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Please Look Up

Please Look Up

Written by: Particle WA
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Tune in each month for a guided tour of the night sky as seen from Perth, Western Australia. Each episode highlights all of the fascinating constellations, planets, and asteroids that you should be keeping an eye out for in the night sky. And don't worry, we'll also be highlighting the latest in space news so you'll always be in the know when it comes to the extra-terrestrial. Please Look Up is brought to you by https://particle.scitech.org.au/ (Particle) and powered by http://scitech.org.au/ (Scitech).Particle WA Astronomy & Space Science Physics Science
Episodes
  • What's Up In The Sky? January 2026's Stellar Stargazing Guide
    Dec 31 2025

    Happy New Year!

    This month, join the Please Look Up team for this special episode of reflection - looking back on our favourite moments from the year of 2025.

    Leon and Alyshia will be back in February well rested and ready to return to regular space news programming.

    But fear not! We wouldn't leave you without your monthly dose of space news. If you want to read about what's happening in the night sky in January, check out the latest 'The Sky Tonight,' on the Particle website.

    Just click this link: WA science. Done different. | Particle

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    31 mins
  • What’s Up In The Sky? December’s Stellar Stargazing Guide
    Dec 3 2025

    Join Leon and Alyshia in a look through the December night sky.

    Enjoy the last faint glimpses of the milky way for the year and cast your eyes instead on Jupiter which is shining brightly this month. If you whip out a telescope you may even be able to see Saturn and Neptune to add to your planet tally! And Pisces gives you your monthly dose of mythological family shenanigans.

    As for space news, the New Glenn rocket investigates Mars’ “absolutely spaghetti mess piss-weak magnetic field.”

    Important dates this month!

    December 5th - Super Full Moon

    December 14th - Geminids Meteor Shower

    December 21 - Summer Solstice

    To see the space pictures of the month:

    Alyshia's

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    Leon's

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    51 mins
  • What's Up In The Sky? November's Stellar Stargazing Guide
    Nov 1 2025

    Join Leon and guest host Alyshia as they rocket into the November night sky and explore all the latest space news including:

    • Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No... it's a supermoon!
    • Grab a mirror because November is the best month to look at Uranus.
    • Leon's namesake meteor shower.
    • It's raining space junk, but has anyone ever been hit by it?
    • How Leon broke Scitech.

    Enjoy, and we'll see you next month to talk about the night sky in December.

    If you're at all interested in the pictures discussed throughout this audio medium, you can find them here:

    Lottie Williams

    Alyshia's space pictures of the month: Image 1 Image 2

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    49 mins
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