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Brendan O'Brien
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Rural Aussie interviewing great scientists from all over the world for the fabulous Astrophiz.com astronomy podcasts since 2016.
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Brendan O'Brien @astrophiz.bsky.social · Dec 9
#Astronomy

Ashie getting quietly excited that T CrB appears to finally getting ready to go Nova after just being a pimple on a bum for 80 yrs
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Meet Jenni Häkkinen, a fabulous PhD candidate who has been working with an amazing small team who have done a big thing. Their new paper in Nature #Astronomy that changes our understanding of the fate of the Andromeda Galaxy and our very own Milky Way Galaxy.
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We are honored to meet Jenni Häkkinen, a fabulous PhD candidate from Finland who has been working with an amazing small team who have done a very big thing. They have turned science on its head with t
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November 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Huge congratulations to @manishacaleb.bsky.social for her successful ARC Discovery Project on

"Tracing the origins of Long Period Transients in the Milky Way"

and to @benjaminpope.bsky.social for his project on

"Where are all the Exo-Earths?"

Two exciting #AstroSci projects starting in 2026!
October 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Wanna hear how this brilliant accelerator physicist thinks?

A fabulous interview ... Follow @suziesheehy.bsky.social
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Astrophiz 146: Dr Suzie Sheehy – Accelerator Physics & Cancer Therapies
You’ll love this wonderful interview with Accelerator Physicist Dr Suzie Sheehy, who is doing groundbreaking work with particle accelerators to develop compact instruments that are changing the way…
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November 26, 2024 at 6:27 PM
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New evidence in Nature #Astronomy brings the certainty of a head-on smash of Andromeda and our Milky Way into serious question. Hear directly from a wonderful young researcher:
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Astrophiz 222: Jenni Häkkinen~The Future of our Galaxy
Listen: on Apple Podcasts, Audible/Amazon podcast, Youtube Podcasts, Pocketcasts.Transcript: Brendan: Welcome to the Astrophiz Podcast. My name is Brendan O ‘Brien, and first of all, we would…
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September 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Astrophiz podcasts now on Pocketcasts for great #astronomy, #Astrophotography and #astrophysics listening
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Astronomy Astrophiz Podcasts
Astrophiz "Exceptional Interviews with exceptional scientists." Brendan sometimes even gets how and why science works, and each month he conducts in-depth interviews with leading astro and space resea...
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September 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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September... a great month in the sky!
Listen up and look up
#Astronomy #Lunar #Eclipse #astrophotography
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Astrophiz221 - September SkyGuide
September Moon Phases: September 8 - Full Moon and Total eclipse of the moon around 2am for those who will be getting up very early to see it (Best viewed in WA) September 8 - Saturn close to the F
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September 1, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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"A fabulous #astronomy interview"

Full transcript: astrophiz.com/2025/08/14/a...
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Dr. Emil Lenc works on commissioning new capabilities on telescope arrays like the ATCA, the MWA, ASKAP, and the beautiful new SKA-Low Array
Astrophiz 220: Dr Emil Lenc ~ Imaging Radio Skies
Listen: Transcript:SFX: Pulsar/Gravitational Wave Chirp Brendan: Welcome listeners … to episode 220 of Astrophiz. Today we’re bringing you a fabulous interview with an amazing astrophysicist,…
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August 14, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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"A fabulous interview"

Full transcript: astrophiz.com/2025/08/14/a...
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Dr. Emil Lenc works on commissioning new capabilities on #radiotelescope arrays like the ATCA, the MWA, ASKAP, and the beautiful new #SKA-Low Array
Astrophiz 220: Dr Emil Lenc ~ Imaging Radio Skies
Listen: Transcript:SFX: Pulsar/Gravitational Wave Chirp Brendan: Welcome listeners … to episode 220 of Astrophiz. Today we’re bringing you a fabulous interview with an amazing astrophysicist,…
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August 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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"A fabulous interview"

Full transcript: astrophiz.com/2025/08/14/a...
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Dr. Emil Lenc works on commissioning new capabilities on telescope arrays like the ATCA, the MWA, ASKAP, and the beautiful new SKA-Low Array
Astrophiz 220: Dr Emil Lenc ~ Imaging Radio Skies
Listen: Transcript:SFX: Pulsar/Gravitational Wave Chirp Brendan: Welcome listeners … to episode 220 of Astrophiz. Today we’re bringing you a fabulous interview with an amazing astrophysicist,…
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August 14, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Enjoy this wonderful #astronomy and #astrophotography story about Dr Nancy Grace Roman, who spent over 30 years fighting, and winning, to give humanity the greatest space telescope ever built.
The next awesome space telescope to be launched is rightly named after her.
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Astrophiz218-Dr Nancy Grace Roman
VALE: Nancy Grace Roman ~ 16 May 1925 ~ 25 December 2018 I'm your host, Brendan O’Brien, and today we're taking a journey through the life and achievements of a truly remarkable astronomer who quite
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July 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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July! A great month for #Stargazing
Astrophiz #Astronomy 217 ~ Dr Ian Musgrave’s July SkyGuide & Nova V462 #Astrophotography Challenge

Listen: tinyurl.com/julyskyguide
Astrophiz Astronomy Astrophiz 217 ~ Dr Ian Musgrave’s July SKyGuide & Nova V462 Astrophotography Challenge
July SkyGuide: Moon Phases: July 3 - 1st Quarter Moon Note: July 4 - Earth is at aphelion (furthest) with respect to our sun July 5 - Moon at apogee (furthest from earth)) July 10 - Full Moon July 1
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July 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Astrophiz #Astronomy Podcast#216: Why your night sky is fading to gray, & why you'll soon see a satellite every 6 seconds.
Transcript: tinyurl.com/Astrophiz216...
Listen on SoundCloud: tinyurl.com/astroskies
Audible Free Podcasts: tinyurl.com/audibleastro
Spotify: tinyurl.com/astrophiz216...
10th Anniversary Special ~ The history of satellites from Sputnik 1 to mega-constellations of Satellites Swarming Our Once Quiet and Dark Skies
Listen: Transcript:SFX: Sputnik beeps Brendan:  (cheerful but ominous): G’day listeners, and welcome to Episode 216, where we are also celebrating our 10th anniversary of Astrophiz — and in today’s…
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June 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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How do GRB astrophysicists go about answering the big questions about our #highenergyastro universe?
Dr Anya Nugent tells all, with wonder and excitement ... you'll love her #astronomy stories!
Listen;
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Or read full #science transcript:
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Please meet Dr Anya Nugent … she is amazing … and she has some beautiful stories for us … let’s hear all about unbelievably powerful Gamma Ray bursts and their host galaxies from an amazing Harvard an
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May 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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How do brilliant GRB astrophysicists go about answering the most puzzling #science questions about our universe?
Dr Anya Nugent tells all with wonder and excitement, you'll love her #astronomy stories!
Listen;
on.soundcloud.com/Skxw1YFj8sn5...
Or read full transcript:
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Astrophiz214-DrAnyaNugent
Please meet Dr Anya Nugent … she is amazing … and she has some beautiful stories for us … let’s hear all about unbelievably powerful Gamma Ray bursts and their host galaxies from an amazing Harvard an
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May 24, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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How do brilliant GRB astrophysicists go about answering the remaining big questions about our universe?
Dr Anya Nugent tells all ... With wonder and excitement ... you'll love her stories!
Listen;
on.soundcloud.com/Skxw1YFj8sn5...
Or read full transcript:
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Astrophiz214-DrAnyaNugent
Please meet Dr Anya Nugent … she is amazing … and she has some beautiful stories for us … let’s hear all about unbelievably powerful Gamma Ray bursts and their host galaxies from an amazing Harvard an
on.soundcloud.com
May 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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#Astronomy #Science Astrophiz 213: Dr Ian Musgrave's May SkyGuide
May is a fabulous month for #Astrophotography
Catch #VESTA & the #EtaAquariid #MeteorShower over the next few early mornings
May details: astrophiz.com/2025/05/01/a...
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Astrophiz 213: Dr Ian Musgrave's MaySkyGuide
May Moon Phases: May 4 ~1st Quarter May 11 ~ Moon at Apogee May 13 ~ Full Moon May 20 ~ Last Quarter Great for star gazing May 26 ~ Moon at Perigee May 27 ~ New Moon Great for star gazing What’s Up
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May 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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#Astronomy Astrophiz 213: Dr Ian Musgrave's May SkyGuide
Catch #VESTA & the #EtaAquariid #MeteorShower over the next few early mornings
May details: soundcloud.com/astrophiz/as...
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also on Apple Podcasts, Audible, Youtube, Spotify
Astrophiz 213: Dr Ian Musgrave's MaySkyGuide
May Moon Phases: May 4 ~1st Quarter May 11 ~ Moon at Apogee May 13 ~ Full Moon May 20 ~ Last Quarter Great for star gazing May 26 ~ Moon at Perigee May 27 ~ New Moon Great for star gazing What’s Up
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May 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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Astrophiz 213: Dr Ian Musgrave's May SkyGuide
May is a fabulous month for looking up :)
Catch VESTA & the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower over the next few early mornings
May details: astrophiz.com/2025/05/01/a...

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Astrophiz213: May SkyGuide with Dr Ian Musgrave
Listen: May Moon Phases: May 4 ~1st QuarterMay 11 ~ Moon at ApogeeMay 13 ~ Full Moon May 20 ~ Last Quarter Great for star gazingMay 26 ~ Moon at PerigeeMay 27 ~ New Moon Great for star gazing What’…
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May 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Out now, another fabulous listen &/or read full transcript: astrophiz.com/2025/04/15/a...

We are speaking with Space Lawyer, Ciara Guy, who has also worked in the Justice system

Her specialties are Dark Skies and Mega-constellations of proliferating low earth-orbit satellites.
Astronomy Astrophiz 212-CiaraGuy-Space Governance
In Astrophiz 212, 'Space Governance’ we are speaking with Space Lawyer, Ciara Guy, who has worked in the Justice system and Magistrates Courts. After completing her first law degree, she is now an a
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April 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Dr Ian Musgrave’s April SkyGuide

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April Summary

Jupiter & Mars are dominating the NW skies

Venus, Saturn & Mercury dominate the morning skies.

TCr Borealis is ‘lurking’ … poised to go Nova

The ‘Lunar X’ is coming up

Have a hunt for asteroid Vesta
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Dr Ian Musgrave’s April SkyGuide April Summary Jupiter & Mars are dominating the NW skies Venus, Saturn & Mercury dominate the morning skies. TCr Borealis is ‘lurking’ … ready to go Nova The ‘Lunar
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April 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Now also on spotify

Great #astronomy interview with fabulous Dr Ivy Wong @astroivy.bsky.social

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Astronomy ~ Astrophiz 81 - Dr Ivy Wong - Star Formation, Galaxy Evolution & Radio Galaxy Zoo
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March 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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First images from the Square Kilometre Array Low Frequency (SKA-Low)!

Taken with only 1,024 of the planned 131,072 antennas, and it's already looking good :)

#RadioAstronomy
March 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Now also on spotify .

Prof @duncankgalloway.bsky.social doesn't explode any myths here ...
But..
He gives us some very hot #science and #astronomy
Enjoy!
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Astrophiz 194: A/Prof Duncan Galloway ~ Explosive Neutron Stars
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March 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Now on spotify...
Fabulous storytelling of beautiful science by Prof @elizabethtasker.bsky.social
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#astronomy #science #JAXA #Hayabusa #Ryugu #asteroid
Astonomy Astrophiz 210: A/Prof Elizabeth Tasker
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March 17, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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It was fun to chat with Brendan, as we relived JAXA's Hayabusa2 asteroid mission 🛰️, the ridiculously daring engineering of sample return ⚒️, the first results from an analysis that pokes at the start of our existence 🧪, my life as an asteroid courier 🥷, and a look towards biting a Martian moon! 🔭
March 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM