Why searching for alien life is tricky, giant simulated galaxies, cookies in space and a lot more...

Pick o' the podcasts

Time to eat the dogs: 'Higher and Colder' review

Get ready for the transit of Mercury

Astronomycast: The problem with biosignatures

Planetary Radio: Venus

From the video store:

Watch a giant galaxy form in a ground breaking hi-res simulation

Cookie oven sent to space

Boing's tests the escape systems on its new space capsule

Reading material:

Satellite Fleet to track iron ore

California wildfire damage seen from space

Artificial shooting stars and a step towards re-usability for Rocket lab

Space travel affects heart cells

Rotating space hotel by 2025?

SpaceX: Getting below $2 million per launch

Why Mars is so cold, despite all its CO2?

How ESA's Mercury mission was proofed against the heat