Planet Venus is sometimes called Earth&apos;s twin. It&apos;s the same size and in planetary terms it&apos;s close by, but why isn&apos;t it our first choice for exploration? Some of the differences make Venus super difficult to study so in a way it remains mysterious.  Why is it difficult to study? And what makes the environment on Venus so harsh? Grab a coffee and join us as we unravel the mystery and take a closer look. Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some special content twitter.com/CosmicCoffTimeYou can request a topic for the show! Email it to cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com

Cosmic Coffee Time with Andrew Prestage

#28 Planet Venus. It's Earth's twin - but somehow remains mysterious. Let's take a look.

We don&apos;t get to hear much about planet Mercury. It took us a long time to learn much about it and only two spacecraft have ever been there.Let&apos;s take a look at some of the little known but fascinating facts about Mercury&apos;s history, why it has the longest day in the solar system and what we&apos;ve learned from lonely pair of spacecraft that have visited it.  Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some special content twitter.com/CosmicCoffTimeYou can request a topic for the show! Email it to cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com

#27 Planet Mercury normally keeps a low profile, but let's take a closer look at the first planet from the sun.

So back in the 1930&apos;s, astronomers noticed that there didn&apos;t seem to be enough mass in galactic clusters to hold them together, but they were held together. There mas be some additional mass and gravity to hold everything together, but where is it? It can&apos;t be seen. And this problem produced the theory of dark matter. Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some special content twitter.com/CosmicCoffTimeYou can request a topic for the show! Email it to cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com

#26 What's the matter? Really, what is the matter that makes up 80% of the mass of the universe but can't be observed directly. The strange story of dark matter

Join us for a discussion with David W. Brown about his new book The Mission, the true story of NASA's bold Europa Clipper mission and the search for signs of life on Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa.David tells us about the incredibly diverse team that put this project together,  why Europa is the most likely place in the solar system to find signs of extraterrestrial life, and why we might just be living in the golden age of space exploration.David's website: davidwbrown.comFind David's book, The Mission: harpercollins.com/products/the-mission-david-w-brown?variant=32126580064290

#25 A conversation with David W. Brown about his new book The Mission, and Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa

So way back in the 90s, NASA launched the bus-sized Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. But it had a huge problem, it couldn't focus the light from space as well as it should have.What went wrong? And how did NASA fix it, so it could stay in service for thirty years?Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some special content twitter.com/CosmicCoffTimeYou can request a topic for the show! Email it to cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com

#24 What went wrong with the Hubble Space Telescope?

Meteors, they're not falling stars, but what are they? Where do these objects come from and why do they 'burn up' in the atmosphere? And what's the difference between a meteor and a meteorite?We also take a quick look at some of the most famous meteor incidents in history.Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some special content twitter.com/CosmicCoffTimeYou can request a topic for the show! Email it to cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com     

#23 Meteors and meteorites, what are they and why do they burn up?

Let's take a closer look at the Sun - but not literally. How does it it produce so much energy and why can it do this for billions and billions of years? It's the source of practically all light and heat on Earth, so it's cool to know.What does the future hold for the Sun? How much longer could it support life on Earth?Let's find outFollow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some special content twitter.com/CosmicCoffTimeYou can request a topic for the show! Email it to cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com   

#22 The Sun. How does it it produce so much energy? And what does the future hold?

We've had a look at the history of human lunar exploration, but this time we're going to look to the future. We're going back to the moon with project Artemis. Apollo was great, but that was 50 years ago. How are we doing it this time? It will be more flexible and more sustainable.Let's take a look at what's in store for human lunar exploration over the next decade. Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some special content twitter.com/CosmicCoffTimeYou can request a topic for the show! Email it to cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com      

#21 Let's take a look at the Moon part 5 - Artemis and the future of human Moon exploration

We love the moon. Sometimes we just step outside and it's there waiting for us. There's so much to explore with the moon, we're taking a few episodes to get right into it. Here's part 4.Let's continue our look at the exploration of the moon, this time it's the Apollo missions. It's incredible that people have been to the moon, and almost as unbelievable that Apollo was 50 years ago. Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some special content twitter.com/CosmicCoffTimeYou can request a topic for the show! Email it to cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com     

#20 Let's take a look at the Moon - part 4

There's so much to explore with the moon. It's our little companion in space, like our next door neighbour. We're going to take a few episodes to get right into it. Here's part 3.Let's take a look at the exploration of the moon, not the Apollo missions, we'll save those for another episode, but the vitally important but sometimes forgotten uncrewed missions that came befor Apollo. The Russion Luna program, and NASA's Ranger and Surveyor programs that paved the way to the moon before Armstrong and Aldrin.     Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some special content twitter.com/CosmicCoffTime You can request a topic for the show! Email it to cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com  

#19 Let's take a look at the Moon - part 3

There's so much to explore with the moon. It's our little companion in space, like our next door neighbour. We're going to take a few episodes to get right into it. Here's part 2.Why do all full moons look the same? And what's with the tides, they're caused by the moon right?Get comfy, grab a coffee in your favourite reusable cup, and check it out.   Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some special content twitter.com/CosmicCoffTimeYou can request a topic for the show! Email it to cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com  

#18 Let's take a look at the Moon - part 2

There's so much to explore with the moon. It's our little companion in space, like our next door neighbour. We're going to take a few episodes to get right into it. Here's part 1.Get comfy, grab a coffee in your favourite reusable cup, and check it out.    Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some special content twitter.com/CosmicCoffTimeYou can request a topic for the show! Email it to cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com     

#17 Let's take a look at the Moon - part 1

It's Cosmic Coffee Time's first birthday, and what better way to celebrate than with a quadruple episode exploring the four Galilean moons of Jupiter. Explore the vastly different landscapes of four totally unique and fascinating bodies. What are they really like? And check out how unique they all are.    Get comfy, grab a coffee in your favourite reusable cup, and check it out. We might add a slice of birthday cake too.    Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some special content twitter.com/CosmicCoffTime You can request a topic for the show! Email it to cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com  

#16 The incredible tale of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter. A special first birthday quadruple episode.

Ever since we started using radio to communicate on Earth, we've wondered if we could use it to communicate with other civilizations in different parts of the galaxy. But it seems the harder we look, the less we find. What is SETI? Are we really alone? Let's take a look.   Get comfy, grab a coffee in your favourite reusable cup, and check it out.  Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some special content twitter.com/CosmicCoffTimeYou can request a topic for the show! Email it to cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com     

#15 So are we really alone in the Universe? Where is everyone? And what are we doing to find extraterrestrial life?

So an asteroid fell from space and caused a mass extinction of the dinosaurs. But where is the crater? We know impacts have left craters on the moon, earth, and other planets, But have we found one big enough to have been caused by the dinosaur asteroid?  Get comfy, grab a coffee in your favourite reusable cup, and check it out.  Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some special content twitter.com/CosmicCoffTime You can request a topic for the show! Email it to cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com   

#14 So an asteroid caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs? Let's find the crater!

It's cosmology in a cup! - Cosmic Coffee Time is bite sized podcasts making sense of space, astronomy, life, and the universe, best enjoyed with a coffee. A down to earth look at what's up there, and it's just for you spacefans. Grab a coffee and see where in the universe we go this time. Follow on Twitter @CosmicCoffTime