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Look Up!
by Royal Observatory Greenwich
Join the astronomers of the Royal Observatory Greenwich as they discuss the night sky and recent news in the wide world of astronomy. The Royal Observatory Greenwich is the historic home of the Astronomer Royal, with the first building, Flamsteed House, built in 1675. Now the Observatory is a heritage site, museum and a centre for excellence in science learning.
Episodes
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Look Up! October 2026: The Sky We Share
Every human who has ever lived has looked up at the night sky and wondered what they were looking at. This month, Gideon is joined by Royal Observatory Greenwich senior astronomer Tania de Sales Marques to celebrate the launch of The Sky We Share, a beautifully illustrated book of star stories…
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Look Up! September 2026
What’s in the night sky this September? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Gideon and Catherine cover this month’s must-see cosmic objects and events in this podcast. We bring on our fellow astronomer Tania de Sales Marques to answer a visitor question. As usual, our hosts also discuss this...
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Look Up! August 2026
What’s in the night sky this August? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Gideon and Catherine cover this month’s must-see cosmic objects and events in this podcast. As usual, our hosts also discuss this month’s cosmic news stories, including the Psyche mission and a major exoplanet discovery....
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Look Up! July 2026
What’s in the night sky this July? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Gideon and Jess cover this month’s must-see cosmic objects and events in this podcast. As usual, our hosts also discuss this month’s cosmic news stories, including the Swift mission and ancient methods to track the Sun.…
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Look Up! June 2026
What’s in the night sky this June? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Catherine cover this month’s must-see cosmic objects and events in this podcast. As usual, our hosts also discuss this month’s cosmic news stories, including the SMILE mission and the recent launch of SpaceX's...
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Look Up! May 2026
What’s in the night sky in May? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Gideon cover this month’s must-see cosmic objects and events in this podcast. As usual, our hosts also discuss this month’s cosmic news story, with a special focus on the Artemis II mission. Got a question about…
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Look Up! April 2026
What’s in the night sky in April? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Catherine cover this month’s must-see cosmic objects and events in this podcast. As usual, our hosts also discuss this month’s cosmic news stories; the 25th anniversary of the end of the Mir Space station and new...
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Look Up! March 2026
What's in the night sky in March? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Gideon talk through some of this month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month's cosmic news stories, an update on NASA's Artemis II mission and the latest on interstellar comet...
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In conversation with Dr Aileen Yingst
Dr Aileen Yingst is a planetary geologist working at the Planetary Science Institute. She came to visit us at the Royal Observatory Greenwich and shared some fascinating stories about Mars and the Moon. If you’re interested in the spacecraft investigating the Moon and Mars, and the life of a...
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Look Up! February 2026
What’s the night sky in February? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Catherine and Gideon talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories, the expected launch of the Nancy Roman Space Telescope, and a meteor…
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Look Up! January 2026
What’s the night sky in January? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Catherine talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories, the discovery of collisions around the star Formalhaut, and the exciting...
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Look Up! December 2025
What’s the night sky in December? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Catherine and Jess talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They cover some exciting news about moss (trust me, it’s cool) and an...
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Look Up! November 2025
What’s the night sky in November? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Catherine talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They cover the some of the comets you may be able to spot from Earth and...
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Look Up! October 2025
What’s the night sky in October? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Catherine talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They cover the exciting news about potential signs of life in ancient rocks on...
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Look Up! September 2025
What’s the night sky this September? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Catherine talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories, the discovery of a new moon around Uranus, and the appointment of the 16th...
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Look Up! August 2025
What’s the night sky this August? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Catherine talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories, the discoveries of a new companion star for Betelgeuse and interstellar…
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Look Up! July 2025
What’s the night sky this July? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Jess talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They cover the origins of a mysterious fast radio burst detected last year, and the...
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Look Up! June 2025
What’s in the night sky this June? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Catherine and Imo talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They talk about a new JWST image of the galaxy cluster Abell S1063 and a...
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Look Up! May 2025
What’s in the night sky this May? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Catherine and Jess talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They talk about an exciting potential discovery on the exoplanet K2-18b, and…
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Look Up! April 2025
What’s the night sky this April? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Jess talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They cover the 128 new moons discovered around Saturn, and some interesting...
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Look Up! March 2025
What’s in the night sky this March? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Catherine and Jess talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects and events in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They cover a progress update for the New Horizons space probe,...
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Look Up! February 2025
What’s in the night sky this February? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Catherine and Jess talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They cover a breathtaking new photomosaic of the Andromeda Galaxy, and...
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Look Up! January 2025
What’s in the night sky this January? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Catherine and Jess talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They cover Artemis 2 updates, and Ingenuity’s new life as a weather...
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Look Up! December 2024
What’s in December’s night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Jess talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories. They cover a recent study on the nature of the Large Magellanic Cloud, and the...
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Look Up! November 2024
What's in November's night sky? Join Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Catherine as they discuss some of the cosmic objects you shouldn't miss in the sky this month. Also discussed are this month's cosmic news stories, both of which are to do with moons! Join us on X at the…
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Look Up! October 2024
What’s in October’s night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Catherine talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories, both human spaceflight related! They discuss SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn, Boeing’s...
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Look Up! September 2024
What’s in September’s night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Catherine talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories – the blue supermoon seen recently, and a new theory about the origin of the...
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Look Up! August 2024
What’s in August’s night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Catherine talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories, the first launch of the Ariane 6 and the release of 4 crew from their year of...
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Look Up! July 2024
What’s in July’s night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Imo and Catherine talk through some of this month’s must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month’s cosmic news stories – the nova event we’re expecting from T Coronae Borealis, and the first ever return…
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Look Up! June 2024
What’s in June's night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Imo talk through some of the month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. Also discussed are this month's Cosmic News – results from ESA's Euclid mission, and the misrepresented June 3rd planetary aliment.
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Look Up! May 2024
What's in May’s night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Julienne talk through some of the month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. They also bring two news stories, the discovery biggest stellar mass black hole in our galaxy and an update on the Dragonfly mission. Join...
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Look Up! April 2024
What's in April’s night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Julienne talk through some of the month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. They also bring updates on all the recent human space exploration news, including the fact that NASA is recruiting astronauts! Join the...
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Look Up! March 2024
This month we have a very special episode of the Look Up! podcast. We have the Royal Observatory's Dr. Ed Bloomer interviewing Professor Chris Lintott, astronomer and author. In his episode Chris tells us about his new book, ‘Our Accidental Universe’, which discusses how astronomers often stumble...
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In Conversation - Interview 1
In Conversation with the Shortlisted and Winning Photographers from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15 The shortlisted and winning photographers of this competition were invited to a special Private View event in September 2023 where they could see the Astronomy Photographer of the Year...
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In Conversation - Interview 2
In Conversation with the Shortlisted and Winning Photographers from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15. The shortlisted and winning photographers of this competition were invited to a special Private View event in September 2023 where they could see the Astronomy Photographer of the Year...
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In Conversation - Interview 3
In Conversation with the Shortlisted and Winning Photographers from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15. The shortlisted and winning photographers of this competition were invited to a special Private View event in September 2023 where they could see the Astronomy Photographer of the Year...
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In Conversation - Interview 4
In Conversation with the Shortlisted and Winning Photographers from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15. The shortlisted and winning photographers of this competition were invited to a special Private View event in September 2023 where they could see the Astronomy Photographer of the Year...
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In Conversation - Interview 5
In Conversation with the Shortlisted and Winning Photographers from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15. The shortlisted and winning photographers of this competition were invited to a special Private View event in September 2023 where they could see the Astronomy Photographer of the Year...
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In Conversation - Interview 6
In Conversation with the Shortlisted and Winning Photographers from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15. The shortlisted and winning photographers of this competition were invited to a special Private View event in September 2023 where they could see the Astronomy Photographer of the Year...
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Look Up! Feb 2024
What's in February's night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Affelia talk through some of the month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. They also give updates on the Peregrine 1 and SLIM lunar missions and ask what colours the planets actually are after reprocessed…
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January 2024 Look Up!
Affelia (with a different Jess as a special guest!) from the Royal Observatory Greenwich tell you what you can see in January's night sky. They also talk about two news stories from the world of astronomy - a fantastic new discovery from a school science project, and a cat video sent from space....
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Look Up! December 2023
Astronomers Jess and Affelia from the Royal Observatory Greenwich tell you what you can see in December's night sky. They also talk about new aurora found at Uranus and Jupiter's shrinking Great Red Spot.
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Look Up! November 2023
In November's episode, Royal Observatory Astronomers Jess and Affelia take you through what to see in the night sky this month in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. We also bring you two new space news stories. First, Jess tells us about a recent update on Insight's Mars mission, and then...
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Look Up! October 2023
In October's episode, Royal Observatory Astronomers Jess and Affelia take you through what to see in the night sky this month in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. We also bring you two new space news stories. First, Jess tells us about JWST's discoveries on the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18…
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Look Up! September 2023
In September's episode, we highlight what to look for in the sky this month and discuss two cosmic news stories - how scientists almost lost Voyager 2 forever and huge tidal waves on a heartbreaker star. At the start of September, join the conversation on Twitter (@ROGAstronomers) and tell us: if...
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Look Up! August 2023
In August's episode, we talk about how astronomers took the first ever image of the Milky Way, not with electromagnetic radiation, but with neutrinos, and CHAPEA, NASA's mission that involves locking away four crew members for a year to help plan for future human missions to Mars. At the start of...
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Look Up! July 2023
In July's episode, Royal Observatory Astronomers Jess and Affelia take you through what to see in the night sky this month in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. We also bring you two new space news stories. First, we talk about the discovery of some strange rings around Quaoar. We also discuss...
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Look Up! June 2023
In June's episode, Royal Observatory Astronomers Jess and Jake take you through what to see in the night sky this month in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. We also bring you two new space news stories. First, we share a news story about a recent meteorite fall. We also discuss some new...
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Look Up! May 2023
In May's episode, Royal Observatory Astronomers Jess and Affelia take you through what to see in the night sky this month in our family friendly Look Up! podcast. We also bring you two new space news stories. First, we discuss what a recently detected repeating radio signals from a relatively...
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Look Up! April 2023
In April's episode we cover the night sky highlights for the month ahead and discuss the recent Aurora sightings in the UK, and the discovery of a particularly large exoplanet orbiting a particularly tiny star! At the start of April, you can join us on Twitter to vote on which story is your...
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Join the astronomers of the Royal Observatory Greenwich as they discuss the night sky and recent news in the wide world of astronomy. The Royal Observatory Greenwich is the historic home of the Astronomer Royal, with the first building, Flamsteed House, built in 1675. Now the Observatory is a heritage site, museum and a centre for excellence in science learning.
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