Awesome Astronomy

Download Episode! The Discussion: Jeni returns after getting the flu, Paul’s science shows were a wash out at Camp Bestival and Ralph gets a great email about a telescope library service. The News: In the new revamped show format we have 3 minutes to round up the astronomy news stories you might have missed: Jeni: New Gaia data shows us the distance and shape of familiar objects like never before India’s Chandrayaan-1 finds water ice in the moon’s north and south pole craters The Andromeda Galaxy’s dwarf companion was canibalised by a galactic collision Ralph: An ultra-hot 4,000ºC exoplanet An ultra compact dwarf galaxy with a huge supermassive black hole Astronomy favourite Albireo isn’t a binary star after all The big news story: New Horizons spacecraft confirms Voyager data on the Heliosphere The Skyguide: Jeni runs through some top facts about the planet Neptune Paul tells you where to find it and what you can expect to see Ralph runs through the autumn equinox, the constellation