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Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast

Brendan O"Brien: Astronomers, Astrophysicists & Space Scientists

Astrophiz: In-Depth Interviews with Astronomers and Astrophysicists Discover the wonders of the universe with Astrophiz, the podcast for space enthusiasts and researchers. Join host Brendan O’Brien as he sits down with world-leading scientists to explore the frontiers of astrophysics, radio astronomy, and space science. From the evolution of the Milky Way and the mechanics of solar flares to the cutting-edge technology of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), we break down complex academic research

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00:22:10

SkyGuide April 2026: Two Rare Comets and the Morning...

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2026/03/31

Will we see a "Headless Comet" this month? ☄️ Join Brendan O’Brien and Dr. Ian Musgrave for the April 2026 SkyGuide as we track the rare C/2026 A1 (MAPS) Comet and a spectacular Morning Planet Parade.In this episode, you’ll discover: The "Planet Dance": How to spot Mercury, Mars, and Saturn clustering in the morning twilight. Double Comet Watch: Updates on C/2026 A1 and C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)—will they survive perihelion? Deep Sky Targets: Finding the "Sickle of Leo" and the blue-white star

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00:18:07

AstrophizMarchSkyGuide

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2026/02/28

Welcome to the Astrophiz March SkyGuide, where Ian tells us about the Total Lunar Eclipse and all the observation and astrophotography tips that go with it.Also you get highl;ights of the morning and evening skies and how to find the Variable star, Mira.

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00:37:31

Astronomy-Astrophiz228-Dr Garvit Grover

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2026/02/14

A fantastic interview with an amazing pulsar astrophysicist who is unravelling the secrets of misbehaving pulsars using his phenomenal coding skills.Subscribe and/or Listen here... or read the transcript on Astrophiz.com

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00:10:26

Astrophiz#227FebruarySkyGuide

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2026/01/30

Dr. Ian ‘Astroblog’ Musgrave give us 'February' in his monthly SkyGuide series. This month you get moon phases, the Beehive Cluster, nice planetary action, Lunar X, the Pleiades and the Southern Pleiades.Our audio files and transcripts are available on our website at Astrophiz.com, and our MP3 files can be freely streamed or downloaded to your favourite device from our SoundCloud channel, our free Amazon Audible stream, YouTube podcasts, Podbean, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

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00:58:51

Astrophiz226-DrLauraHayes~Solar Fireworks

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2026/01/14

Dr Laura Hayes’ research focuses on solar flares, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), and space weather—phenomena that can disrupt satellites, communications, power grids, and create auroras. Using data from ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission, she studies how magnetic energy is stored and explosively released in the Sun’s atmosphere, why some flares produce CMEs, and how tiny, fast-evolving structures may drive flare energy release and coronal heating.Laura highlights the collaborative nature of solar

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00:33:28

Astrophiz225-DrDylanGrigg

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2025/11/12

Today’s episode features Dr Dylan Grigg, a fabulous astrophysicist from Perth in Western Australia.Dylan has been doing amazing work that impacts on the effectiveness of every radio telescope and array on the planet. He has revealed the presence of unintended radio frequencies leaking from the tens of thousands of low earth orbit satellites above us , and these leaking frequencies have the potential to drown out the very faintest of frequencies that tell us what was happening at the very dawn of

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00:27:49

NovemberSkyGuide224

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2025/10/31

Our MP3 files can be freely streamed or downloaded free to your favorite device from our SoundCloud channel, from Pocketcasts, Spotify, our free Amazon Audible stream, YouTube podcasts and Apple Podcasts.Listen: Viewing Highlights Both morning & Evening skies are good for planets Evening Skies: Mars is very low in NW skies setting about an hour after sunset. Mercury is above Mars also down in the Sun’s glare. Mercury and Mars are 1° apart on 13 November Saturn is high in the NE, the rings are

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00:07:25

Astrophiz223-OctoberSkyGuide

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2025/09/28

Welcome to episode 223 of the Astrophiz podcasts. October is a fabulous month with lots of highlights for telescopers, astrophotographers, binocular and naked eye observers. We have 'The International Observe the Moon' night, the Orionid Meteor Shower and some fine planetary action. There is also a new comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) Comet C/2025 R2 (Swan) is a very recently discovered comet that is around magnitude 7 (which means it is binoculars only), but it is well placed near some very bright guide

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00:44:43

Astrophiz222-JenniHäkkinen

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2025/09/27

We are honored to meet Jenni Häkkinen, a fabulous PhD candidate from Finland who has been working with an amazing small team who have done a very big thing. They have turned science on its head with their new paper in Nature Astronomy that changes our understanding of the fate of the Andromeda Galaxy and our very own Milky Way Galaxy. Enjoy!

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00:30:06

Astrophiz221 - September SkyGuide

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2025/09/01

September Moon Phases:September 8 - Full Moon and Total eclipse of the moon around 2am for those who will be getting up very early to see it (Best viewed in WA) September 8 - Saturn close to the Full Moon (4° apart) in evening sky (also close during the Lunar eclipse in the early hours of the morning.2am central max 4am. wa has best view 2am max 3am September 10 – Moon at perigee (closest to earth) September 14 – Last Quarter Moon – Ideal for Stargazing September 22 – New Moon – ideal for

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00:50:36

Astrophiz220-Dr Emil Lenc-Imaging Radio Skies

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2025/08/14

Today we're bringing you a fabulous interview with an amazing astrophysicist, Dr. Emil Lenc, who works on commissioning new capabilities on telescope arrays like the ATCA, the MWA, ASKAP, and the beautiful new SKA-Low Array over in the harsh scrublands in outback Western Australia, which is part of the multi-billion dollar Square Kilometer ArrayHe has some great stories and insights into this golden age of radio astronomy.

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00:24:37

Astrophiz219-August SkyGuide

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2025/07/30

Astrophiz Astronomy 219 ~ Dr Ian Musgrave’s August SkyGuide & Astrophotography ChallengeAugust Moon Phases: August 1 - 1st Quarter Moon August 2 - Moon at apogee (furthest from earth) August 9 - Full Moon August 15 - Moon at perigee (closest to earth) August 16 - Last Quarter Moon - Ideal for Stargazing August 23 - New Moon - also ideal for Stargazing August 30 - Moon at apogee again! (furthest from earth) August 31 - 1st Quarter (Blue) Moon again! 'Luna X’ is quite visible in early evening on

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00:30:49

Astrophiz218-Dr Nancy Grace Roman

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2025/07/14

VALE: Nancy Grace Roman ~ 16 May 1925 ~ 25 December 2018I'm your host, Brendan O’Brien, and today we're taking a journey through the life and achievements of a truly remarkable astronomer who quite literally changed how we see the universe. Today we're enjoying examining the legacy of Dr Nancy Grace Roman, who spent over 30 years fighting, and winning, to give humanity the greatest space telescope ever built. She's the woman who literally changed how we see the universe. Her name is Nancy

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00:25:38

Astrophiz Astronomy Astrophiz 217 ~ Dr Ian Musgrave’s...

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2025/06/30

July SkyGuide:Moon Phases: July 3 - 1st Quarter Moon Note: July 4 - Earth is at aphelion (furthest) with respect to our sun July 5 - Moon at apogee (furthest from earth)) July 10 - Full Moon July 18 - Last Quarter Moon - Ideal Stargazing July 20 - Moon at perigee (closest to eart) July 25 - New Moon - also ideal Stargazing Evening Skies: Mercury is high in the early evening twilight July 3 - Mercury close to the Beehive cluster (in binoculars) Mars is getting lower in the North-west, and close

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00:30:31

Astrophiz216: 10thAnniversarySpecial

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2025/06/14

10th Anniversary Special ~ The history of satellites from Sputnik 1 to mega-constellations of Satellites Swarming Our Once Quiet and Dark Skies - Dark Sky Parks are fighting back

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00:23:10

Astrophiz215:JuneSkyGuide

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2025/05/31

Astrophiz 215: Dr Ian Musgrave’s June SkyGuideSummary: Mars close to thin crescent moon. Occultation of Antares behind the moon in the early evening sky. The moon comes close to some of the bright planets. … and Mars is close to the moon again at the end of the month. Moon Phases: June 3 ~ 1st Quarter Moon, and another time to catch the ‘Lunar X’ late in the night, about 11pm for Australian Eastern states. 10:30 for central states and 9pm in the West. Lunar X Tip: take an image each 1/2 hour

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00:46:23

Astrophiz214-DrAnyaNugent

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2025/05/11

Please meet Dr Anya Nugent … she is amazing … and she has some beautiful stories for us … let’s hear all about unbelievably powerful Gamma Ray bursts and their host galaxies from an amazing Harvard and Smithsonian astrophysicist who uses incredible observatories like CHANDRA, XMM-Newton, ALMA, CHIME, MEERKAT, the VLA and even our old friend Hubble … to reveal new understandings of how our universe works.

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00:30:11

Astrophiz 213: Dr Ian Musgrave's MaySkyGuide

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2025/04/30

May Moon Phases:May 4 ~1st Quarter May 11 ~ Moon at Apogee May 13 ~ Full Moon May 20 ~ Last Quarter Great for star gazing May 26 ~ Moon at Perigee May 27 ~ New Moon Great for star gazing What’s Up in May? Planets: Evening Skies Jupiter is difficult to see this month Mars is visible, and nice to see just an hour after sunset Uranus will return in a couple of months Most of the planetary action is in the morning sky, Mercury Saturn and Venus are the standouts, but Mercury is lost in the twilight

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00:49:53

Astronomy Astrophiz 212-CiaraGuy-Space Governance

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2025/04/14

In Astrophiz 212, 'Space Governance’ we are speaking with Space Lawyer, Ciara Guy, who has worked in the Justice system and Magistrates Courts. After completing her first law degree, she is now an assistant astronomer at Battlesteads Observatory and is majoring in Space Law for her Master's Law degree at Northumbria University. Her specialties are Dark Skies and Mega-constellations of proliferating low earth-orbit satellites.

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00:23:12

Astrophiz211-AprilSkyGuide

Astronomy Astrophiz Podcast ·

2025/03/31

Dr Ian Musgrave’s April SkyGuideApril Summary Jupiter & Mars are dominating the NW skies Venus, Saturn & Mercury dominate the morning skies. TCr Borealis is ‘lurking’ … ready to go Nova The ‘Lunar X’ is coming up April Moon Phases: First Quarter: April 5 Lunar X is visible on the 5th Daylight saving ends on Sunday 6 April Moon at Apogee April 13 Full Moon: April 13 Last Quarter April 21 Moon at Perigee April 28 New Moon: April 28 Evening Skies: Jupiter is high in the north-western evening

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