As the seasons progress through the year, they also progress through observing targets. This week, we talk about Easter and observing galaxies from home or by visiting our observatory. We also look at some Apollo history, the upcoming Artemis II Mission, and more data than you can possibly imagine from the Vera C. Rubin behemoth!

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This exciting episode features special guest Dr. Rachel Ward-Maxwell from the Ontario Science Center (https://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/). We cover mysterious Aurora, lunar launches, a bit of Artemis and of course a discussion of the newest science and sci-fi crossovers, the film Hail Mary. Observing tips and science tricks, we even discuss how to break the optical illusion that we all face in our lunar companion.

Image Credit: Rachel Ward-Maxwell, AICO, KPPO, 2025

An extra Northern Lights explainer from Ontario Science Center: https://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/science-at-home/explore-more/discover-the-northern-lights

Dark matter and dark energy can sound gloomy but there's no need to worry in this episode as Maheen Hemani and Dr. Elaina Hyde talk about dark matter in history, dark matter in the news, dark matter in the Milky Way…. and get very excited! The more we find out about this exciting topic, the less it seems we understand but that doesn't mean we're not going to try!

Image Credit: JWST, from March 14th, 2023 A prelude to a supernova the Wolf-Rayet star WR 124 is shown in all it's glory