{"id":38376,"date":"2022-11-07T09:57:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T09:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/?p=113347"},"modified":"2022-11-07T10:09:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T10:09:11","slug":"podcast-amazing-cosmic-facts","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/podcast-amazing-cosmic-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Amazing cosmic facts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Iain Todd\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 07 November 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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In this episode of the Radio Astronomy podcast, astrophysicist Dr Jillian Scudder discusses her new book The Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries<\/em> and reveals some of the most mind-blowing facts about the Universe.<\/p>\n

Dr Scudder reveals why why the Milky Way smells of raspberries, how the Moon has a whiff of gunpowder, what happens when galaxies collide and why our own Galaxy is flatter than a credit card.<\/p>\n