{"id":1910,"date":"2015-12-19T00:21:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-19T00:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/?p=1910"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:57:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:57:45","slug":"pythagorean-astronomy-2015-round-up-and-tim-peake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/2015\/12\/19\/pythagorean-astronomy-2015-round-up-and-tim-peake\/","title":{"rendered":"Pythagorean Astronomy: 2015 round-up and Tim Peake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a very exciting year in astronomy and space science, with missions exploring distant reaches of the Solar System. There was a huge media storm about New Horizons passing Pluto back in July, with staggering results still coming back, and continuing revelations from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/rosetta\">Rosetta<\/a>. But there was\u00a0even more excitement about\u00a0Tim Peake&#8217;s\u00a0launch to the International Space Station as part of his <a href=\"http:\/\/principia.org.uk\">Principia mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This month Edward Gomez and I discussed the year&#8217;s astronomy news, while at the celebrations of Tim Peake&#8217;s launch here in Cardiff I\u00a0spoke to Chris Castelli from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/uk-space-agency\">UK Space Agency<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Human_Spaceflight\/Astronauts\/Pedro_Duque\">Pedro Duque<\/a>,\u00a0an ESA astronaut who flew to the International Space Station in 2003.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1910-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Dec2015_full_PHYSX.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Dec2015_full_PHYSX.mp3\">http:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Dec2015_full_PHYSX.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Originally broadcast on 18th December\u00a02015 as part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhysphillips.co.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/\">Pythagoras&#8217; Trousers<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiocardiff.org\/\">Radio Cardiff<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a very exciting year in astronomy and space science, with missions exploring distant reaches of the Solar System. 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