Links

There are plenty of great astronomy related websites, podcasts and other resources available on the Internet. Here we bring together some of our favourites.

Podcasts | Observatories | Societies | Other

Astronomy Podcasts (audio and video)

Note: most of these podcasts can now be heard via our Astronomy Media Player.

• Slackerpedia Galactica (US/Canada) - The podcast formerly known as Slacker Astronomy. In September 2006 it morphed into a monthly astronomy podcast. Play Slackerpedia Galactica in AMP
• Planetary Radio - a weekly programme from the Planetary Society; the world's largest space interest group. Play Planetary Radio in AMP
• Astronomy a Go-Go (US) - weekly astronomy podcast with extensive show notes. Play AGoGo in AMP
• Astronomy Cast (US) - the second podcast of Fraiser Cain (Universe Today) and Dr Pamela Gay (previously of Slacker Astronomy). Play Astronomy Cast in AMP
• Astronomy Ireland Radio Show (Ireland) - Although not strictly a podcast (no RSS feed) you can download all the shows broadcast by the National Astronomy Club of Ireland on Dublin City Anna Livia FM.
• Dans le ceil (Canada) - baladodiffusion des capsules en français sur l'astronomie. Play Dans le ceil in AMP
• Irish Astronomy Podcast (Ireland) - Created by the Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies. Play IRAS in AMP
• Regulus! - discusses what you can see in (or on) the night sky each month.
• SETI: Are we alone/Skeptical Sunday (US) - A weekly radio programme from the SETI Institute presented by Seth Shostak.
• StarStuff (Australia) - a weekly show from ABC News Radio.
• Sky Tour (US) - a personal tour of the night sky from the northern hemisphere.
• Universe Today - Fraser Cain interviews a range of physicists and astronomers. Play Universe Today in AMP
• Urania (Italy) - an astronomical podcast in Italian. Play Urania in AMP
• Q and BA (US) - weeklyish questions and answerw with the Bad Astronomer aka Phil Plait. Play Q and BA in AMP

Podcasts by Observatories/Laboratories/Space Agencies

• ESApod (ESA) - audio and video from the European Space Agency. Play ESApod in AMP
• SkyWatch (US) - a weekly conversation about astronomy from the nice folks at HubbleSite. Play Skywatch in AMP
• W.M. Keck Observatory (US) - from the W. M. Keck Observatory at Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Play W.M. Keck podcast in AMP
• Mountain Radio Astronomy (US) - from the world's largest steerable radio telescope (Greenbank, USA)
• Gemini Observatory Podcasts - podcasts from the Gemini Observatory. Play Gemini podcasts in AMP
• Chandra Observatory Podcasts - podcasts from the Chandra Observatory
• Planet Quest (NASA) - a podcast from NASA.
• Hidden Universe (US) - a video podcast (vodcast) from the Spitzer Space Telescope. They also have a podcast.
• Science@NASA (NASA) - the latest science news from NASA. There is also a Spanish language version Ciencia@Nasa.
• spacePod (UK) - the Rutherford Appleton Laboratories give a round up of the latest developments in UK space science and technology. Play spacePod in AMP
• StarDate (US) - Short, daily astronomy programme from the University of Texas McDonald Observatory.
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA) - news and information from the California Institute of Technology's JPL.

Observatories/Instruments

• eVLBI - high angular resolution observations of cosmic radio sources.
• Hubble Space Telescope (HST) - a 2.4m mirror in space gives some of the best views of the universe.
• JIVE - the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe.
• Jodrell Bank Observatory - we couldn't leave this one out!
• Mt John Observatory, New Zealand.
• Royal Observatory, Greenwich - home of the Prime Meridian.
• Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
• SOHO - the solar heliospheric observatory is run by ESA/NASA.
• Spitzer Space Telescope - observing the universe in infra-red.
• Swift - a gamma-ray burst satellite.
• Vatican Observatory
• Very Large Telescope (VLT) - the World's largest optical telescope array.
• WASP - the wide-angle search for planets

Astronomical Societies

• Farnham Astronomical Society - Farnham, Surrey-Hampshire border, UK
• Macclesfield Astronomical Society - Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK

Other

• The Sky At Night - the classic astronomy TV show presented by Sir Patrick Moore.
• Bad Astronomy - Phil Plait finds bad astronomy in TV and movies and uses it to explain some good astronomy.
• Astronomy Picture of the Day - every day a new fantastic image.
• Stellarium - one of the best free planetarium programmes around.
• Southern Skywatch - a site that tells you what you can see in the southern hemisphere.
• Jonathan's Space Report - issued about twice a month. It describes all space launches, including both piloted missions and automated satellites.