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Back to Search#97 Nancy Grace Roman: The new space telescope beginning a remarkable journey to map the universe, hunt for exoplanets and unravel cosmic mysteries
Season 1 Episode 97
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NASA has launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, opening a new chapter in our exploration of the universe. We discover who Na…
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#96 The James Webb Space Telescope: The world’s most powerful space telescope, with a 6.5-metre mirror and infrared instruments in a distant orbit. Discover how this remarkable observatory could transform our view of the universe.
Season 1 Episode 96
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The James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful space telescope ever built, designed to look deeper into the universe and further…
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#95 Of the enormous number of things that happen in the universe, a few of them throw up some really interesting coincidences. Let’s take a look at some of these.
Season 1 Episode 95
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There are a few really interesting coincidences in space science. From Earth, the sun and moon appear the same size, that’s super unl…
2 months ago
#94 The Artemis III crew has been selected. Who are they, what are their skills, and what will they do on the next Artemis flight?
Season 1 Episode 94
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NASA has announced the four astronauts who will fly Artemis III, the first crew assigned to test the lunar landing hardware in Earth …
3 months ago
#93 What can we do to stop another dinosaur extinction asteroid smashing into Earth?
Season 1 Episode 93
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66 million years ago, an asteroid smashed into Earth and caused a mass extinction, including nearly all of the dinosaurs.
What would w…
4 months ago
#92 Particle physicist and author Dr. Sarah Alam Malik joins us to explore the history of astronomy and the universe. Her new book A Brief History of the Universe takes us from ancient astronomers to modern physics, and the future of the cosmos.
Season 1 Episode 92
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Particle physicist and author Dr. Sarah Alam Malik stops by for an expansive conversation about astronomy, the history of scientific …
4 months, 1 week ago
#91 What’s next for the Artemis program? Artemis 2 was incredible, but let’s take a look at what Artemis 3 & 4 will achieve in the next couple of years. (It’s amazing!)
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Artemis 2 was was a breathtaking moment for us all. We were mesmerised by the four astronauts and the images they sent back to Earth.…
5 months ago
#90 An Australian backyard astronomer helped NASA find 100 planets! Astronomy award winner Chris Stockdale used his home observatory in Churchill, Victoria to track distant stars and find the planets in their orbit. What a chat.
Season 1 Episode 90
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Chris Stockdale is an award winning astronomer in the Gippsland area of Australia. His contribution to NASA's exoplanet research earn…
5 months, 1 week ago
#89 Rogue planets! It's possible that most planets in our galaxy don't orbit a star, like we do with our sun. Rogue planets float through interstellar space in the cold darkness. How do they form? And how do we find a planet at interstellar distances?
Season 1 Episode 89
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We instinctively think of planets as rocky or gaseous bodies orbiting a star like our sun, with sunrise, sunset, heating and maybe ev…
6 months ago
#88 Is the Universe Infinite? It’s almost an instinctive question, but maybe it’s unknowable.
Season 1 Episode 88
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Most people have looked to the skies and wondered if the universe has a boundary, or maybe it goes on for ever. The universe might be…
7 months ago