Astrophiz 18 out now on iTunes and Soundcloud. ‘The Acceleration of the Expanding Universe’ is beautifully explained by Dr Brad Tucker. Brad is an Astrophysicist/Cosmologist, and currently a Research Fellow and PhD supervisor at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mt. Stromlo Observatory at the Australian National University. Dr Nadezhda Cherbakov Skypes in from Tver in Russia to tell us more about the Cosmic Microwave background Radiation. Dr Ian Musgrave in ‘What’s up Doc?’ tell us what to look for in the night sky this week using naked eye, binoculars or telescopes. Oh yes, and he takes down ’Suuupermoons’ In the news: An update on the SKA, the Square Kilometre Array, our planet’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope

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