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In the show this time, Dr David Floyd tells us about microlensing and we talk to Dr Tim O'Brien about his role at Jodrell Bank in the first ever JodBite. Your questions are answered by Dr Iain McDonald in Ask an Astronomer and we round up some odds and ends from the world of astronomy. Listen to January 2012 Extra.

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In our sixth birthday show, we talk to Professor Chris Collins about galaxy formation and we hear about molecules in space from Dr Serena Viti. Megan rounds up the latest news and we hear what we can see in the January night sky from Ian Morison and John Field. Listen to January 2012.

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Habitable? In the show this time, Dr Matt Griffin tells us about the Herschel mission and we talk to Dr Eduard Kontar about the Sun and solar flares. As always, your questions are answered by Dr Iain McDonald and we round up some odds and ends from the world of astronomy. Listen to December 2011 Extra.

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In this show, we talk to Dr Sonia Anton about quasars and the Gaia mission and we find out about a mysterious radio signal from an old Jodcaster, Dr Evan Keane. As always, Megan rounds up the latest news and we hear what we can see in the December night sky from Ian Morison and John Field. Listen to December 2011.

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In the show this time, Dr Silke Britzen tells us about a recent black hole meeting in Manchester and we find out about supermassive black hole formation from Prof Lucio Mayer and ultra-luminous x-ray sources from Dr Philipp Podsiadlowski. As always, Dr Tim O'Brien answers your questions and we round up some odds and ends from the world of astronomy. Listen to November 2011 Extra.

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The Jodcast crew take a roadtrip to see all seven telescopes in the e-MERLIN array, from the Welsh borders to Cambridge, in a single day. Jen takes us through the history and technology of the network, which is controlled from Jodrell Bank Observatory and can produce radio images as sharp as the optical pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope. Watch The e-MERLIN Roadtrip.

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