Looking up in wonder: humanity and the cosmos (part two) – podcast
by Presented by Linda Geddes and produced by Madelein from Science | The Guardian on (#5CGMY)
There is something undeniably appealing about the cosmos that has kept humans staring upwards in awe - from our Palaeolithic ancestors to modern astronomers. Humans are natural stargazers, but with light pollution increasingly obscuring our view of the heavens, is our relationship with the night sky set to change? In the second of two episodes, Linda Geddes is joined by the author of The Human Cosmos, Jo Marchant, and the astronomer royal, Martin Rees, to explore humanity and the cosmos.
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