giving the theory the silliest possible name: "the Big Bang." Halpern captures the brilliance of both thinkers and reminds us that even those proven wrong have much to teach us about boldness, imagination, and the universe, itself. 1945 Royal Observatory Greenwich

What's in April's night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Julienne talk through some of the month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. They also bring updates on all the recent human space exploration news, including the fact that NASA is recruiting astronauts! Join the conversation on X (@ROGAstronomers) in April. We want to know if you feel qualified to be an astronaut – and if you want to be one!

What's in February's night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Affelia talk through some of the month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. They also give updates on the Peregrine 1 and SLIM lunar missions and ask what colours the planets actually are after reprocessed images of Neptune show it to be less blue than what most people think. In this we say that the SLIM lunar lander might come back online - and since recording it has successfully turned back on! Congratulations again to all the teams involved. Join the conversation on X (@ROGAstronomers) at the start of February and tell us which you prefer - the blue or green Neptune image (and say goodbye to Affelia!).

Affelia (with a different Jess as a special guest!) from the Royal Observatory Greenwich tell you what you can see in January's night sky. They also talk about two news stories from the world of astronomy - a fantastic new discovery from a school science project, and a cat video sent from space. Join the conversation on X (@ROGAstronomers) at the start of January. We're discussing pets, on space and on Earth!

Astronomers Jess and Affelia from the Royal Observatory Greenwich tell you what you can see in December's night sky. They also talk about new aurora found at Uranus and Jupiter's shrinking Great Red Spot.

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If you enjoy this podcast, consider buying me a coffee: https://adamstoner.com/support A story that I have been working on for years has finally come to an end. In 2021, I came up with the idea of sending a radio programme to space. In 2022, we did it. It was called Mission Transmission. Two nights ago, in 2023, at what is known as the ‘Oscars of the radio industry' – the ARIAS awards – I picked up not just one but two awards for it… One was Silver for ‘Moment of The Year' making Mission Transmission the second best radio moment last year –– and the other was Gold for ‘Creative Innovation'. And with that, this beautiful project I spent months developing and years talking about is complete. The story is over. There are more people to say thank you to – KIDZ BOP and the team at Universal Music, DevaWeb – specifically Chris Stevens, the team at Carver PR, astronaut Tim Peake, Jon Lomberg, Peter Beery, everyone at the Royal Observatory Greenwich in London but specifically Victoria, the very talented people at Create Productions, the tens and tens of people that came onto the radio and podcasts to talk about the project, the lovely people at The Week Junior and Science and Nature magazine for talking about it so much, and obviously my close personal circle of partners and family and friends too. You and I will never know the destiny of that radio programme – we'll never know whether it manages to reach alien life or whether it's defined forever to float between the stars – but I think it says a huge amount about humankind that we dared to send it in the first place. And you – whether you were here from the start or are only just finding out about it – thank you for being a part of it too.

A recent study carried out by the Globe at Night project – a citizen science program involving more than 50,000 observations from volunteers around the world – has found that the brightness of the night sky has increased by an average of 7 to 10 per cent a year for the last decade. This trend is making it increasingly difficult to observe the stars, especially from built-up urban areas.We speak to Dr Greg Brown, an astronomer and science communicator based at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. He tells us how bad the current situation really is, what it means for laypeople, astronomers and animals, and what measures we can take to get our view of the stars back. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're bringing you an episode from Dan Snow's History Hit. Normal Patented service will resume in the New Year.Accurate timekeeping is at the very root of all of the technological advances in the modern world, but how did it all begin? From Roman sundials to mediaeval water-clocks, people of all cultures have made and used clocks for thousands of years. Dan speaks to horologist, historian and former curator of timekeeping at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, David Rooney, about the importance of time, and what clocks can tell us about the history of human civilisation. David's book, About Time: A History of Civilisation in Twelve Clocks, is out now.For more History Hit content, subscribe to our newsletters here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode was recorded live during #internationaldarkskyweek. Kielder Observatory is situated in the Northumberland International Dark Sky Park, and we will linked up with a Dark Sky Park about as far away as you can get on this planet..! We were joined live from New Zealand by Gareth Davies from Dark Sky Network NZ, and Nalayini Davies who is the Vice President of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand and an International Dark-Sky Association board member, and Nalayini was the driving force behind making New Zealand's Dark Sky Reserve, Aotea/Great Barrier Island, happen. We also linked up with The Royal Observatory Greenwich, and astronomer Dr Ed Bloomer, who explains how you can still enjoy the night sky in the brightest of cities. PLUS we want you to head outside tonight and take a picture of the night sky wherever you are and share it with us.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of the Dogwatch we visit with horologist, museum curator, and author David Rooney. We have the opportunity to talk with David about how he learned about clocks and watches from his parents, his path to becoming a museum curator at several prestigious institutions in England, and some of the most interesting timekeeping devices he has known. David teaches us not only about specific clocks but also about some of the history of how they have been used in human civilizations and their relationship to people and power. This conversation just begins to touch on the wealth of information and fascinating stories David includes in his recent book About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks.Today we feature the John Harrison clocks, sometimes simply  known as “the Harrisons.” These clocks, labeled H1 to H4, were produced by John Harrison in the early 18th century in response to the Longitude Act of 1714, which offered a huge reward for someone who could devise a reliable method for determining longitude at sea. Despite being trained as a carpenter, he started making clocks at the age of 20, and eventually created four of the most important clocks ever built. These clocks, now housed at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, were under the care of our guest while he was curator there.

If you enjoy this podcast, consider buying me a coffee: https://adamstoner.com/support Yesterday, I sent a message to space. By the time you read this, the transmission will be 12 billion miles from Earth, 7 times farther away than Neptune. Photons from the broadcast will continue to move at light speed through the universe until the universe itself dies, trillions of trillions of years from now. The broadcast was sent into space from an array of transmitters all over the world and the UK's children's radio station Fun Kids simulcast the transmission, setting a world-first Guinness World Record in the process: the first radio programme beamed to deep space. We called the project Mission Transmission. The result was almost thirty minutes of audio featuring children's hopes, aspirations and questions to extraterrestrial life. Thousands of children from all around the world entered and hundreds made it into our programme. Tens of thousands of people visited the Fun Kids website during the six weeks submissions were open and hundreds from press and PR to astronomers and astrophysicists were involved in bringing this thing to life. Yesterday morning, Mission Transmission was on BBC Radio Sussex, BBC CWR, BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC Radio 2, and BBC Radio 4's Today programme. In the evening I was on BBC Points West. Tonight, you'll see some of the event on The One Show. Tomorrow, an interview I did with the Radio Academy has a rundown of exactly what happened too. At 7pm last night, astronaut Tim Peake, KIDZ BOP and a bunch of children who're featured in our programme all hit a big red button at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. At that moment, transmitters across the world streamed our radio programme to the stars and started it on a journey that will never end. It was a literal love letter to the universe and has been a personal labour of love for so much longer. In fact, this entire project has given me an incredible sense of wellbeing, reminding me that the things that unite us far outnumber things that divide us. So, the next time you gaze up at the stars and picture the wonders of the universe or life on some far-flung and as-of-yet undiscovered planet, remember that among all those twinkling stars exists a tiny token from home, and that wrapped up in that signal are some of the things that make us, us: our sounds, our people, our science, and music. You'll next hear from me on March 31st 2022.

Yesterday, I sent a message to space. By the time you hear this, the transmission will be 12 billion miles from Earth, 7 times farther away than Neptune. Photons from the broadcast will continue to move at light speed through the universe until the universe itself dies, trillions of trillions of years from now. The broadcast was sent into space from an array of transmitters all over the world and the UK's children's radio station Fun Kids simulcast the transmission, setting a world-first Guinness World Record in the process: the first radio programme beamed to deep space. We called the project Mission Transmission. The result was almost thirty minutes of audio featuring children's hopes, aspirations and questions to extraterrestrial life. Thousands of children from all around the world entered and hundreds made it into our programme. Tens of thousands of people visited the Fun Kids website during the six weeks submissions were open and hundreds from press and PR to astronomers and astrophysicists were involved in bringing this thing to life. Yesterday morning, Mission Transmission was on BBC Radio Sussex, BBC CWR, BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC Radio 2, and BBC Radio 4's Today programme. In the evening I was on BBC Points West. Tonight, you'll see some of the event on The One Show. Tomorrow, an interview I did with the Radio Academy has a rundown of exactly what happened too.  At 7pm last night, astronaut Tim Peake, KIDZ BOP and a bunch of children who're featured in our programme all hit a big red button at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. At that moment, transmitters across the world streamed our radio programme to the stars and started it on a journey that will never end. It was a literal love letter to the universe and has been a personal labour of love for so much longer. In fact, this entire project has given me an incredible sense of wellbeing, reminding me that the things that unite us far outnumber things that divide us.  So, the next time you gaze up at the stars and picture the wonders of the universe or life on some far-flung and as-of-yet undiscovered planet, remember that among all those twinking stars exists a tiny token from home, and that wrapped up in that signal are some of the things that make us, us: our sounds, our people, our science, and music. You'll next hear from me on March 31st 2022. If you're a journalist or influencer and you'd like to cover the first radio programme sent to deep space or chat about anything else, you can email me@adamstoner.com. If you submitted audio to Fun Kids Mission Transmission, you can find out if it was included in the broadcast by heading to FunKidsLive.com.

Dan joins Sean to lift the lid on his out-of-this-world interview with intergalactic legend, astronaut Tim Peake! Tim is joining us live at the Royal Observatory Greenwich to launch Mission Transmission, our record-breaking broadcast to space, on the 21st February 2022. Tim spoke to Dan about his brand-new fiction book, Swarm Rising! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you enjoy this podcast, consider buying me a coffee: https://adamstoner.com/support 2022 started in the best possible way. Four days into the new year, I launched Mission Transmission on the UK's children's radio station, Fun Kids; our record-breaking, history-making project to send the voices of our listeners to deep space. Mission Transmission got some nice tweets, was on the front page of Express.co.uk, on RadioToday, in the Week Junior magazine, First News, and Science+Nature too. There's an entire episode of Mysteries of Science dedicated to it – that one's called How to Talk to Aliens. The Radio Academy interviewed me – that's forming part of a new podcast they've got coming out this coming month – and I was on BBC Radio Gloucestershire. My university also spoke to me about the behind-the-scenes work that goes into something like this. By far the most rewarding thing this month has been hearing literally hundreds of voices sent in around-the-clock from kids across the world who want to be a part of our broadcast. I feel so grateful to share this experience with them and know that if I were twenty years younger, I'd be submitting my own voice too. This is the biggest thing I've ever done. It's filled with prestigious people and places; the Royal Observatory Greenwich, Guinness World Records, KIDZ BOP creating a song for us, covering two of the biggest bands in the world, BTS and Coldplay. The 1975 are letting us use their song featuring Greta Thunberg and there's loads more up our sleeve. 214 email chains (some 40 messages deep), 24 hours of submitted audio, 12 interviews with space experts around the world including Jon Lomberg, creator of the Voyager Golden Record, and over 120 other people have been involved in making this thing a reality. Soon, we'll reach a point where the radio programme is finished. All it takes is the click of a button to stream it to 10,000 of Earth's closest stars and start it on a journey that will last forever. Honestly, most of my time this month has been spent between audio editing software and in conversation with those who are making this thing a reality. That said, here's a quick list of what else I've been up to… The path of the sun over six months is what you see in the image above, a result of a long-term analogue photography experiment with Sam from Solarcan. Hear Sam in my podcast and more in Activity Quest. My article on the mystery of the megalodon shark – a prehistoric beast, the largest fish to ever exist – is within the pages of Science+Nature on newsstands right now. It's right alongside Mission Transmission. I've been reading The Vinyl Frontier: The Story of NASA's Interstellar Mixtape. I've also been reading A Walk From The Wild Edge too. Speaking of wild, I got a bunch of plants from Patch and my home now looks like a jungle. The 1.5 meter high Fidel (a Fiddel Leaf tree) and 1 meter high Sarah (a Laurel Fig) are stand-out purchases. Alongside loads of kids audio, in terms of what I've been listening to, The Wombat's new album – Fix Yourself, Not The World – is great as is HRVY's new EP, Views from the 23rd Floor. I think there's a valuable lesson to be learned around the #cancelspotify drama. I'm not a Spotify user and I don't like Joe Rogan's podcast but if you're going to take on the world's top streaming platform hosting the world's top podcaster, you really need to come with more in your arsenal than ‘I don't like what they're saying'. Every public failure harms your chance of future success. On TV, Ant and Dec's new gameshow Limitless Win is fun. On Netflix, Snowpiercer is back. Designated Survivor is a bingeable watch, as is trash telly US sitcom Superstore. There's still time to get your voice into space at FunKidsLive.com

2022 started in the best possible way. Four days into the new year, I launched Mission Transmission on the UK's children's radio station, Fun Kids; our record-breaking, history-making project to send the voices of our listeners to deep space. Mission Transmission got some nice tweets, was on the front page of Express.co.uk, on RadioToday, in the Week Junior magazine, First News, and Science+Nature too. There's an entire episode of Mysteries of Science dedicated to it – that one's called How to Talk to Aliens. The Radio Academy interviewed me – that's forming part of a new podcast they've got coming out this coming month – and I was on BBC Radio Gloucestershire. My university also spoke to me about the behind-the-scenes work that goes into something like this.  By far the most rewarding thing this month has been hearing literally hundreds of voices sent in around-the-clock from kids across the world who want to be a part of our broadcast. I feel so grateful to share this experience with them and know that if I were twenty years younger, I'd be submitting my own voice too. This is the biggest thing I've ever done. It's filled with prestigious people and places; the Royal Observatory Greenwich, Guinness World Records, KIDZ BOP creating a song for us, covering two of the biggest bands in the world, BTS and Coldplay. The 1975 are letting us use their song featuring Greta Thunberg and there's loads more up our sleeve.  214 email chains (some 40 messages deep), 24 hours of submitted audio, 12 interviews with space experts around the world including Jon Lomberg, creator of the Voyager Golden Record, and over 120 other people have been involved in making this thing a reality. Soon, we'll reach a point where the radio programme is finished. All it takes is the click of a button to stream it to 10,000 of Earth's closest stars and start it on a journey that will last forever.  There's still time to get your voice into space at FunKidsLive.com 

Sean finds out what it's like to be a KIDZ BOP from the band behind the official anthem to our record-breaking Mission to space... KIDZ BOP recorded a very special version of 'My Universe' for our radio broadcast to space, Mission Transmission: On February 14th 2022, we On February 14th 2022, we are sending a message to space. Broadcast live from the Royal Observatory Greenwich with some music from the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the 30-minute transmission will feature voices of Fun Kids listeners telling us about their hopes, dreams and desires. Billed as a 'love letter from Earth', the broadcast will go out nationwide and will simultaneously be sent to the stars where it'll hurtle through the universe for literally trillions of years. If you want to be a part of Mission Transmission head to funkidslive.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you enjoy this podcast, consider buying me a coffee: https://adamstoner.com/support Over the past six months, I've been working on something rather special and at 07:30 this morning all was revealed on the national children's radio station, Fun Kids. We're sending a message to space. The project is called Mission Transmission and has been a personal labour of love for the past half-year. Earlier today, KIDZ BOP – who have recorded a version of Coldplay and BTS's song My Universe which we're dubbing the official anthem of the project – and Dr. Emily Drabek-Maunder from the Royal Observatory Greenwich launched it with Sean on the Fun Kids breakfast show. Head to FunKidsLive.com to answer a few questions and submit the voice of yourself or a loved one. We're then editing those submissions into a thirty-minute ‘love letter from Earth' that'll be beamed to the starts from the Royal Observatory Greenwich at 7pm on February 14th 2022 – Valentine's Day – where it'll travel until the end of the universe. Submissions close on February 10th 2022. Fun Kids is the UK's children's radio station. You can listen to Fun Kids on DAB Digital Radio, online, on the free Fun Kids mobile app and on your smart speaker – just say ‘play Fun Kids'. You'll next hear from me on January 31st 2022.

Over the past six months, I've been working on something rather special and at 07:30 this morning, all was revealed on the national children's radio station, Fun Kids. We're sending a message to space. The project is called Mission Transmission and has been a personal labour of love for the past half-year. Earlier today, KIDZ BOP – who have recorded a version of Coldplay and BTS's song My Universe which we're dubbing the official anthem of the project – and Dr. Emily Drabek-Maunder from the Royal Observatory Greenwich launched it with Sean on the Fun Kids breakfast show. Head to FunKidsLive.com to answer a few questions and submit the voice of yourself or a loved one.  We're then editing those submissions into a thirty-minute 'love letter from Earth' that'll be beamed to the starts from the Royal Observatory Greenwich at 7pm on February 14th 2022 – Valentine's Day – where it'll travel until the end of the universe.  Submissions close on February 10th 2022. Fun Kids is the UK's children's radio station. You can listen to Fun Kids on DAB Digital Radio, online, on the free Fun Kids mobile app and on your smart speaker – just say 'play Fun Kids'.  You'll next hear from me on January 31st 2022.

If you enjoy this podcast, consider buying me a coffee: https://adamstoner.com/support World leaders have an uncanny knack for making even the most exciting of things thoroughly depressing. Given their rhetoric, you'd be forgiven for thinking that humankind is in no better position at the end of this year than we were last, but that's not the case at all. Here's a reminder of what happened: JANUARY: A riot at the US Capitol, a new President of the United States. I pledge to learn more about space, planets, and the movement of the stars and then quickly forgot about it. 86 countries sign a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. The coronavirus vaccine programme begins in earnest in the UK. FEBRUARY: NASA's Perseverance and Ingenuity rovers land on Mars. I sign up to HEY, the email service from Basecamp, and it totally revolutionises the way I work and communicate. I kit the home out with Philips Hue lightbulbs, Eve cameras, and more smart-tech. MARCH: Ever Given jackknifes itself in the Suez Canal. The remains of a woman butchered at the hands of an off-duty police officer causes outrage across the country, reigniting conversation around violence against women. I get vaccinated; a syringe symbolising the slow-at-first-then-all-at-once return to some kind of normal. With the team behind The Week Junior's Science+Nature magazine, we make Mysteries of Science. APRIL: I play croquet. I take up a bunch more freelance work. The number of confirmed COVID cases passes 150 million; the number of vaccinations surpass 1 billion. Prince Philip dies. MAY : Netherlands orders Shell to align its carbon emissions with the Paris Climate accord. The Eurovision Song contest reunites nations around the continent; it's the first since the UK exited the EU. We come last. I visit Adam Henson's Cotswold Farm Park, SEA LIFE, do an at-home escape room, take on an assault course, do archery, ride a heritage railway, and walk in a forest used as a set for some of the biggest movies in the world. I turn 26 and take some time offline… JUNE, JULY & AUGUST: Restrictions ease. Football fever grips the nation. The number of vaccinated people exceeds three billion. I lay the foundations for a log cabin in my garden and bury a time capsule within its concrete base. Massive floods devastate large regions of Europe. The event is attributed to a slowed jet-stream caused by climate change. The IPCC unequivocally states that climate change is human-caused, widespread, rapid, and intensifying. Two decades of foreign policy fail as the Afghan government surrenders to the Taliban; the US withdraws, ending 20 years of occupation. I come up with an idea that fulfils my new year's resolution to learn more about space and spend the next quarter planning for it. SEPTEMBER: I visit the Science Museum, We The Curious in Bristol, the Royal Observatory Greenwich, all for this project that launches in four days time. I sold my car. El Salvador becomes the first country to accept Bitcoin as an official currency. Inspiration4 is launched by Space X and becomes the first all-civilian spaceflight. I come back online and write a piece for Science+Nature all about the Overview Effect. OCTOBER: I go to the cinema for the first time in two years to see James Bond. I visit a wedding. I stroll through history by walking the Ridgeway, treading a route that's been used by thousands for millennia. NOVEMBER: World leaders gathered in Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference and emit nothing but hot air. I try NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month – and tap out 14,000 words all about humankind and its attempts to project our condition into the universe. DECEMBER: News of a new coronavirus variant seizes headlines once more. World leaders begin to hermit their kingdoms again. Vaccination efforts intensify, case numbers quintuple. I go to two Christmas parties and get a booster jab. The biggest space telescope ever built opens a new era in astronomical exploration. Our collective human story has always been marred with setbacks and challenges but 2021 is proof that the wheels of human progress will restlessly turn. It was also a reminder that it's up to us to steer the vehicle. You'll next hear from me in just a few days time on Tuesday, January 4th 2022 where I'm going to tell you about that exciting project I mentioned. Happy New Year.

In this edition of Wireless Nights, Jarvis Cocker discovers what happens here on earth on the night of the full moon. He'll be meeting the planet's inhabitants, both man and beast, as they divulge what light of the full moon does to them. Jarvis heads to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London to search for the full moon. His guide and telescope operator is astronomer Dr Emily Drabek-Maunder. Jarvis also discovers what others are getting up to on this full moon night. On a beach in Merseyside he encounters Moon Goddess Gatherings, a mass ritual where hundreds of women watch the full moon rise and embrace the energy of the lunar cycle. The writer Lewis Coleman reflects on his own relationship with the full moon as is teases him with lunacy and lycanthropy. And ecologist Rachel Grant reveals how a moonlit Italian jeep ride led her to discover that it's not just wolves driven wild by the full moon, but amphibians too. Lewis Coleman is the author of Drinking The Moon and other works. Rachel Grant specialises in behavioural and evolutionary ecology at London South Bank University. Dr Emily Drabek-Maunder is an astrophysicist and Senior Manager of Public Astronomy at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Karlee Matthews is Lead Pathfinder for Moon Goddess Gatherings. Produced by Sam Peach

If you enjoy this podcast, consider buying me a coffee: https://adamstoner.com/support His body blue, no blood pressure to speak of, and no pulse to find, artist Andy Warhol was declared dead on arrival at Columbus Hospital in New York City – 4:51pm on June 3rd 1968 – having just been shot by a former colleague at his workshop, The Factory. Bleeding on the gurney, a senior doctor took a fleeting look at the corpse, peeling back an eyelid and watched as its pupil contracted in the bright emergency room lights. Andy Warhol wasn't dead. More culturally relevant to modern day, materialistic Christmases than Jesus himself, disciples of the king of consumerism gathered outside the hospital that night, Andy's resurrection happening within. A cardiac arrest on the operating table and 12 pints of blood later, Warhol's scarified body walked from the hospital alive. I tell you this because I've just finished reading The Andy Warhol Diaries and am about to finish Year of Wonder: Classical Music for Every Day by ex-BBC Radio 3 presenter Clemency Burton-Hill. Clemency's got a sequel out this December, Another Year of Wonder, which I've pre-ordered. On the subject of music, Paul McCartney's new double-volume coffee-table book – The Lyrics – is an intimate self-portrait in 154 songs, a fascinating trawl through the handwritten notes of the UK's greatest songwriter. I got that at the start of the month when I saw his Q&A at the Southbank Centre in London. Spread over pages 48 and 49 of the most recent edition of Science and Nature magazine, I write about something that world leaders overwhelmingly failed to grasp at COP26: the fragility of planet Earth. Despite their failure, it was lovely to see my writing published and now exist in the hands and homes of people across the country. That edition is still on newsstands if you've not been able to pick up your copy yet. On Audible I've been listening to Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind by Annaka Harris, Your Brain Is a Time Machine: The Neuroscience and Physics of Time by Dean Buonomano, and Transcend by Scott Barry Kaufman. I've also been listening to the tonnes of great music that's come out this month. HalfNoise's new album, Motif, is a blend of classical and jazz and a perfect easy evening listen. ABBA's new album shot straight to number one and it's no surprise why. Adele's new album is undoubtedly fantastic too. I was gifted a gorgeous Voyager Golden Record three-LP box-set from Ozma Records and also received a signed copy of Christopher Tin's Calling All Dawns on vinyl this month. For me, albums are a snapshot of the time in which they were recorded, something the Voyager record captures so poignantly and Adele clearly feels too; why else would you title each album your age? That's why I feel strongly about Taylor Swift's re-recording of her albums. Red (Taylor's Version) came out earlier in the month and although I sympathise with the reasons behind its re-release, there's something wholly inauthentic about a soon-to-be 32 year old re-releasing songs written by a 22 year old Swift. As she catches up with her present day work, I daresay I'll feel differently. That said, the album is just as fantastic as the first time around and like Paul McCartney's book, I love gems from the archive. I've had such a lovely month getting out-and-about too. Working on a big project I'll be able to tell you more about in the new year, I was at the Royal Observatory Greenwich in mid-November. I also visited We The Curious in Bristol yesterday for more of the same. Either my taste in films is terrible or critics are stuffy people whose self-importance impedes their judgement. The reviews for House of Gucci are terrible; I saw it in the cinema on Friday and thoroughly enjoyed it. I reckon it's the second of those two things. I was invited to hear the Cotswold Male Voice Choir perform in Cheltenham on Saturday and even took a walk around Westonbirt Arboretum a few days ago on a press preview of their Enchanted Christmas trail. I was also invited to the Tewkesbury Festival of Lights at the start of the month, a beautiful sound and light show telling the story of Tewkesbury through the lens of its 900 year old Abbey. That's sort of what I'm trying to do with these updates; place my story – what I've been doing, reading, watching, and listening to – within the much wider context in which we all live our otherwise individual lives. I think that's also what makes religion so fascinating, I'm not a religious person (though I did have tea with the Bishop of Tewkesbury in the Reverend's home) but I do love the theatrics of it; cathedrals and churches and choirs and the feeling of belonging to something bigger than yourself, a grander story. Today's the first day of December and the countdown to Christmas and the New Year is on. Assisting me are advent calendars from Yankee Candles and T2 Tea. It won't be long before we pop up our tree also; we've decorated ours in basically the same style for as long as I can remember, only ever replacing and adding ornaments here-and-there. I've also got a smaller tree from Bloom & Wild. It comes through your letterbox, is taking pride of place atop a locker I got from Mustard, and with its roots still intact, you can even plant it on afterwards! I did so last in 2019; it's still growing strong. In 1964, a few years prior to Andy's shooting, he had his photo taken in front of a bare Christmas tree, a blue spruce, stripped of all decoration. The image is anathema to everything we know about Warhol his colourful pop art so I emailed the The Andy Warhol Museum on a quest to find out more about it. Matt Gray, manager of the archives, replied. The photo is a design submission for an exhibit at the headquarters of Hallmark Cards. His decision to submit an empty tree wasn't a publicity stunt or a critical read on culture but was a very subversive and deliberate artistic decision. […] He was very aware that the other participants in the show were stuffy and traditional and this was a chance to emphasize his new and rebellious image. […] The fact that he was given the largest tree and a prominent location [in the show] confirms he was on to something. Warhol's tree was left out of the cheery full-colour spread that filled Ladies' Home Journal that year and became known as his ‘anti-Christmas tree', but neither Matt or I think that was his intention… Warhol's tree captures precisely what makes Christmas so special because whether you're a fan of the theatrics of religion or of commercialism, this time is a blank canvas to decorate as you see fit. There is no right or wrong way to celebrate the holidays. Whether you spend this time surrounded by family, binge-eating food or in quiet contemplation of the year just gone, I hope you enjoy it. Here's how Warhol spent his final Christmas in 1986: I went to the church of Heavenly Rest to pass out Interviews [his magazine] and feed the poor. Got a lot of calls to go to Christmas parties but I just decided to stay in and I loved it. Merry Christmas. You'll next hear from me on December 31st 2021.

Dong Shuchang from Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region captured the solar eclipse on June 21, 2020, in his photography work The Golden Ring, becoming the winner of the 2021 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition in mid-September.9月中旬，来自宁夏回族自治区的董书畅，凭借其2020年6月21日摄制的作品《金环》拿下2021年度天文摄影师大赛总冠军。 董书畅的获奖作品《金环》Hosted by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the competition received 4,500 entries from 75 countries and regions.该比赛由英国格林威治皇家天文台主办，共收到来自75个国家和地区的4500份参赛作品。Dong's image also won in the competition's "our sun" category.作品《金环》同时荣获“太阳组”冠军。The Golden Ring shows the moon blocking out most of the solar disc and leaving only a thin ring of sunlight shining through.《金环》中，月轮遮住日面，独剩一环金色的、薄薄的阳光。Dong started to prepare for the trip to take the shots toward the end of 2019.2019年底，董书畅就开始为拍摄之旅做准备。"In fact, I had everything covered in my head," says the 23-year-old, adding that he figured all he had to do was open the camera and press the shutter.23岁的他说，“我把一切都想好了，觉得只要我打开相机，按下快门就大功告成了。”However, that didn't go as he expected. The COVID-19 pandemic put a brake on his plans in early 2020. "All of a sudden, everything became uncertain."不料事与愿违。2020年初新冠疫情暴发，董书畅的计划戛然而止。“突然之间，所有的事情都变得不确定了。”Thanks to the effective pandemic control in China, Dong moved with his plan in the middle of last year. As he finally hit the road, it was still a rough ride. He and his friends encountered some problems on their way to Ngari prefecture in the Tibet autonomous region to take photos of the solar eclipse.得益于国内疫情防控得力，2020年年中，董书畅的计划得以如愿施行。他与好友们一同动身，前往西藏自治区阿里地区拍摄日食。虽踏上旅程，但旅途崎岖，一路上董书畅和好友们遇到了大大小小的问题。When Dong and his friends finally reached their destination, the sky was blocked by thick clouds.抵达目的地时，厚厚的云层将天空挡得严丝合缝。"You had to be there to feel the frustration of about 100 photographers who were ready and waiting for the solar eclipse," he says.他说：“你真的要设身处地，才能感受到当时前来拍摄日食的百来名摄影师，心中的那份失落。”But magic seemed to happen. The clouds moved away and the sun came out. Dong clicked.奇迹发生了，一时间乌云散去，太阳渐显。董书畅按下了快门。Through two different exposures, Dong superimposed two eclipse photos. "It made the image simple yet dynamic."他以不同的曝光度拍下两张照片，并叠加在一起。“这样一来，图像精简而不失动感。”Emily Drabek-Maunder, who is an astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, says: "Solar eclipses have been capturing the interest of humans for thousands of years across the world. This image demonstrates both the beauty and simplicity of an eclipse, but also the science behind this astronomical event.格林威治皇家天文台的天文学家艾米丽·德拉贝克·莫恩德表示：“千百年来，日食总会吸引全人类的目光。这幅作品不仅彰显了日食的美，尽显其简单的本质，也展现出这一天文现象背后的科学道理。”"Our sun can still be seen as a ring circling the moon as it passes in front of the sun, and mountains on the lunar surface can be seen hiding some of this light on the lower right-hand portion of the image. This is a stunning achievement."“当月球经过太阳前方时，太阳居然还能以这种金环的形式展现。此外，照片的右下角，透过光环，甚至月球表面的山脉都隐约可见。能捕捉到这一切，非常不可思议。”"Astronomy photography enables me to record details that are usually missed by the naked eye," Dong says.“天文摄影让我能记录下被肉眼忽略的细节，”董书畅说道。He adds that when he uses telephoto lens to take photos, he can see, for example, the details of the Milky Way, as well as its red, green and blue colors that "can be brought into sharp relief through photography".他举例道，用长焦镜头拍摄时，可以细致入微地观察银河，端详其红、绿、蓝三色间的分明轮廓。Such photography prompted Dong to acquire knowledge of the field.董书畅也从天文摄影中学到不少专业知识。"I got to know how temperature and air composition can result in different star colors, such as blue and yellow that are shown in the images," he says.他介绍说，“因为天文摄影，我才知道，温度和空气组成的差别会让恒星的颜色也不一样，就像我的照片中星体呈现出的蓝色和黄色。”"It is also thrilling when you can see something (in photos) in the great distance like the Andromeda Galaxy."“能从照片中看到仙女座星系这类遥远天体这点也让人非常兴奋。”He threw his hat in the ring of the 2019 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. "It was well-known to people in the circle, so I wanted to put my skills to test through it."他不惧挑战，报名参与2019年度天文摄影师大赛。“这个比赛很有名，圈内人尽皆知，所以我想参赛来检验自己的摄影功底。”Dong's self-confidence got a shot in the arm after winning the best newcomer award with his work, Sky and Ground, Stars and Sand.董书畅凭借他的作品《天地共舞》荣获最佳新人奖，备受鼓舞。Dong says more than three years of chasing the stars has brought excitement and accomplishment in his life, although the process was often mixed with sweat and tears.董书畅表示，走在“追星”路上三年多，虽有疲惫和心酸，但却不负旅途中带来的欣喜与成就。Sichuan province, and Tibet, Ningxia Hui and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions are ideal for star observation.四川、西藏、宁夏和新疆四省是观测恒星的理想地点。"They have less pollution and moisture, and more clear skies, which don't interfere with the clarity of the atmosphere," Dong says.董书畅介绍说，“这几个省份污染小，湿度低，天空清朗，大气层也清晰通透。”In late September, Dong went on a photography trip, sponsored by the Chinese National Geography magazine, to Qomolangma, also known in the West as Mount Everest.9月下旬，董书畅在《中国国家地理》杂志赞助下，起身前往珠穆朗玛峰，再次开启摄影之旅。His breath was taken away by the biodiversity, including forest trees, tropical and meadow plants, snowy peaks, glaciers and moraine lakes in a valley 4,000 meters above sea level.他惊叹于山间的生物多样性——有林间翠木，有热带草甸，有雪峰冰川，甚至有深藏于4000米山谷中的冰碛湖。董书畅拍摄的星空The stunning views of the giant mountain peaks turned pink by the sunrise made Dong forget his altitude sickness. "I will surely go back again."看到骄阳初升，巍峨的峰尖披上了一层娇嫩的金粉色，董书畅早已忘却自己的高原反应。“我还会再来的。”Speaking about his future plan, Dong says he will explore new photography fields and better ways to integrate science and art.谈到他的未来打算时，他说，自己还将探索新的摄影领域，尝试用更好的方式将科学与艺术融汇在一起。

Accurate timekeeping is at the very root of all of the technological advances in the modern world, but how did it all begin? From Roman sundials to medieval water-clocks, people of all cultures have made and used clocks for thousands of years. Dan speaks to horologist, historian and former curator of timekeeping at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, David Rooney, about the importance of time, and what clocks can tell us about the history of human civilisation. David's book, About Time: A History of Civilisation in Twelve Clocks, is out now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Accurate timekeeping is at the very root of all of the technological advances in the modern world, but how did it all begin? From Roman sundials to medieval water-clocks, people of all cultures have made and used clocks for thousands of years. Dan speaks to horologist, historian and former curator of timekeeping at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, David Rooney, about the importance of time, and what clocks can tell us about the history of human civilisation. David's book, About Time: A History of Civilisation in Twelve Clocks, is out now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Neil climbs the hill to the Royal Observatory and finds himself at the centre of time & place.Henry VIII's hunting lodge where he kept his mistress of the moment once stood here. Then in 1675 Christopher Wren was commissioned to build the Royal Observatory in this spot, a building that stood at the forefront of astronomy and mapping for centuries. It's here that the prime meridian bisects the planet and a legendary soldier, General James Woolfe, looks out over one of the greatest cities in the world and through thousands of years of history.To help support this podcast and get exclusive access to new videos packed with history, current affairs and a whole lot more sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverThe series Instagram account is – Neil Oliver Love Letter See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode: 2070 The Belville family: Selling time for 103 years.  Today, Ruth Belville tells us the time.

We are in a series where we revisit all of the Wish You Were Heres that have been shared on our podcast, this time broken down by location. This week we’re revisiting all of the England locations.4:30 TKTS London, England8:50 British Museum Library, London, England12:10 The Tower of London, London, England16:20 Royal Observatory Greenwich, London, England19:40 Harry Potter Studio Tour, London, England25:20 Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England31:40 Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England34:10 Wedgwood Factory Tour, Stoke-on-Trent, England36:20 Globe Theater, London, England Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @tmwypodcast  Leave us a voicemail (or text message): (406)763-8699  Email: tmwypodcast@gmail.com  

In this episode, I speak with Dhara Patel about all things astronomy. Besides speaking about Black Holes, Dark Energy, Space Exploration and a host of other facts, we also chat about how she became an astronomer, her work at the Royal Observatory and discuss career paths if you want to get into the field. If you want to know when you can see the next supernova, or why NASA chose the name Juno for it's probe to Jupiter or just interested in a bunch of interesting facts about the universe, this episode is definitely worth a listen. Dhara Patel is an astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. She is a science educator, and has appeared on TV, radio and press like BBC and Channel 5, talking about astronomy. She has presented at many science festivals and is also involved in publications created by the museum. Dhara also writes for blogs and online newspapers. Dhara is the co-host of the Look Up! Podcast at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Every month, she talks about astronomical news, the latest developments in the fields as well as what to look out for in the night sky. You can find links to ROG and the Look Up! Podcast below: https://www.rmg.co.uk/royal-observatory https://soundcloud.com/user-429302439 and https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/look-up/id1363086577?mt=2

This week we talk with Matthew Lutton the Director of the theatre production of Solaris at London's Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, We are also Joined by Brendan Owens, Astronomer from the Royal Observatory Greenwich to chat about this classic Sci-Fi by Stanisław Lem Space Song playlist on Spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod

In the second installment of our double episode on the Moon we ask what life would be like if we had more than one Moon. From the tides to the seasons, the Moon shapes our world in ways that often go unnoticed. And, as we'll find out, it played a vital role in the creation of life itself. This week we celebrate the many ways the Moon and the Earth are linked. If one Moon is so great, why not have two? We discover why multiple moons could spell disaster for our planet, from giant volcanoes to cataclysmic collisions. Featuring astronomer Brendan Owens from the Royal Observatory Greenwich and physicist Neil Comins, author of 'What if the Earth had two Moons?'. Presenters: Adam Rutherford, Hannah Fry Producer: Michelle Martin

Joint William Herschel Society and University of Bath Lecture. Dr Marek Kukula of the Royal Observatory Greenwich speaks about the connections between Astrophysics and everyday life. Our familiar surroundings are full of profound astronomical connections. Astronomy has left its mark on our minds from high art to popular culture, and even the smartphone in your pocket owes a debt to astrophysical research! Recorded at a public lecture given at the University of Bath on 23 November 2017.

The Astronomical Balloon "How far up can a helium balloon go? Could it go out to space?" asks Juliet Gok, aged 9. This calls for an experiment! Dr Keri Nicholl helps Adam launch a party balloon and track its ascent. But their test doesn't quite go to plan. Meanwhile, Hannah discovers where space begins by asking Public Astronomer Dr Marek Kukula, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Send your Curious Cases to the team: curiouscases@bbc.co.uk The Forgetful Child "Why don't we remember the first few years of our lives?" asks David Foulger from Cheltenham. The team investigate the phenomenon of 'infant amnesia' with Catherine Loveday from the University of Westminster. 40% of us claim to remember being under two years old and 18% recall being babies. But can we really trust these early memories? Martin Conway from City University thinks not. Picture: A baby contemplates the sole of its foot, circa 1950, Credit: H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Producer: Michelle Martin.

The Astronomical Balloon "How far up can a helium balloon go? Could it go out to space?" asks Juliet Gok, aged 9. This calls for an experiment! Dr Keri Nicholl helps Adam launch a party balloon and track its ascent. But their test doesn't quite go to plan. Meanwhile, Hannah discovers where space begins by asking Public Astronomer Dr Marek Kukula, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Send your Curious Cases to the team: curiouscases@bbc.co.uk The Forgetful Child "Why don't we remember the first few years of our lives?" asks David Foulger from Cheltenham. The team investigate the phenomenon of 'infant amnesia' with Catherine Loveday from the University of Westminster. 40% of us claim to remember being under two years old and 18% recall being babies. But can we really trust these early memories? Martin Conway from City University thinks not. Picture: Baby Foot, Credit H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Producer: Michelle Martin.

"How far up can a helium balloon go? Could it go out to space?" asks Juliet Gok, aged 9. This calls for some fieldwork! Adam travels to the Meteorology Department at the University of Reading where Dr Keri Nicholl helps him launch a party balloon and track its ascent. But this experiment doesn't quite go to plan. Meanwhile, Hannah consults Public Astronomer Dr Marek Kukula, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, to discover where space begins. And she decides to take matters into her own hands, with the help of a helium canister and some trusty equations, to help answer Juliet's question. Send your Curious Cases for consideration to: curiouscases@bbc.co.uk Presenters: Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford Producer: Michelle Martin.

In this Awesome Astronomy podcast extra episode we bring you the key speakers from this spring’s AstroCamp in the Brecon Beacon dark sky reserve. As the transit of Mercury was the main feature of this spring’s camp, we were delighted to welcome (and now to share with you) speakers with detailed knowledge of planetary transits: Dr Rebekah Higgitt lectures history at the University of Kent and former curator at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Rebekah tells us about the science goals of observing transits, foreign wars, treacherous seas and national rivalries that conspired to prevent observations and the successes and mishaps that befell many astronomers keen to use this method to measure the size of the solar system. London astronomer and professional gemmologist, Eric Emms, hosts many public solar and lunar observing events (the next of which will be in London’s Regent’s Park on June 23rd) and steers Central London’s Astronomical Society as a committee member of the Baker Street Irregular astronomers. Eric takes us on a voyage to Mercury to show us why this is far from the dull dry world that many may think.

Come with us on a visit to the home of the prime meridian for a conversation with the curator of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich about the race to create a practical means for determining longitude.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It certainly doesn’t feel like summer but British Summer Time (BST) starts this weekend. Clocks move forward at 1am on Sunday morning, so watch out if you have travel plans. I spoke to Louise Devoy, Curator of the Royal Observatory Greenwich and asked her why we have British Summer Time? This report was produced for the March 28, 2014 edition of NBS Tonight, the National Broadcasting School's online news show.

Greenwich is England's maritime capital. Visitors come here for all things salty, including the Cutty Sark clipper ship, the area's premier attraction. The town is synonymous with timekeeping and astronomy, and at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, you can learn how those pursuits relate to seafaring. For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.

Greenwich is England's maritime capital. Visitors come here for all things salty, including the Cutty Sark clipper ship, the area's premier attraction. The town is synonymous with timekeeping and astronomy, and at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, you can learn how those pursuits relate to seafaring. For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.

Discover what Sir Isaac Newton 'borrowed' and how Sir Patrick Moore helped put man on the moon, at the Royal Observatory Greenwich with N Quentin Woolf. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.