Media Appearances

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I am the presenter on Stars Over Surrey on Brooklands Radio where I present the astronomy and space news for the month and provide an "Astrocast" or astronomy forecast for the month ahead.  Listen live on DAB if you are local or you can listen to the archive.

I speak to James Cannon about the Partial Solar Eclipse.

I speak to Michaela Strachan about the Geminid Meteor shower.

I speak to Kasia Madera and Sophia Herod about the lunar eclipse as it is being live streamed answering questions from them and viewers live on air.

I speak to Chris Wathan about the Perseid Meteor Shower, what meteors are and where to find them. We also cover how to spot the difference between a meteor, a satellite, and astronaut waste.

Eleanor Oldroyd and Jeanette Kwakye interview me about the failed space probe Kosmos 482, that should have gone to Venus 53 years ago, but instead will crash land into the Earth.

Did we find life on exoplanet K2 18-b? We go through about what the researchers actually found, why it could mean alien life (radioactive super plankton) and how credible that signal is.

James Livesey asks me about the Blue Origin all female space flight which carried bioastronautics researcher and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Amanda Nguyen, former NASA rocket scientists, STEM outreach professional and entrepreneur Aisha Bowe, singer Katy Perry, broadcaster Gayle King, film-maker Kerianne Flynne and author Lauren Sanchez.

The comet F2 SWAN was recently discovered and only has a few days left of visibility in the UK.

I discuss the 2025 planetary parade with James Cannon on BBC Radio Surrey during the morning drive time.

You can listen to older episdoes and access show notes here.