Our feature interview today is with Dr Geraint Lewis who a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Sydney, whose research includes cosmology and galactic archaeology. and today he is going to help us look at the existential question “Are We Alone” . Also I’ll remind listeners that this is our last episode for 2019 before we take our holiday break, but we’ll be back in early February 2020, and if you are not already, there is another great Astronomy podcast you should listen to and that is The Skyentists with our friends Dr Ángel López-Sánchez, a Spanish-Australian astrophysicist working at the Australian Astronomical Optics (AAO) and in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the Macquarie University in Sydney and the wonderful indigenous astrophysicist Kirsten Banks, who has just completed her Honours year and embarking on her PhD. Listen In, you’ll love their work! In the sky for observers and astrophotographers: Our regular feature ‘What’s Up Doc’ is with Dr Ian ‘Astroblog’ Musgrave. He previews the excellent observing opportunities over the next two months, and he gives us a good look at our interstellar comet 2IBorisov

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