29th December 2025 – Live on BBC 5 Live talking with Leila Nathoo about predictions for aurora in 2026, 11.30am.
28th December 2025 – Live on BBC 5 Live talking with Johnny I’Anson about the year in space, and what to look forward to in 2026, 22.35pm (here’s the episode).
13th December 2025 – Live on BBC 5 Live Breakfast talking about the Gemind meteor shower, 8.45am.
8th December 2025 – Live on BBC Radio Lancashire and Cumbria talking with Nish about the Geminid meteor shower, 4.45pm.
25th November 2025 – Talking with Evan Davis on BBC Radio 4’s PM program about the stranded Chinese astronauts and space debris, 5.25pm (here’s the episode).
25th November 2025 – Live on BBC World Service talking with Tim Franks on Newshour about the Chinese stranded astronauts, 2.20pm (here’s the episode).
17th November 2025 – Pre-record with Nish on BBC Radio Lancashire talking about the Leonid meteor shower.
10th November 2025 – Pre-record with Nish on BBC Radio Lancashire talking about why three Chinese astronauts are stranded onboard the Tiangong space station and the wider problem of space debris.
6th November 2025 – Live on BBC Breakfast talking about the supermoon, 6.50am.
5th November 2025 – Live on BBC 5 Live Breakfast talking about the supermoon tonight, 6.55am.
8th October 2025 – Pre-record for BBC 5 Live talking with Tony Livesey about interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.
7th October 2025 – Live on BBC Radio Lancashire talking with Nish about the supermoon tonight and how to spot it, 3.10pm.
19th September 2025 – Live on BBC Radio Lancashire talking with Nish about the opposition of Saturn and how to spot it in the sky over the next few weeks, 3.10pm.
6th September 2025 – Live on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 talking with Simon Jack about the upcoming lunar eclipse, 7.15am.
12th August 2025 – Live on BBC TV News talking with Ben Brown about how to spot the Perseid meteor shower, 8.50pm.
12th August 2025 – Live on BBC Radio Ulster talking about how to spot the Perseid meteor shower, 8.55am.
12th August 2025 – Live on BBC 5 Live Breakfast talking about how to spot the Perseid meteor shower, 6.55am.
16th July 2025 – Live on BBC Radio Lancashire & Cumbria talking with Nish about the Perseid meteor shower and how to spot them, 4.15pm.
4th July 2025 – Live on BBC Radio Lancashire & Cumbria talking with Nish about the discovery of interstellar comet 3I/2025, 2.15pm.
3rd July 2025 – Live on Newshour on BBC World Service, talking with James Menendez about the discovery and implications of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, 2.25pm (here’s the episode).
6th June 2025 – Live on BBC Breakfast talking with Naga and Charlie on the red sofa about the latest ispace lunar landing attempt, 6.50am.
10th May 2025 – Pre-record for a journalist from the BBC World Service about the re-entry of Cosmos 482 this morning.
9th May 2025 – Live on PM on BBC Radio 4 talking with Anita Anand about the imminent reentry of Cosmos 482 (a failed Soviet Venera probe launched in 1972), 5.20pm (here’s the episode).
18th April 2025 – Live on BBC 5 Live talking with Connor Phillips about the K2-18b story, 10.55pm.
17th April 2025 – Live on Newshour on BBC World Service talking with Tim Franks about the tantalising evidence of life in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b, 1.35pm (here’s the episode).
15th April 2025 – Live on BBC 5 Live talking with Nicky Campbell about yesterday’s Blue Origin flight, and space tourism more generally, 10.45am (here’s the episode).
15th April 2025 – Live on the sofa on BBC Breakfast talking with Sally Nugent and Jon Kay about yesterday’s all-female Blue Origin flight, 6.50am (here’s the episode, if you’re quick).
14th April 2025 – Talking with Kirsten O’Brien on BBC Radio Berkshire about the first all-female Blue Origin tourist flight, 12.20pm.
7th April 2025 – Spoke to Julian Marshall for Newshour live on BBC World Service about the discovery of two white dwarf stars on a collision course to a quadruple detonation, 9.55pm (here’s the episode).
28th March 2025 – Wrote an article for The Conversation, along with Prof Derek Ward-Thompson, about the long-chain carbon molecules found on Mars, here’s the article.
25th March 2025 – Live on BBC Radio Berkshire/Oxfordshire talking about the SpaceX Spiral seen last night, 4.52pm
25th March 2025 – Live on BBC Radio Sheffield/Leeds/York talking about the SpaceX Spiral seen last night, 4.45pm
25th March 2025 – Live on BBC Radio Humberside/Lincolnshire talking about the SpaceX Spiral seen last night, 4.38pm
25th March 2025 – Live on BBC Radio Lancashire/Cumbria talking about the SpaceX Spiral seen last night, 4.22pm
25th March 2025 – Live on BBC Radio Wiltshire/Gloucestershire talking about the SpaceX Spiral seen last night, 4.15pm
25th March 2025 – Live on BBC Radio H&W/Shropshire/Stoke talking about the SpaceX Spiral seen last night, 4.08pm
25th March 2025 – Live on Lunchtime Live on BBC Radio Scotland talking about the discovery of long-chain carbon molecules on Mars, 1.25pm (here’s the episode).
24th March 2025 – Live on BBC 5 Live talking with Tony Livesey about the strange spiral seen in the skies over the UK this evening, caused by the de-orbit burn of a SpaceX Flacon 9 second stage following the launch of some spy satellites for the US government, 10.55pm (here’s the episode).
24th March 2025 – Live on The World Tonight on BBC Radio 4 talking with Julian Worricker about the strange spiral seen in the skies over the UK this evening, caused by the de-orbit burn of a SpaceX Flacon 9 second stage following the launch of some spy satellites for the US government, 10.25pm (here’s the episode).
19th March 2025 – Live on BBC Radio Berkshire talking with Kirsten O’Brien about the successful return of the astronauts, 11.45am.
19th March 2025 – Live on BBC 5 Live talking with Rachel about the successful return of the astronauts, 6.55am (here’s the episode).
18th March 2025 – Live on BBC TV News talking with Matthew about the upcoming return of the astronauts, 3.50pm.
17th March 2025 – Live on BBC Radio Scotland talking with Andrew Black about the upcoming return of the “stranded” Boeing astronauts from the ISS, 1.25pm.
13th March 2025 – Live on BBC Radio Somerset talking with Simon about the upcoming return of the “stranded” Boeing Starliner astronauts from the ISS, 10.30am.
10th March 2025 – Written comments for a journalist from NBC about the visibility of stars from city locations.
6th March 2025 – Live on BBC Streaming with Alice and Georgina, taking through the live coverage of the NASA CLPS mission IM-2 (athena) landing on the Moon, 4.30 to 6pm.
2nd March 2025 – Talking with Julian Marshall on the BBC World Service Newshour about the successful landing of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission on the Moon this morning, 1.25pm (here’s the episode).
27th February 2025 – Written comments for a journalist writing a piece on the planets for Glamour magazine, here’s the article.
25th February 2025 – Live on Newshour on the BBC World Service talking with Tim Franks about the planetary parade and what to look for, 8.45pm (here’s the episode).
25th February 2025 – Live on BBC Cumbria talking with Steph Finnon about the planets in the sky, and when to look for Mercury, 12.20pm.
13th February 2025 – Live on BBC Solent talking to Lucy about asteroid 2024 YR4, 4.52pm.
13th February 2025 – Live on BBC Berkshire/Oxford talking to Bridgitte about asteroid 2024 YR4, 4.45pm.
13th February 2025 – Live on BBC Humberside/Lincolnshire talking to Steve about asteroid 2024 YR4, 4.38pm.
13th February 2025 – Live on BBC Jersey/Guernsey talking to Darcy about asteroid 2024 YR4, 4.30pm.
13th February 2025 – Live on BBC 3CR/Northampton talking to Roberto about asteroid 2024 YR4, 4.22pm.
13th February 2025 – Live on BBC 5 Live Breakfast talking with Rick Edwards about asteroid 2024 YR4, 7.55am.
29th January 2025 – Written comments for a piece on the BBC News website by Zoe Kleinman on the first direct-to-satellite video call from the UK and the impact of satellites on astronomy (here’s the article).
29th January 2025 – Live on BBC Radio Lancashire talking with Nish about the planetary parade, 3.10pm (here’s the episode).
28th January 2025 – Live on BBC 5 Live Drive talking with Clare McDonnell about the recently discovered “asteroid” that turned out to be the re-discovery of the Tesla Roadster launched back in 2018, 4.50pm (here’s the episode).
24th January 2025 – Live on BBC Radio Wales Drive with Claire Summers talking about the planets visible in the sky right now, 5.50pm (here’s the episode).
2nd January 2025 – Live on BBC TV News talking about the aurora last night and the Quadrantid meteor shower tomorrow, 6.50pm.
2nd January 2025 – Live on BBC Radio Lancashire talking to Will Wolstenholme about astronomical highlights to look out for in 2025, 10.20am (here’s the episode).
1st January 2025 – Live on BBC Radio 4’s PM programme talking with Paddy O’Connell about space debris and putting the fall in Kenya in context, 5.25pm (here’s the episode).