This week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we welcome Mark McCaughrean, Senior Advisor for Science & Exploration at the European Space Agency, to the show. We'll talk about the European…
The three brightest planets in the Solar System - Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, together with the Moon - will all line up tonight just after sunset. Here's a look at what's happening, and how to get the…
On 10 December, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and the Moon will all line up just after sunset. Here's a look at what's happening, and how to get the most out of this dazzling display! --- Send in a voice…
Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion. This week, we are delighted to be joined by one of the world's most renowned oceanographers, Dr. Sylvia Earle. She's here to talk to us about her new book,…
The Geminid meteor shower arrives on the night of 13 December 2021. We take a look at how to view this display, where to look in the sky, and we take a glimpse at an alignment of planets happening on…
Matthew Bothwell, author of The Invisible Universe, discusses the 93% of "ordinary" matter we cannot see with the human eye - radio, infrared, ultraviolet astronomy, and more... This week on Astronomy…
This week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we take a close-up look at asteroids – those lumps or rock, metal, and ice racing around our solar system. We're going to examine five major…
This week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we welcome Dr. Rosanne Di Stefano from the Center for Astrophysics to the show, talking about her work finding the first planet yet seen in…
This week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, Dr. Tara Murphy from the University of Sydney joins us, looking at an odd radio burst seen near the center of the Milky Way galaxy. We will also…
The Science of Halloween featuring Erika Engelhaupt, author of Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science. Plus - Would Aliens Eat Humans? Extinction from an Asteroid, and the Scariest…
