You can listen to my latest segments on ABC National Radio with Sirine Demachkie through the links below. I'm generally on around 25min before the end of the show.

Radio Archives

2025-06-28

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• The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has taken its first photos of space, and they are amazing.
• A new theory about the cosmic microwave background could change everything we think we know about the universe.
• An Indian astronaut has just been launched into space for the first time in 41 years, and he’s going to be busy.

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Blinding Lights by The Weeknd
The Rubin Observatory has just seen first light and the results are stunning.

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2025-06-13

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• There are some new plans for a moon base to be built by 2036, but NASA won’t have anything to do with it.
• Saturn’s moon Titan seems to have a weird wobble in its atmosphere.
• There’s an exhibit in London’s Natural History Museum where you can smell space, and it’s mostly unpleasant.
• NASA is being defunded, and that will affect everyone.

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Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
Space has a smell, but it’s probably not what you would expect.

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2025-05-30

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• Astronomers looking for Planet Nine might have found another planet in the outer solar system... But it's unlikely to be Planet Nine!
• An incredibly bright source of radio and X-rays has been spotted, and this long-period transient is going to keep astronomers puzzling over an explanation for some time yet.
• Andromeda's dwarf galaxies seem to be aligned with the Milky Way, and that seems very odd. There's less than a 0.3% chance of something like that happening by chance.
• SpaceX have just had another Starship launch, and ... well, space is hard.

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Flashlight by Jessie J
Astronomers have found some new flashing lights in the sky, and they are unlike anything we’ve seen before.

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Spotify Playlist

A playlist of space music recommendations to get you in the mood for science.