Episode 10: A Trip into the Deep Past
Strange supernova, directly imaging an exoplanet and Percy takes a selfie.
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A busy week for a space reporter
A selection of space science stories from a busy week in the world of space science.
Astronomy project: Studying Jellyfish Galaxies
Astronomers are urging people to use their pattern matching skills to spot jellyfish galaxies in images from a universe simulation.
Episode 6: A trip to the edge
We are close to the Wild West of space, SpaceX getting monopolistic and the Milky Way might just be normal.
SpaceX on the edge of a ‘de-facto’ orbital monopoly, warns Arianespace
SpaceX may end up with a de-facto monopoly in low Earth orbit as a result of being first and limit space.
Virgin Galactic reach space from New Mexico for the first time
Virgin Galactic travels into space again ahead of rollout of commercial operations
Episode 4: A Trip to the Sun
The latest episode of a Trip to Space podcast explores our friendly neighbourhood star.
Episode 2: A Trip to Venus
In the second episode of the ‘A Trip to Space’ podcast I look at a...
Episode 1: Interview with Ed Gibson
NASA astronaut Ed Gibson went to space in 1973 as part of the Skylab 4 mission, the final crew to visit the only fully-US operated space station. He was the last person out the door.
Interview Ed Gibson, the last man on NASA Skylab
I had the opportunity to interview Ed Gibson, the last astronaut on Skylab about his time in space, solar physics and food.