Showing posts with label In Our Time. Show all posts
Showing posts with label In Our Time. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

BBC podcast about the Solar Wind


The Solar Wind is constantly streaming out from the Sun and can have a huge impact on radio propagation.

The In Our Time programme on BBC Radio 4 is hosted by Melvyn Bragg and covers various topics with a panel of experts. Recently they covered the Solar Wind.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the phenomenon behind the auroras at Earth's poles, the stream of charged particles spreading out from the Sun to the border of the solar system.

The 55 minute podcast can be heard here... https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dg9n

Anyone who has an interest in radio propagation or in astronomy should find it interesting.