This week Julio joins Matt to talk with Mark McCaughrean Senior Advisor for Science & Exploration at the European Space Agency.

Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence

Alan Wilson Watts

British writer and speaker known for interpreting and popularizing Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism for a Western audience

Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo made space history with two Venus flybys just 33 hours apart on 9 and 10 August. Our guest helped do the video (including soundscape music with his collaborator anna phoebe)

This week's guest

Mark McCaughrean is the Senior Advisor for Science & Exploration at the European Space Agency. also responsible for communicating results from ESA’s astronomy, heliophysics, planetary, and exploration missions to the scientific community and wider public.