Tag: Astronomy

The sounds of space

Posted on: June 1, 2012

Don Kurtz and Jenny Shipway and Roberto Trotta and Timothy Leighton talk to Adam Smith

Academic podcast discussing space and sound

We love those stunning images of the dark side of the Moon or colourful nebulae or rotating galaxies. But more and more astronomers are turning off their telescopes and opening their ears to the sounds of space.

Searching for new planets

Posted on: March 1, 2012

Faculty: Science and Environment

Giovanna Tinetti and Ingo Waldmann and Jonathan Tennyson talk to Adam Smith

NASA’s Kepler mission made some remarkable discoveries – Kepler-16b, 200 light years away and Kepler 22-b, a planet that may have the perfect conditions for life.