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May 2019: Seeing the Invisible May 10, 2019

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Seeing the Invisible. In the show this time, we talk to Syksy Rasanen about black holes as dark matter candidates and the future of scientific publishing [07:30 - 46:01], Hongming Tang rounds up the latest news [01:26-07:16] and we find out what we can see in the May night sky from Ian Morison, Haritina Mogosanu and Samuel Leske [01:14:18 - 01:39:03].

April 2019 Extra: Chasing the horizon Apr 17, 2019

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Chasing the horizon. In the show this time, we talk to Leen Decin about the ATOMIUM project [25:50 - 41:32], Tana Joseph tells us about black hole binaries and multi-messenger astronomy in this month's JodBite [00:52 - 25:42], and your astronomy questions are answered by Benjamin Shaw in Ask an Astronomer [01:06:53 - 01:20:32].

April 2019: Asteroids, Aliens and All That Apr 01, 2019

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Asteroids, Aliens and All That. In the show this time, we talk to Matt Smith about dusty star formation in nearby galaxies [07:09 - 17:22], Fiona Porter rounds up the latest news [01:12-07:02] and we find out what we can see in the April night sky from Ian Morison, Haritina Mogosanu and Samuel Leske [1:12:07 - 1:41:36?].

March 2019: Fresh starts and fond farewells! Mar 08, 2019

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Fresh starts and fond farewells! In the show this time, we talk to Joe Callingham about his work with colliding wind binaries[09:28.78 - 31:26.64], Michael Wright rounds up the latest news [01:08.04 - 09:18.16] and we find out what we can see in the March night sky from Ian Morison, Haritina Mogosanu and Samuel Leske [01:11:45.00 - 01:31:20.00].

February 2019 Extra: Commensal Feb 27, 2019

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Commensal. In the show this time, we talk to Leon Koopmans about EoR studies with the 21cm line and gravitational lensing [16:52 - 42:35], Ben Stappers tells us about the MeerTRAP project in this month's JodBite [01:07 - 16:40], and your astronomy questions are answered by Guillaume Voisin in Ask an Astronomer [48:14 - 1:02:09].

February 2019: Try turning it off and on again! Feb 11, 2019

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Try turning it off and on again! In the show this time, we talk to Katherine Mack about Dark matter, academic globetrotting and science communication [6:35-46:31], George Bendo rounds up the latest news [0 1:43-6:28] and we find out what we can see in the February night sky from Ian Morison, Haritana Mogosanu and Samuel Leske [1:08:38-1:31:18].

January 2019: Missions: past and present!! Jan 16, 2019

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Missions: past and present!!. In the show this time, we talk to Chris Flynn about Observing Fast Radio Bursts, plus using the Moon to study climate change and Gaia to weigh the Milky Way [05:52.3 - 25:56.2], George Bendo rounds up the latest news [00:58-05:41.1] and we find out what we can see in the January night sky from Ian Morison, Haritina Mogosanu, and Samuel Leske [33:53.4 - 51:43].

December 2018 Extra: There And Back Again Jan 11, 2019

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There And Back Again. In the show this time, we talk to Morgane Fortin about using neutron stars as multimessenger laboratories [29:51 - 44:53], Justin Bray tells us about developing a particle detector for the Murchison Observatory in this month's JodBite [03:07 - 29:42], and your astronomy questions are answered by Iain McDonald in Ask an Astronomer [1:09:22 - 1:26:15].

December 2018 Pantomime: The Lord of Turing Jan 11, 2019

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Our panto-meister Dave Ault is taking a well-earned break from script writing this year, but two of our Jodcasters have stepped up to deliver The Lord of Turing - a tale of suffering, endurance and overly-large data sets! This has ended up being our longest pantomime by some margin - we hope you enjoy it.

December 2018: Seeing Double Dec 07, 2018

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Seeing Double. In the show this time, we talk to Amaury Triaud about exoplanets, especially the TRAPPIST-1 system [06:24 - 34:49], Fiona Porter rounds up the latest news [01:10-06:16] and we find out what we can see in the December night sky from Ian Morison and Haritina Mogosanu [1:17:27 - 1:41:25].

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