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AstrotalkUK

Not for profit website/blog on astronomy, space and my writing

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Episode 109 – The Antikythera Mechanism with Prof Xenophon Moussas

Episode 109 – The Antikythera Mechanism with Prof Xenophon Moussas

I first came across the Antikythera Mechanism just over a decade ago. It is still the most incredible artefact from hist... Read more

16 Dec 2022

45mins

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Episode 108 – NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission

Episode 108 – NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission

The Clarke Exobelt is the name that Dr Hector Socas-Navarro has given to perhaps the largest structure humans have buil... Read more

25 Nov 2022

25mins

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Episode 107 – SETI’s new tool – Technosignatures

Episode 107 – SETI’s new tool – Technosignatures

The Clarke Exobelt is the name that Dr Hector Socas-Navarro has given to perhaps the largest structure humans have buil... Read more

18 Nov 2022

40mins

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Episode 106 – ESA’s new science missions

Episode 106 – ESA’s new science missions

European Space Agency's Dr Paul McNamara was studying low-frequency gravitational waves just before they were discovered... Read more

11 Nov 2022

43mins

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Episode 105 – Return to Titan – Dragonfly

Episode 105 – Return to Titan – Dragonfly

Dr Ralph Lorenz speaks about Dragonfly, a return mission to land on Titan. This mission, for which he is the mission arc... Read more

4 Nov 2022

44mins

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Episode 104 – William Leitch. The forgotten Scottish Rocket Pioneer

Episode 104 – William Leitch. The forgotten Scottish Rocket Pioneer

When it comes to the pioneers of rocketry, tradition has it that it was Tsiolkovsky, Goddard and Oberth. in this episode... Read more

28 Oct 2022

1hr 9mins

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Episode 103 -Observing the Solar System with the JWST

Episode 103 -Observing the Solar System with the JWST

Astronomer Dr Connor Nixon @shamrocketeer speaks about the @nasawebb program to observe solar system objects using the ... Read more

21 Oct 2022

35mins

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Episode 102 – Martian Geology with Prof Sanjeev Gupta

Episode 102 – Martian Geology with Prof Sanjeev Gupta

In 1972, Harrison Schmitt became the first (and so far only), scientist to walk on the surface of the Moon. Since then ... Read more

14 Oct 2022

35mins

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Episode 101 UNOOSA – Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

Episode 101 UNOOSA – Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

Niklas Hedman, the Acting Director of the @UN Office for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNOOSA) talks about @UNOOSA o... Read more

7 Oct 2022

30mins

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Episode 100 Sandra Benitez Herrera – ESA Education Outreach

Episode 100 Sandra Benitez Herrera – ESA Education Outreach

Sandra Benitez-Herrera talks about the opportunities for teachers and students made available by the European Space Age... Read more

18 Sep 2022

27mins

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