What's up this month?

The October sky is just like Leon's resting heart rate... chill as hell.

There's still stuff to see though! The milky way, triangles (like, official ones, not just three random stars connected), meteors and not to mention it's the best time of year to see Mercury!

Additionally, Leon and guest host Alyshia embark on side quests including but not limited to alleged alien sightings, menstruating in space and coming up with the worst puns possible.

This episode contains

Sexual References

Coarse Language viewer discretion advised

Morgan joins Leon this episode, & asks all the hard hitting (not silly) questions.

Theres a Total Eclipse of the Blood Moon to look out for. The oddly named Scutum is the constellation of the month & UY Scuti could swallow our entire solar system.

Recapping the epic National Science week Mission Space project. Celebrating 10 years since the discovery of gravitational waves, listening to the ancient sounds of the universe & how we found a vintage playboy magazine containing a question about .... space junk?!

For more space stuff check out Leon's Monthly Blog "The Sky Tonight"

https://www.scitech.org.au/explore/the-sky-tonight/

The Night Sky!

Stuff we will see: It's all about the Milkyway in August (just look up!)

Stuff we won't see: Southern Hemisphere misses out on the Perseid meteor shower (lucky you if you're in the north!)

Planets: Jupiter and Venus get close and personal in the morning of the 12th & 13th August. Something something optics, physics.

Constellation of the Month: Norma - The Set Square.

Beth gets constellation bias thinking about Norma and it's lack of greek mythology, but there's something mysterious hiding out there just beyond our view. called "the great attractor."

Star Stories: Earth & it's many meanings to many peoples.

Space Fail of the Month: An Artemis Rocket Booster went BOOM!

Space Picture of the Month:

- Beth - NASA Apollo mission patches https://particle.scitech.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/7995383large-1.jpg

- Leon - Solid Rocket Boosters

https://particle.scitech.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/boosterstar.png

Space Flight Focus: Gilmore Space - Eris 1 (Recorded before it launched and will feature more in our September episode)

More space stuff:

https://www.scitech.org.au/explore/the-sky-tonight/

Science news from WA:

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