The Jodcast

CAP and NAM. In the show this time we get an update on two recent conferences that Jodcast presenters were lucky enough to attend. Megan brings us a series of interviews from the Communicating Astronomy with the Public conference [11:02-39:49]. Jen and Stuart find out about the National Astronomy Meeting 2010 [42:19-45:29], hear about planets orbiting backwards [45:29-55:29] and the possibilities of life elsewhere in the Universe [55:29-62:50]. As always, Megan brings us the latest news [03:01-10:47] and Ian Morison tells us what we can see in the May night sky [67:05-83:28].

We bring you back up-to-date from 1990 with updates about the Hubble Space Telescope [05:32-13:12], the MERLIN interferometer [15:05-18:28], and cosmology since COBE [19:12-28:04]. We also update the news, our knowledge of exoplanets, and round-up your feedback.

In this cassette we find out about the upcoming launch of the Hubble Space Telescope [06:32-12:55], find out about the newly extended MERLIN [19:18-23:31] and we talk about the first results from the COsmic Background Explorer [26:34-34:25]. We also have the regular news [01:44-06:14], tell you what to look out for in the night sky during spring and summer [35:21-43:21], and answer your questions [46:01-56:26]. Our sleeve notes show an artist's impression of the Hubble Space Telescope.

We talk to Robert Dunn about supermassive black holes and X-ray binary systems [00:45-22:28], we put your astronomical questions to Tim [24:04-41:58], and round-up your feedback.

In the show this time we learn about supernovae and dust from Professor Mike Barlow [10:40-27:16]. As always, Megan brings us the latest news [01:32-10:29] and Ian Morison tells us what we can see in the March night sky [32:56-46:47].

In this show we find out about space weather from Jim Wild [00:43-09:01] and talk to Marek Kukula about all things Solar [09:01-14:19], Tim answers your astronomical questions [17:21-37:31], and we round-up your feedback.

We have a couple of interview with scientists at the Isaac Newton Group of telescopes. We find out about the observatory and compact binaries from Dr Pablo Rodríguez-Gil [09:39-32:45] and planetary nebulae from Dr Miguel Santander-García [32:45-48:40]. As always, Megan brings us the latest news [02:00-09:24] and Ian Morison tells us what we can see in the February night sky [52:19-64:39]. Our cover art shows the Isaac Newton Group of telescopes from the air.

We talk to Stewart Eyres about Sakauri's Object [01:07-18:08], we put your astronomical questions to Tim [22:22-46:18], and round-up your feedback. Apologies for the audio quality this time; one of our microphones has been playing up.

It's the end of the International Year of Astronomy 2009. We bring you some of our highlights of the year which celebrated 400 years of the astronomical telescope. We get updates on the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast [16:48-23:37], Universe Awareness for Young Children [46:19-51:42] and Jen - our roving reporter - visits the AstroBunker [23:37-46:19] in Newbury. As always, Megan brings us the latest news [01:21-10:21] and Ian Morison tells us what we can see in the January night sky [52:06-67:37]. Our cover art shows the logo of the International Year of Astronomy.

In this show we talk to Sir Francis Graham-Smith about his life, being Astronomer Royal and his work on pulsars [01:00-23:44]. We put your astronomical questions to the Jodcast panel [24:19-46:03], and round-up the feedback we've received during the Live shows.