Thursday 21 December 2017

Episode 20

In this episode of "What's Up?" we have natter about 12 of our favourite astronomical things from the year past, which since it's Christmas, fits rather conveniently into a song! 


To see the video which accompanies the talkclick here.

For more information on the Royal Observatory Edinburgh and the events on offer, click here.

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Music by: Lino Rise 
Title: “Intro Eagle One”
Source: https://soundcloud.com/free-intro-music/intro-eaglel-one

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Monday 27 November 2017

Episode 19

This episode of "What's Up?" we discuss an interstellar interloper, a zombie star, and your chance to name a celestial object.


If you want to suggest or vote for the name of New Horizon's next target, you can do so here

For more information on the Royal Observatory Edinburgh and the events on offer, click here.

If you enjoyed the podcast, please consider leave us a review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts.


Music by: Lino Rise 
Title: “Intro Eagle One”
Source: https://soundcloud.com/free-intro-music/intro-eaglel-one

All views and opinions expressed in this podcast as those of the individual, and do not represent those of the organisations with which they are affiliated.

Monday 30 October 2017

Episode 18

This episode of "What's Up?" we discuss the recent amazing announcement of a detection of merging neutron stars using both gravitational waves and electromagnetic radiation.


For more information on the Royal Observatory Edinburgh and the events on offer, click here.

If you enjoyed the podcast, please consider leave us a review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts.


Music by: Lino Rise 
Title: “Intro Eagle One”
Source: https://soundcloud.com/free-intro-music/intro-eaglel-one

All views and opinions expressed in this podcast as those of the individual, and do not represent those of the organisations with which they are affiliated.

Monday 25 September 2017

Episode 17



This episode of "What's Up?" discusses the demise of the Cassini spacecraft, the possible detection of a medium sized blackhole, and the imaging of another stars surface.

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For more information on the Royal Observatory Edinburgh and the events on offer, click here.

Music by: Lino Rise 
Title: “Intro Eagle One”
Source: https://soundcloud.com/free-intro-music/intro-eaglel-one


All views and opinions expressed in this podcast as those of the individual, and do not represent those of the organisations with which they are affiliated.

Monday 28 August 2017

Episode 16

This episode of "What's Up?" discusses the recent total solar eclipse to cross the USA, and we are joined by Catherine Heymans to discuss her research, the KiDS survey, and Dark Matter.


For more information on the Royal Observatory Edinburgh and the events on offer, click here.

Music by: Lino Rise 
Title: “Intro Eagle One”
Source: https://soundcloud.com/free-intro-music/intro-eaglel-one


All views and opinions expressed in this podcast as those of the individual, and do not represent those of the organisations with which they are affiliated.

Monday 24 July 2017

Episode 15

This episode of "What's Up?" we discuss some the recent stories of particle teleportation, the new drone aboard the ISS, and the gravitational lensing of a supernova that is leading to some exciting new results.


For more information on the Royal Observatory Edinburgh and the events on offer, click here.

Music by: Lino Rise 
Title: “Intro Eagle One”
Source: https://soundcloud.com/free-intro-music/intro-eaglel-one


All views and opinions expressed in this podcast as those of the individual, and do not represent those of the organisations with which they are affiliated.

Monday 22 May 2017

Episode 14

This episode of "What's Up?" we discuss an exciting story about a lava lake on Jupiter's moon Io, the return of the secretive X-37 space plane, and supermassive blackholes.


For more information on the Royal Observatory Edinburgh and the events on offer, click here.

Music by: Lino Rise 
Title: “Intro Eagle One”
Source: https://soundcloud.com/free-intro-music/intro-eaglel-one


All views and opinions expressed in this podcast as those of the individual, and do not represent those of the organisations with which they are affiliated.

Monday 24 April 2017

Episode 13

This episode of "What's Up?" we discuss a "near pass" of an asteroid to the Earth, the event horizon telescope, and the NASA announcement regarding Saturn's moon Enceladus.


For more information on the Royal Observatory Edinburgh and the events on offer, click here. 

To get your tickets for the upcoming event at the Cameo Cinema in Edinburgh, head over to their website.

Music by: Lino Rise 
Title: “Intro Eagle One”
Source: https://soundcloud.com/free-intro-music/intro-eaglel-one


All views and opinions expressed in this podcast as those of the individual, and do not represent those of the organisations with which they are affiliated.

Monday 27 March 2017

Episode 12

This episode of "What's Up?" we discuss the TRAPIST-1 planetary system discovery, NASA finding a lost space probe, and the SpaceX plan to send people round the Moon in 2018.


Matt Burleigh's blog discussing the TRAPIST-1 discovery can be found here.

The images from the NASA LRO mission can be found here.

For more information on the Royal Observatory Edinburgh and the events on offer, click here.

Music by: Lino Rise 
Title: “Intro Eagle One”
Source: https://soundcloud.com/free-intro-music/intro-eaglel-one



All views and opinions expressed in this podcast as those of the individual, and do not represent those of the organisations with which they are affiliated.

Thursday 16 February 2017

Episode 11

This episode of "What's Up?" we discuss some exciting astronomical images from the last few weeks, the placement of contracts for the next generation European Extremely Large Telescope, and the possibility of a UK space port.


For more information on the Royal Observatory Edinburgh and the events on offer, click here.

Music by: Lino Rise 
Title: “Intro Eagle One”
Source: https://soundcloud.com/free-intro-music/intro-eaglel-one



All views and opinions expressed in this podcast as those of the individual, and do not represent those of the organisations with which they are affiliated.