Season 1

S01E86: First Human Spaceflight - What? // NASA's New Tool // Finding Life on Enceladus and more
Dec. 23, 2022

S01E86: First Human Spaceflight - What? // NASA's New Tool // Finding Life on Enceladus and more

Hi, thanks for joining me. This is Astronomy Daily. My name is Andrew Dunkley, your host. Coming up on today's program, the first human spaceflight in history. Yes, you heard me right, but I left a little bit out - for India. That's not far away,...
S01E85: A Galaxy Mystery Solved // Another Huge Telescope Build // New Tool to Unravel the Mysteries of the Sun
Dec. 22, 2022

S01E85: A Galaxy Mystery Solved // Another Huge Telescope Build // New Tool to Unravel the Mysteries of the Sun

Thanks again for joining me on Astronomy Daily. Andrew Dunkley here, your host. Coming up today, a mystery of our galaxy has been solved. Yet another huge telescope to be built and a new tool to unravel the mysteries of the Sun. Hope you can stick...
S01E84: Powering Up the Red Planet // Detecting Extraterrestrials // Ancient Calendar Discovery
Dec. 21, 2022

S01E84: Powering Up the Red Planet // Detecting Extraterrestrials // Ancient Calendar Discovery

And Happy International Dalek Remembrance Day! Hi there, thanks for joining me on Astronomy Daily. Andrew Dunkley here, your host. And coming up on today's edition, Powering Up the Red Planet, a new way that we might be able to detect...
S01E83: New Comet Intercept Mission // The Solar System's Magnetic Tunnel // Space Junk - A Warning
Dec. 20, 2022

S01E83: New Comet Intercept Mission // The Solar System's Magnetic Tunnel // Space Junk - A Warning

Today’s Space, Astronomy, and Science News Podcast Hi, thanks for joining me. This is Astronomy Daily. I'm your host, Andrew Dunkley. Coming up today, a comet interceptor mission. Nothing to do with DART or the plans of the Chinese that we talked...
S01E82: Life on Enceladus? // Mars Update // Uranus Jokes get Worse
Dec. 19, 2022

S01E82: Life on Enceladus? // Mars Update // Uranus Jokes get Worse

Coming up on this episode, we're going to look at Enceladus because scientists think they've found the last piece of the puzzle that would give Enceladus everything it needs to have life. We've also in the past been talking about Mars and how it's...
S01E81: The Sound of a Dust Devil on Mars // JWST 2022 Awards // Two Water Planets Detected
Dec. 16, 2022

S01E81: The Sound of a Dust Devil on Mars // JWST 2022 Awards // Two Water Planets Detected

Today’s Space, Astronomy, and Science News Podcast This is Astronomy Daily. My name is Andrew Dunkley, your host, as we take a look at some of the astronomy and space science news of the day. Coming up in this episode, the sound of a dust devil on...
S01E80: Fusion Power // Making Light Travel in Two Directions at Once // Moon Craters
Dec. 15, 2022

S01E80: Fusion Power // Making Light Travel in Two Directions at Once // Moon Craters

Hello again and thanks for joining us on Astronomy Daily. Coming up on this edition, we're going to be looking at a few landmark pieces of science, particularly about a breakthrough in the provision of power going forward. We're talking about fusion,...
S01E79: Bending Space Time // Sad Truth of Proxima Centauri // Disappearing Stars
Dec. 14, 2022

S01E79: Bending Space Time // Sad Truth of Proxima Centauri // Disappearing Stars

Thanks for joining us on Astronomy Daily, where we take a daily look at astronomy and space science news. I'm your host, Andrew Dunkley. Coming up, we are going to be looking at bending space time. Also the sad truth about Proxima Centauri and...
S01E78: Who Owns The Moon? // How Old is the Universe? // What Hit Earth?
Dec. 13, 2022

S01E78: Who Owns The Moon? // How Old is the Universe? // What Hit Earth?

Hello once again, thanks for joining me on Astronomy Daily. Hope you're well. Coming up in this episode, we're going to tell you who owns the Moon. Or does anybody own it at all? That is the question. And we're going to look into something that hit...
S01E77: Artemis-1 Mission Update - Splashdown!
Dec. 12, 2022

S01E77: Artemis-1 Mission Update - Splashdown!

Today’s Space, Astronomy, and Science News Podcast Hi there, thanks for joining us on Astronomy Daily, I'm your host Andrew Duntley and I hope you had a good weekend whatever you did and wherever you are. Coming up on this episode, splashdown for...
S01E76: Living on Asteroids
Dec. 9, 2022

S01E76: Living on Asteroids

Today’s Space, Astronomy, and Science News Podcast Thanks for joining us on Astronomy Daily. Andrew Duntley here, your host. Hope you're well. Coming up on today's show, another major discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope. A Neo-Surveyor has...
Another JWST Discovery // Neo-Surveyor Approved //Last Photo On The Moon - Found!
Dec. 8, 2022

Another JWST Discovery // Neo-Surveyor Approved //Last Photo On The Moon - Found!

S01E75 Today’s Space, Astronomy, and Science News Podcast Thanks for joining us on Astronomy Daily. Andrew Duntley here, your host. Hope you're well. Coming up on today's show, another major discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope. A...
Is Mars Still an Active Planet? New Evidence
Dec. 7, 2022

Is Mars Still an Active Planet? New Evidence

Thanks for joining us on another edition of Astronomy Daily. Andrew Dunkley here. And coming up on today's program, Mars may still be an active world. New images of Titan reveal rare clouds. Sharing the James Webb Space Telescope data might be a...
Orion Nebula // Venus // The Hunt for Extraterrestrials
Dec. 6, 2022

Orion Nebula // Venus // The Hunt for Extraterrestrials

Today’s Space, Astronomy, and Science News Podcast Thanks for joining us on Astronomy Daily yet again, my name is Andrew Dunkley, your host, and coming up on this edition, we'll be looking at the Orion Nebula, a bit of a follow-up on Venus and that...
The Hipparcos Star Chart Update // SpaceX Moon Mission // New Epcot Attraction
Dec. 5, 2022

The Hipparcos Star Chart Update // SpaceX Moon Mission // New Epcot Attraction

Thanks for joining me again on Astronomy Daily. Andrew Dunkley here, your host. Hope you had a great weekend. Coming up on today's program to kick off the week, more on the Hipparcos star chart. We've talked about this before and it's fascinating....
Significant Similarities - Mars and Earth - The New Findings
Dec. 2, 2022

Significant Similarities - Mars and Earth - The New Findings

Coming up on today's show, it's looking like the history of Mars has got some uncanny similarities to Earth. And I'm not just talking about the fact that it used to be a wet, warm planet that could have harbored life. No, other things have happened...
The Venus Conundrum - Solved?
Dec. 1, 2022

The Venus Conundrum - Solved?

Today we're going to look at the cause of the runaway greenhouse effect on Venus. They think they've nailed down what's happened. Special guest will be my good friend and Astronomer At Large, Professor Fred Watson. We're also going to look at an...
40 yr Old Black Hole-Mystery - Solved!
Nov. 30, 2022

40 yr Old Black Hole-Mystery - Solved!

Coming up in this episode we're going to look at the bright lights of supermassive black holes. How is that possible when they don't emit light? We'll explain. A large extra-galactic structure has been discovered. And I know you're thinking aliens...
New Information - The Sun's Effect on Global Warming - Division Abounds!
Nov. 29, 2022

New Information - The Sun's Effect on Global Warming - Division Abounds!

Today we're going to be looking at the Sun's influence on global warming and it looks like there's quite a division in opinion on that topic. Where Mars gets its clouds, particularly the big storms, and covering up a murder in Space. We'll be...
Galaxies That Dont Have any Dark Matter. Say What?
Nov. 28, 2022

Galaxies That Dont Have any Dark Matter. Say What?

Monday November 28, 2022 Astronomy Daily – The Podcast Today on the show, we'll be looking at dark matter. Well, actually, we won't be looking at it because we'll be talking about galaxies that don't have any, which seems strange. We'll also be...
Have We Finally Found Earth 2.0? - Say Hello To Kepler-1649C
Nov. 25, 2022

Have We Finally Found Earth 2.0? - Say Hello To Kepler-1649C

Coming up on today's episode of Astronomy Daily The Podcast, the first astronaut with a disability. We'll also talk about something very exciting. It looks like, maybe, perhaps, could be, an Earth-like planet being discovered. Yep. And a cosmic...
WASP 39B Re-examined by JWST - The Results
Nov. 24, 2022

WASP 39B Re-examined by JWST - The Results

This is Astronomy Daily. I'm your host Andrew Dunkley. I hope you're well and hope you can sit through the latest episode where we'll be talking about an analysis of the planet WASP 39b by the James Webb Space Telescope because it's shown up some...
Unexplained Drastic Changes in the Heliopause
Nov. 23, 2022

Unexplained Drastic Changes in the Heliopause

Hello once again thanks for joining me this is Astronomy Daily where we talk astronomy and space science that's in the news. Coming up on today's edition we're going to look at the edge of our solar system. It's been the subject of a recent study...
The Origin of Life in the Universe is - Mars? A New Theory
Nov. 22, 2022

The Origin of Life in the Universe is - Mars? A New Theory

This is Astronomy Daily, I am your host, Andrew Dunkley, and coming up on this edition, Mars may have been where life came from. That is an interesting concept. We also look at where our water may have come from, the sun's influence on water, as in...