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Jun 28, 20193 min read

#139 - David Fairhead - Armstrong

“I cannot expect to make astronomers, but I do expect that you will invigorate your minds by the effort at healthy modes of thinking....

Jun 21, 201911 min read

#138 - Surfing Star Stuff Seeding Solar System

The scenery was very beautiful. But I did not see The Great Wall of China. Yang Liwei Well of course you can’t. You can just about see...

Jun 14, 20198 min read

#137 - David Baker - FRB

The Earth was small, light blue, and so touchingly alone, our home that must be defended like a holy relic. The Earth was absolutely...

Jun 7, 20194 min read

#136 - Interplanetary Festival

We’ll all go on and make the place safe. Roads, cities. New sky, new soil. Until it’s all some kind of Siberia or Northwest Territories,...

Jun 1, 201914 min read

#135 - Neptune Special

Although Uranus and Neptune are superficially twin planets, they are different enough to remind us - as do Venus and Earth - that we...

May 23, 20199 min read

#134 Titan Special

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study. Nicolaus Copernicus...

May 17, 20196 min read

#133 - Harriet Brettle - Roman God

I wondered had I really oversold the Hubble. I have to admit that, since, I have been convinced that I didn't. Nancy Roman Old Favourite,...

May 10, 20195 min read

#132 - Celia Payne-Gaposhkin - Orbits

"The reward of the young scientist is the emotional thrill of being the first person in the history of the world to see something or...