Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists
Naked Astronomy: the Naked Scientists' Astronomy and Space Science Podcast - audio that's out of this world...
- Update frequency
- every 27 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 222
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2025
Dealing With Debris
How can we solve the space debris problem? What will we learn from LOFAR? This edition of Naked Astronomy comes from the RAL Space Conference at the STFC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratories. We'll …
00:52:30 |
Thu 13 Dec 2012
Space Boffins on the ISS
This month in the Space Boffins podcast: a tour of the International Space Station, an Apollo astronaut and the mission to the edge of the Solar System. Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelso…
00:34:08 |
Mon 10 Dec 2012
Houston, we have a Podcast
This time the award winning Space Boffins podcast comes from Houston to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the last man on the Moon. Richard visits the Apollo 17 capsule and talks to an Apollo veter…
00:28:50 |
Sat 10 Nov 2012
New Science with NuSTAR
How can we measure some of the most energetic events in the universe? This month, we're exploring the new science being carried out by NuSTAR, a space-based high-energy x-ray telescope. Plus, we'll…
00:58:36 |
Wed 24 Oct 2012
Space Boffins Search for ET
The Space Boffins Podcast comes to you this month from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in Silicon Valley California and features the search for life and Earth 2.0. Richard talks t…
00:29:56 |
Tue 09 Oct 2012
Excitement about ALMA
How can we see stars as they first come into being? This month, we're looking at ALMA - the Atacama Large Millimetre Array - possibly the most complicated telescope to date, that promises to peer …
00:58:46 |
Mon 24 Sep 2012
Mars InSights, rings around Saturn and satellite docking games...
Curiosity had barely scratched the surface of Mars when NASA announced another new mission to the red planet. It's called InSight and Dr Tom Pike, from Imperial College London, will be part of the t…
00:29:53 |
Sun 09 Sep 2012
Martian Matters
Why are we still curious about Mars? This month on Naked Astronomy, we're looking into Martian matters to find out how we got to where we are today, ushering in a new era of Martian discoveries from…
00:52:31 |
Thu 23 Aug 2012
The First American Spacewalk
This month on the Space Boffins Podcast, we will be exploring strange new worlds, discovering a Swedish spaceport, and celebrating the first American space walk. Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson me…
00:29:45 |
Thu 09 Aug 2012
Finding Impossible Stars
When does the impossible become possible? Researchers have found Red Dwarf stars that simply shouldn't exist, so in this month's Naked Astronomy we find out how theory needs to catch up with observa…
00:59:49 |
Tue 24 Jul 2012
Work, rest and play: Mars and space tourism
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission lands on Mars next month after a nine-month journey across our Solar System. On arrival the most advanced suite of instruments ever sent to the red plane…
00:29:55 |
Mon 09 Jul 2012
Plant Pathogens Observed From Orbit
What can farmers learn from physicists? This month in Naked Astronomy we'll find out how satellite imaging can help to understand and control crop diseases, as well as how precisely timed pulsars po…
00:57:47 |
Sun 24 Jun 2012
Introducing Space Boffins!
This week at Naked Astronomy, we're launching something very special. We've teamed up with the Space Boffins podcast to bring you even more space science. Each month, Richard Hollingham and Sue Nel…
00:30:04 |
Sat 09 Jun 2012
The Dominant Force in the Universe
When did Dark Energy become the dominant force in the universe? In this month's Naked Astronomy, we look back at the history of our expanding universe to find out when gravity lost its grip. We als…
00:53:59 |
Thu 24 May 2012
The National Astronomy Meeting 2012
How do tornadoes form on the Sun? Why does Jupiter enhance our Meteor showers? And how can pulsars be used as a deep space positioning system? This month's Naked Astronomy comes from the Royal Astro…
00:59:59 |
Sun 01 Apr 2012
Naked Astronomy AstroFest Special
Is an asteroid impact more likely than winning the lottery? What can Moon rock tell us about the Earth? And how did a biology teacher discover a new astronomical object? In this Naked Astronomy As…
00:53:27 |
Sat 25 Feb 2012
Meeting MIRI and Detecting Dark Matter
Can a mid-infra red view reveal the universe's secrets? In this month's Naked Astronomy, we meet MIRI, the Mid Infra Red Instrument set to launch on the James Webb Space Telescope. It should give u…
00:57:35 |
Wed 25 Jan 2012
Seeing Your House from the Space Station
If you could look down from the International Space Station, what would you look at? This month on Naked Astronomy, we discover UrtheCast - a system that could let you point a camera down from the In…
00:59:20 |
Tue 20 Dec 2011
Stars and Supernovae
Can supernovae account for all of the oxygen in the universe? What happens to massive stars at the end of their lives? This month, we delve into stellar science to look at the ultimate fate of star…
01:01:55 |
Fri 25 Nov 2011
Blue Stragglers and the Polarised Universe
What are the mysterious blue straggler stars? In this month's Naked Astronomy we'll find out why some stars stand out from the crowd, as well as investigate the polarity of the universe. Plus, we h…
00:57:50 |
Tue 25 Oct 2011
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