It's cosmology in a cup! - Cosmic Coffee Time is bite sized podcasts making sense of space, astronomy, life, and the universe, best enjoyed with a coffee. A down to earth look at what's up there, and it's just for you spacefans. Grab a coffee and see where in the universe we go this time. Follow on Twitter @CosmicCoffTime
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#79 Launched in 1972 for Venus, Kosmos 482 failed to escape Earth orbit — and finally returned in May 2025, after 53 years in space
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2025-05-31
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#78 The Andromeda Galaxy is a cosmic neighbour that’s going to collide with our Milky Way Galaxy. Should we panic?
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2025-04-30
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#77 The stranded astronauts are finally home after 9 months in space. Let’s see how Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore got home
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2025-03-31
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#76 The Apollo program was the high point of the space age. From test flights, to lunar landings and the moon buggies
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2025-02-28
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#75 NASA's Project Gemini was a spectacular program that bridged the gap from Project Mercury to Apollo. Gemini developed the incredible technology and techniques needed for the lunar program
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2025-01-31
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#74 At the beginning of the space race, Project Mercury was NASA’s first human crewed spaceflight program, and it was a significant step on the road to the moon. Let’s dive into the vault and check it out.
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2024-12-31
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#73 NASA’s Project Mercury Monument has turned 60! It’s a tribute to America's first attempt at human space flight. The monument has a time capsule that is scheduled to stay sealed for 500 years! Let’s check out what's inside.
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2024-11-30
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#72 The space pioneers from Earth weren’t humans, what? That’s right, long before humans launched into space, there were a whole team of dogs, monkeys, chimps, insects and more, who rode rockets to space. All in the name of research.
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2024-10-31
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#71 Earth has a new moon! For about the next 8 weeks... Asteroid 2024 PT5 will be captured by Earth's gravity before returning to its normal solar orbit.
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2024-09-30
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#70 The Boeing Starliner capsule's first crewed test flight has left two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station. What went wrong, and how are they going to get home?
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2024-08-31
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#69 NASA's Curiosity rover has just made the most incredible discovery of its 12 years on Mars. By running over a rock!
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2024-07-31
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#68 A piece of space history was written this month, a sample from the far side of the moon! Let's check out the Chang'e 6 lunar lander and it's history-making mission.
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2024-06-30
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#67 OSIRIS-REx NASA mission scientist Greg Brennecka brings us up to date on the incredible early findings from the Bennu asteroid sample.
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2024-05-31
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#66 Saturn’s largest moon Titan is an incredible place, but could anything live there? Canadian Astrobiologist Dr Catherine Neish led a study on Titan’s habitability. She joins us for a fascinating chat about what she found.
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2024-04-30
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#65 Spaghettification? This really is a thing. It happens if you get too close to a black hole, but what is it? And how did it get that name?
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2024-03-31
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#64 The Odysseus Moon Lander. The first private moon lander has touched down, but is it still ok?
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2024-02-29
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#63 Space Ethics. How do we navigate the ethical challenges of our journey beyond Earth?
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2024-01-31
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#62 The iconic Earthrise photograph. Is this the most influential picture from the Apollo era?
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2023-12-31
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#61 Will Saturn’s rings really disappear from view in 2025? What’s going on with that?
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2023-11-30
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#60 Astrophotography. It's photography with a completely different technique. How do the pros do it, and what can I do with my smartphone?
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2023-10-31
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