Cosmic Coffee Time with Andrew Prestage

#92 Particle physicist and author Dr. Sarah Alam Malik joins us to explore the history of astronomy and the universe. Her new book A Brief History of the Universe takes us from ancient astronomers to modern physics, and the future of the cosmos.
Published: May 19, 2026

#91 What’s next for the Artemis program? Artemis 2 was incredible, but let’s take a look at what Artemis 3 & 4 will achieve in the next couple of years. (It’s amazing!)
Published: April 30, 2026

#90 An Australian backyard astronomer helped NASA find 100 planets! Astronomy award winner Chris Stockdale used his home observatory in Churchill, Victoria to track distant stars and find the planets in their orbit. What a chat.
Published: April 21, 2026

#89 Rogue planets! It's possible that most planets in our galaxy don't orbit a star, like we do with our sun. Rogue planets float through interstellar space in the cold darkness. How do they form? And how do we find a planet at interstellar distances?
Published: March 31, 2026

#88 Is the Universe Infinite? It’s almost an instinctive question, but maybe it’s unknowable.
Published: February 28, 2026

#87 The next crewed Moon mission is ready for launch. Let’s preview the historic Artemis II flight, sending humans to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years.
Published: January 31, 2026

#86 We all love the Moon, but it hasn’t always been there. Where did it come from, and when did that happen?
Published: December 31, 2025

#85 Skywatch December 2025. Geminid Meteor Shower, Supermoon vs. Pleiades and Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Published: November 30, 2025

#84 Before exoplanets comes a protoplanetary disc, we’ve found heavy water in one of these. What does this mean for the history of planetary water?
Published: October 31, 2025

#83 Two black holes collided a billion light years away, we detected it on Earth just this year, and it was the biggest ever recorded.
Published: October 7, 2025