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29th December 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC 5 Live talking with Leila Nathoo about predictions for aurora in 2026, 11.30am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

28th December 2025<\/strong> – 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<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13th December 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC 5 Live Breakfast talking about the Gemind meteor shower, 8.45am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8th December 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Radio Lancashire and Cumbria talking with Nish about the Geminid meteor shower, 4.45pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25th November 2025<\/strong> – 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<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

25th November 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC World Service talking with Tim Franks on Newshour about the Chinese stranded astronauts, 2.20pm (here’s the episode<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17th November 2025<\/strong> – Pre-record with Nish on BBC Radio Lancashire talking about the Leonid meteor shower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10th November 2025<\/strong> – 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6th November 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Breakfast talking about the supermoon, 6.50am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5th November 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC 5 Live Breakfast talking about the supermoon tonight, 6.55am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8th October 2025<\/strong> – Pre-record for BBC 5 Live talking with Tony Livesey about interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7th October 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Radio Lancashire talking with Nish about the supermoon tonight and how to spot it, 3.10pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19th September 2025<\/strong> – 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6th September 2025<\/strong> – Live on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 talking with Simon Jack about the upcoming lunar eclipse, 7.15am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12th August 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC TV News talking with Ben Brown about how to spot the Perseid meteor shower, 8.50pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12th August 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Radio Ulster talking about how to spot the Perseid meteor shower, 8.55am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12th August 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC 5 Live Breakfast talking about how to spot the Perseid meteor shower, 6.55am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16th July 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Radio Lancashire & Cumbria talking with Nish about the Perseid meteor shower and how to spot them, 4.15pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4th July 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Radio Lancashire & Cumbria talking with Nish about the discovery of interstellar comet 3I\/2025<\/a>, 2.15pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd July 2025<\/strong> – Live on Newshour on BBC World Service, talking with James Menendez about the discovery and implications of interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS<\/a>, 2.25pm (here’s the episode<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6th June 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Breakfast talking with Naga and Charlie on the red sofa about the latest ispace lunar landing attempt, 6.50am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10th May 2025<\/strong> – Pre-record for a journalist from the BBC World Service about the re-entry of Cosmos 482 this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9th May 2025<\/strong> – Live on PM on BBC Radio 4 talking with Anita Anand about the imminent reentry of Cosmos 482<\/a> (a failed Soviet Venera probe launched in 1972), 5.20pm (here’s the episode<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18th April 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC 5 Live talking with Connor Phillips about the K2-18b story, 10.55pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17th April 2025<\/strong> – Live on Newshour on BBC World Service talking with Tim Franks about the tantalising evidence of life in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b<\/a>, 1.35pm (here’s the episode<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15th April 2025<\/strong> – 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<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15th April 2025<\/strong> – 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<\/a>, if you’re quick).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14th April 2025<\/strong> – Talking with Kirsten O\u2019Brien on BBC Radio Berkshire about the first all-female Blue Origin tourist flight, 12.20pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7th April 2025<\/strong> – Spoke to Julian Marshall for Newshour live on BBC World Service about the discovery<\/a> of two white dwarf stars on a collision course to a quadruple detonation, 9.55pm (here’s the episode<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

28th March 2025<\/strong> – 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25th March 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Radio Berkshire\/Oxfordshire talking about the SpaceX Spiral seen last night, 4.52pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25th March 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Radio Sheffield\/Leeds\/York talking about the SpaceX Spiral seen last night, 4.45pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25th March 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Radio Humberside\/Lincolnshire talking about the SpaceX Spiral seen last night, 4.38pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25th March 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Radio Lancashire\/Cumbria talking about the SpaceX Spiral seen last night, 4.22pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25th March 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Radio Wiltshire\/Gloucestershire talking about the SpaceX Spiral seen last night, 4.15pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25th March 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Radio H&W\/Shropshire\/Stoke talking about the SpaceX Spiral seen last night, 4.08pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25th March 2025<\/strong> – Live on Lunchtime Live on BBC Radio Scotland talking about the discovery<\/a> of long-chain carbon molecules on Mars, 1.25pm (here’s the episode<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

24th March 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC 5 Live talking with Tony Livesey about the strange spiral seen in the skies over the UK<\/a> this evening, caused by the de-orbit burn of a SpaceX Flacon 9 second stage following the launch of some spy satellites<\/a> for the US government, 10.55pm (here’s the episode<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

24th March 2025<\/strong> – Live on The World Tonight on BBC Radio 4 talking with Julian Worricker about the strange spiral seen in the skies over the UK<\/a> this evening, caused by the de-orbit burn of a SpaceX Flacon 9 second stage following the launch of some spy satellites<\/a> for the US government, 10.25pm (here’s the episode<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19th March 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Radio Berkshire talking with Kirsten O\u2019Brien about the successful return of the astronauts, 11.45am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19th March 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC 5 Live talking with Rachel about the successful return of the astronauts, 6.55am (here’s the episode<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18th March 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC TV News talking with Matthew about the upcoming return of the astronauts, 3.50pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17th March 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Radio Scotland talking with Andrew Black about the upcoming return of the “stranded” Boeing astronauts from the ISS, 1.25pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13th March 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Radio Somerset talking with Simon about the upcoming return of the “stranded” Boeing Starliner astronauts from the ISS, 10.30am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10th March 2025<\/strong> – Written comments for a journalist from NBC about the visibility of stars from city locations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6th March 2025<\/strong> – 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd March 2025<\/strong> – 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<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

27th February 2025<\/strong> – Written comments for a journalist writing a piece on the planets for Glamour magazine, here’s the article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25th February 2025<\/strong> – 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<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25th February 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Cumbria talking with Steph Finnon about the planets in the sky, and when to look for Mercury, 12.20pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13th February 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Solent talking to Lucy about asteroid 2024 YR4, 4.52pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13th February 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Berkshire\/Oxford talking to Bridgitte about asteroid 2024 YR4, 4.45pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13th February 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Humberside\/Lincolnshire talking to Steve about asteroid 2024 YR4, 4.38pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13th February 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Jersey\/Guernsey talking to Darcy about asteroid 2024 YR4, 4.30pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13th February 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC 3CR\/Northampton talking to Roberto about asteroid 2024 YR4, 4.22pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13th February 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC 5 Live Breakfast talking with Rick Edwards about asteroid 2024 YR4, 7.55am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

29th January 2025<\/strong> – 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<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

29th January 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Radio Lancashire talking with Nish about the planetary parade, 3.10pm (here’s the episode<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

28th January 2025<\/strong> – 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<\/a> launched back in 2018, 4.50pm (here’s the episode<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

24th January 2025<\/strong> – 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<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd January 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC TV News talking about the aurora last night and the Quadrantid meteor shower tomorrow, 6.50pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd January 2025<\/strong> – Live on BBC Radio Lancashire talking to Will Wolstenholme about astronomical highlights to look out for in 2025, 10.20am (here’s the episode<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st January 2025<\/strong> – 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<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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