March 2006
In this month's show we have three interviews where we talk to Helen Mason about the SOHO spacecraft, Nick Rattenbury about a newly discovered exoplanet and Mario di Maggio about the Thinktank planetarium. We pose all your difficult questions to Tim O'Brien and find out what you can see in the night sky during March*. We also get a round up of all the latest news in the Universe!
- March 2006 MP3: Download the whole show
Interview with Dr Helen Mason
With the Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) reaching its 10th birthday, Stuart talked to one of the instrument scientists Dr Helen Mason to find out what we have learnt about the Sun and how it interacts with the Earth.
- Interview with Dr Helen Mason MP3: Download this segment individually
- SOHO mission website
Interview with Dr Nick Rattenbury
An interview with Nick Rattenbury about the discovery of a 5.5 Earth-mass planet
- Interview with Dr Nick Rattenbury MP3: Download this segment individually
- MOA Collaboration
Interview with Mario di Maggio
The director of Birmingham's Thinktank science museum, Mario di Maggio, talks about their new planetarium and his thoughts on the re-development of the London Planetarium.
- Interview with Mario di Maggio MP3: Download this segment individually
- Thinktank
Ask an astronomer
Tim O'Brien tells us how many stars there are in the universe (roughly), discusses the possibility of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds and the Andromeda Galaxy colliding with the Milky Way.
- Ask an astronomer MP3: Download this segment individually
Night sky for March 2006
Ian Morison tells us what we can see in the night sky during March 2006.
- Night sky for March 2006 MP3: Download this segment individually
- Ian Morison's Night Sky pages
Show Credits
| Interview: | Stuart Lowe interviewed Dr. Helen Mason (University of Cambridge) |
| Interview: | Hannah Thrall interviewed Dr. Nick Rattenbury (University of Manchester) |
| Interview: | Dave Ault interviewed Mario di Maggio (Birmingham Thinktank) |
| Ask an astronomer: | Nick Rattenbury asked Tim O'Brien |
| Night sky this month: | Ian Morison |
| Presenter: | Dave Ault |
| News: | Megan Argo |
| Editors: | Dave Ault and Anthony Holloway |
| Intro/Outro Cast: | Chris Montera - Captain Sam Lovell, Number One - Elie Hirschman, Tactical Officer - Steve Anderson |
* If you live in the southern hemisphere you may need to convert south to north and left to right for Ian's descriptions to make sense.
