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
Flowers in Space
Gardeners of the Galaxy podcast host Emma Doughty discusses the challenges and joys of growing flowers, chillies and vines (for wine!) in space. Sue and Richard also chat to self-confessed space nerd…
00:52:45 |
Wed 15 Dec 2021
James Webb and astronaut Jessica Meir
ESA's senior science advisor Mark McCaughrean joins Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham to enthuse about the most powerful space telescope ever built. And NASA astronaut Jessica Meir disc…
01:11:28 |
Mon 22 Nov 2021
BepiColombo lobster eyes and Apollo legends
After BepiColombo's recent flyby of Mercury, Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson hear from the University of Leicester's Dr Charly Feldman about its onboard lobster eye optics and their i…
00:45:35 |
Mon 01 Nov 2021
SETI: Looking for Life across the Universe
This month, Naked Astronomy goes in search of the civilisations with which we might share this Universe. Andrew Siemion, Director of Berkeley SETI Research Center, joins Ben McAllister and Adam Murph…
00:31:17 |
Wed 29 Sep 2021
Europe leads the space station
ESA astronaut and soon to be Commander of the International Space Station, Samantha Cristoforetti, talks Dragons, Star City, and preparing for leadership. We hear from meteor expert Richard Greenwood…
00:54:34 |
Fri 10 Sep 2021
Space Station Commander
Shuttle pilot and International Space Station Commander, Terry Virts, chats to Space Boffins about flying the Shuttle, commanding the ISS, photographing the Earth ...and UFOs. And after the triumphan…
00:54:06 |
Thu 12 Aug 2021
Wally Funk Heads for Space
On the 10th anniversary of Space Boffins, BBC Science and Space Correspondent Jonathan Amos comes aboard to celebrate Mercury 13 legend Wally Funk as she prepares to launch to space with Jeff Bezos. …
00:54:42 |
Tue 13 Jul 2021
Mission to Europa
Two astronauts, one space hipster, a writer and a musician all feature in this month's Space Boffins. Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are joined by podcaster and founder of the Space Hipsters, Emil…
00:59:54 |
Mon 14 Jun 2021
Finding the God Equation
This month on Naked Astronomy, we're seeking the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything. We're looking at the "God Equation", an equation that could describe everything we know in physics. What …
00:23:59 |
Wed 26 May 2021
Britain's First Astronaut
In a podcast exclusive, Britain's first astronaut, Helen Sharman, joins the Space Boffins 30 years after her 1991 Juno mission. She describes the selection process, training in the Soviet Union and h…
01:04:12 |
Fri 14 May 2021
Celebrating 60 years of human spaceflight
In an epic edition of the Space Boffins Podcast we ambitiously celebrate the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight and the 40th anniversary of the first flight of the Space Shuttle. Richard Holli…
01:09:52 |
Fri 09 Apr 2021
Storms on the Sun
This month on Naked Astronomy we're setting our sights on the Sun. How do storms form on the Sun? How can they wreak havoc here on Earth? And what can we do to predict them? To find out, Ben McAllist…
00:30:57 |
Wed 31 Mar 2021
Perseverance on Mars
AS NASA's Perseverance rover makes it safely to Mars, we chat to science writer Elizabeth Howell about the array of missions now studying the red planet. Also the European Space Agency's head of dive…
00:36:35 |
Thu 11 Mar 2021
What might aliens look like?
This month on Naked Astronomy, we're waxing lyrical about aliens. What might they look like? Can we apply the principles of biology to other worlds? To do that, Ben McAllister and Adam Murphy were jo…
00:32:21 |
Fri 26 Feb 2021
Space Zombies
This month science journalist Katia Moskvitch joins the Space Boffins to discuss the zombies of the cosmos, neutron stars, as well as the European Space Agency's new astronaut recruitment and Yuri Ga…
00:44:10 |
Thu 11 Feb 2021
Is There Liquid Water on Mars?
This month on Naked Astronomy, we're mulling over Mars. We'll be chatting about the question of liquid water on the surface of Mars. Is it there at all? And if it is, how do we find it? And to do tha…
00:28:10 |
Wed 27 Jan 2021
China on the Moon
Space journalist Andrew Jones and his cat join the Space Boffins this month to discuss China's ambitious plans for the Moon and beyond. Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham also talk to Nellie Offord fr…
00:52:38 |
Wed 13 Jan 2021
Lighting up Dark Matter
This month we're diving into dark matter, that unknown stuff that makes up a quarter of the Universe. Where is it, what is it, and how do we know it's even there? To find out, Adam Murphy and Ben McA…
00:36:25 |
Fri 25 Dec 2020
Tim Peake Reveals All
In a specially recorded face to (socially-distanced) face interview to mark the fifth anniversary of his mission to the International Space Station, British European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake …
00:58:43 |
Tue 15 Dec 2020
The largest telescope ever made
This month on Naked Astronomy, we're taking a closer look at the largest telescope ever to be built, the Square Kilometre Array. The SKA spans continents, with some of it in South Africa, and some of…
00:31:29 |
Wed 25 Nov 2020
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