ABC StarStuff

[Astro_Bot]

There's a weekly ABC Radio Science program (also available anytime as an online podcast), called StarStuff, that covers astronomy, astrophysics and other space-related topics: StarStuff (http://www.abc.net.au/science/starstuff/)

There's also a blog with a few extra bits, such as interesting URLs: StarStuff Blog (http://abcstarstuff.tumblr.com)

And a twitter feed: @abcStarStuff (https://twitter.com/abcStarStuff)

I didn't even know this existed until today. There are some really interesting topics discussed - e.g. gravity waves and milli-second pulsars, dark lightning and terrestrial gamma rays, supernova candidates, the Chelyabinsk meteorite recovery, and more. And that's just the current episode.

Enjoy! :thumbsup:

[ManUtdFans]

Great stuffs.
Thanks for that.

[Shano592]

Great program.

They used to play it on Radio National on a Saturday night. My brother and I would be fishing for mulloway at the Narrows in Perth, listening to this, right before the English Premier League match of the week.

Sadly, it was pulled from airtime a couple of years ago, but it is still running in the background on the ABC website, and you can also access it as a podcast.

[Astro_Bot]

You're right. I'd never heard it on radio, so assumed it was still broadcast. Amusingly, it's broadcast in full in the USA (Science360Radio).



It's still there as a weekly poscast, though. :thumbsup:

[PETER_TRA]

last starstuff ever was today after 20 years and 750 episodes

[mjfitzhenry]

That's such a shame. I only discovered it earlier in the year. Stuart Gary did an excellent job as presenter. He went into so much detail and was very knowledgeable.

[Bendy]

Sad news indeed, a great program. Anyone hear whether it was an ABC management decision or a personal decision of Stuarts? Surely with enough lobbying from some dedicated IIS members we could persuade them to run it again, even with a new presenter if needed??