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Podcast #37: Mission Update and Tim Cooper at ScopeX 2018

Posted on 9 Nov, 2018 by Allen Versfeld9 Nov, 2018

Welcome to Episode 37 of the Urban Astronomer podcast! This week features a public lecture by Tim Cooper, and another of Clem Unger’s space mission updates. As always, if you enjoy the show and would like to see it grow, there are a few ways that you can help. You could leave a positive review and rating on your favourite podcast service (I’m partial to Podknife but anything goes!). You could send a subscribe link to a friend. You could … Continue reading →

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Podcast #36: José da Silva at ScopeX 2018

Posted on 24 Oct, 2018 by Allen Versfeld24 Oct, 2018

Welcome to Episode 36 of the Urban Astronomer podcast, and the first in our ScopeX 2018 series. In this episode we feature the first of the public lectures I recorded at ScopeX. It is by José da Silva, and he speaks about exoplanets, and what we can tell about their weather. Links This talk on YouTube ScopeX José on FaceBook … Continue reading →

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Carnival of Space #582

Posted on 15 Oct, 2018 by Allen Versfeld15 Oct, 2018

Carnival of Space Image Credit: Jason Major

It’s a new week, and that makes it time for the 582nd Carnival of Space! The carnival is a weekly roaming feature, full of the latest and best writing on space science and astronomy. Each week, the carnival moves to a new host and this week it’s us at Urban Astronomer. If you’d like a chance to host the carnival, send me a message and I’ll put you in touch with the organizers. If you are a writer and would … Continue reading →

Podcast #35: Itumeleng Monageng

Posted on 3 Oct, 2018 by Allen Versfeld3 Oct, 2018

Microphone. Image By Jpcuevas (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Welcome to episode 35 of the Urban Astronomer Podcast! This week we have a full show for you, with our main feature being an interview with South African astronomer Dr Itumeleng Monageng. We also continue our series on the physics behind the evolution of a star from gas cloud to black hole. And finally, my new co-host Clem Unger brings us updates on current space missions. Itumeleng Monageng Itumeleng is a post-grad researcher working for the South African Astronomical Observatory … Continue reading →

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Podcast #34: The Equinox Show

Posted on 23 Sep, 2018 by Allen Versfeld23 Sep, 2018

Welcome to this special Equinox edition of the Urban Astronomer Podcast! This episode I share the microphone with Clem Unger for the first of a quarterly series. Clem has been on the show before, and he’ll be back every equinox and every solstice. In this episode We start with a look at coming attractions in the sky over the next three months. Clem discusses the state of current asteroid missions OSIRIS-Rex and Hayabusa 2 Allen and Clem butt heads over … Continue reading →

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