[applause, music starts] John: It’s 9pm, and you know what that means! Coming to you live from the Staples Stadium - it’s Sky Jazz!!! [Skyjazz theme] Wendy: Hello and welcome to SkyJazz! Its Monday, May 25, 2026, and were coming to you tonight from Bilbao - its my favourite place here in Spain . John: Good evening everyone, and thank you Wendy! As ever, we are going to start the show by taking a question from a listener about stargazing and general aspects of astronomy! Uh, so Wendy, what have you picked out randomly from our mailbag today? Wendy: We have an email from Phillip Dick - someone living right here in Bilbao John: Fantastic! Isnt it great to hear from a local skygazer? They say, "Hi Skyjazz - Ive got a question for Wendy". Oh. Ok. "Wendy - wheres Uranus?" Wendy: Wendy: That’s a great question. Well, Phillip, it’s interesting you chose this planet. If you look to the north-west, youll see venus - Also a perfectly good planet for the amateur astronomer to view. Venus used to have a climate similar to Earths, but fossil fuel companies dumped a lot of excess carbon dioxide there in the 1920s. jupiter is there in the west. The big red spot has been raging for hundreds of years. It’s a hell of a storm. And yet you chose to ask me a question about the seventh planet of the solar system. Uranium was named after this planet. What an accolade. I hope they name a dessert after me. Thatd be nice. This planet rules over technology. Its the caretaker of change, of a new world. In a sense, in a trite quantum mechanical sense Every little decision we make brings about a new world Everything we do, or choose not to do By action, or omission, creates a new universe. A universe exactly identical to our own, except for a tiny change, like what I chose to wear this morning, or whether you remembered to bring an umbrella with you today. Maybe, just now, in this parallel universe, I walked over to the other side of the stage, or maybe I took a little drink of water. Something small, something inconsequential. It probably makes no huge difference in the scheme of things whether I took a sip from this glass of water, or not. But that’s a different universe, living its life, without us. Maybe that universe is just the same as ours in every other way. But there are other universes. Maybe there’s a universe in which I never came to Bilbao, and Phillip never wrote me that email. Or maybe we came on a different night, and we didn’t get his email in time. Or maybe there’s another person that calls themselves Phillip Dick, and thought it would be a good idea to write me a letter like this Maybe, whatever city I’m inn, I received this same letter from a different Phillip. Sometimes even large decisions we make get lost on the waves of a world made up of millions of ripples, ripples other people create. But sometimes those tiny ripples grow. Sometimes the beating of a butterfly’s wings, or a finger hovering too long over a “send” button, can have huge consequences. And by the time we realise, those little eddies... spiral into something much larger, something we can no longer control. And sometimes, more often, change isn’t something we do. Change happens to us. If there’s one thing you can say about change, Phillip, it’s that it’s hard. Change is painful. And, I get the sense from your email, you’re trying to use humour to cover some kind of pain. To ease it for yourself, and for others. Is that what you’re doing, Phillip? Are your afraid? Is it change that you fear? Audience member with poor judgment: Woo! Wendy: I suppose you can’t answer. But I should answer your question. Uranus is not visible from Bilbao tonight. There are thousands and thousands of miles of dirt, and earth, and molten rock between you and the bringer of change, blocking it, burying it, keeping you safe in the arms of the planet earth. Tonight, no change will come, things will go on A little like they were, A glass of water might go undrunk But you can sleep easy As easy as you let yourself. Is that what you wanted to hear? John: Well, thats about all we have time for - but well be back tomorrow, broadcasting from a completely new city, with a brand new episode of Skyjazz! [Skyjazz theme] --- Neutrinowatch is generated daily, so this text will change every day. This version was generated on Tuesday, 26 May 2026, at 00:05 UTC/GMT