Episode Details

The Discussion:

• Jeni's magazine article on 'everything JWST'
• UK government's social mobility commissioner gets us wound up
• Listeners' emails on:
• • Professional vs amateur astronomy
  • Artificial Intelligence in consumer telescopes
  • JWST's Early Release Observations

The News:

Rounding up the astronomy news in April, we have:

• New type of nebula discovered by an amateur astronomer
• Detecting life-giving hydrothermal vents on Saturn's moon Europa
• An exoplanet around a dead star in a potential habitable zone
• 'Impossible' galaxies with no dark matter

The big news story: the Planetary Science Decadal Survey is out!

The Sky Guide:

This month we're taking a look at the constellation of Ursa Major with a guide to its history, how to find it, a couple of deep sky objects and a round-up of the solar system views on offer in May.

Q&A:

Will JWST be able to confirm the existence of the Ort Cloud? From our good friend Oren Wyche in Maryland USA.