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
Asteroids and Artemis
NASA has just collected a sample from an asteroid and work is well underway to land a woman on the Moon. Space journalist David Whitehouse chats about whether President Trump was good for space. Dr S…
00:43:55 |
Tue 17 Nov 2020
The End of the Universe
In this episode of Naked Astronomy we're taking a look at all the ways that the universe could come to a close. From the dramatic to the slow and ponderous, we're chatting about how space will evolve…
00:27:38 |
Sun 25 Oct 2020
Space Station Special
To celebrate 20 years of people living on the International Space Station, we feature only ISS astronauts in this special edition of Space Boffins. NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott joins Richard Hollingha…
01:05:02 |
Wed 14 Oct 2020
America's first space station
Skylab's perilous and dramatic mission, life on Venus, the religion of Cosmism, and Brexit all get discussed this month. Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are joined by astronomer and writer Dr Stuar…
00:42:57 |
Thu 17 Sep 2020
Space Boffins celebrate their century
Space Boffins celebrate their 100th Naked Scientists' edition with two major guests: NASA's head of science, Thomas Zurbuchen, and the UK Space Agency's head of human space exploration, Libby Jackson…
00:59:11 |
Wed 12 Aug 2020
2020 Missions to Mars
Mars is the destination of choice for three Mars missions this summer, with the US, China and the United Arab Emirates all preparing for launch. Also, UAE plans for a Mars habitat, the UK engineer wo…
00:43:19 |
Tue 14 Jul 2020
Splashdown!
Following the successful Crew Dragon launch, Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman talks about the terrors of splashdown, and Shuttle astronaut and aquanaut Kathy Sullivan describes the choreography of spa…
00:51:51 |
Mon 15 Jun 2020
Maiden Flight
With astronauts preparing for the first flight in the Dragon spacecraft, space reporter Sarah Cruddas discusses this new era in space travel. Richard and Sue hear about the space industry's response …
00:41:01 |
Sun 10 May 2020
The Loneliest Human: Space Boffins Special
In a special bonus episode of Space Boffins Richard Hollingham celebrates Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who died in March. The podcast features extracts from interviews Richard conducted with Al, in…
00:35:30 |
Fri 01 May 2020
Cubesats, Hubble and Apollo 13 Trouble
Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson celebrate Hubble's 30th birthday with Shuttle astronaut Kathy Sullivan, who deployed the space telescope, and hear from NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill about his warnin…
00:36:14 |
Tue 14 Apr 2020
Solar Orbiter, stamps and exoplanets
The Sun, stamps and exoplanets in this edition. ESA's senior science advisor Mark McCaughrean reflects on the emotional launch of Solar Orbiter, Nobel Prize winner Didier Queloz talks CHEOPS as the t…
00:45:04 |
Tue 10 Mar 2020
Hubble, TRUTHS and space Law
Live at Astrofest 2020, Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham talk to UK Space Agency chief scientist Chris Lee, space law expert Chris Newman and the European Space Agency's Antonella Nota. They discuss…
00:36:38 |
Mon 10 Feb 2020
Robot Arms and Space Toilets
Shuttle astronaut Mike Mullane recounts stories of space sexism, toilets and M and Ms in the first Space Boffins podcast of 2020. We also meet the engineer developing the controls for a new robotic a…
00:41:21 |
Fri 10 Jan 2020
2020 State of the Universe Address
On the tenth anniversary of Naked Astronomy, Dark Matter physicist Ben McAllister delivers our State of the Universe Address and asks "what's changed" in astronomy over the decade since we launched t…
00:38:06 |
Tue 24 Dec 2019
Glove Actually and the Sew Sisters
Rubber gloves, sew sisters and a mission to the Sun with Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson this month. Richard talks to Solar Orbiter ESA and NASA mission scientists in Munich. Sue repo…
Fri 13 Dec 2019
Moving to Mars
What would a house on Mars look like? Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson tackle the tricky topic of Mars interior design and the challenges of moving to Mars. They're joined by the Head …
00:52:25 |
Sun 10 Nov 2019
Cosmic Girl - from California to Cornwall
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham visit Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne factory floor in Long Beach, California and Sue heads to Spaceport Cornwall, where Virgin Orbit plans to launch its sm…
00:44:07 |
Tue 15 Oct 2019
Lunar Heritage and Lost Meteorites
Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson with a TinTin style headline for this month's podcast: lunar heritage and the lost meteorites of Antarctica. Recorded at the recent Bluedot festival, S…
00:37:56 |
Sat 10 Aug 2019
Apollo 11 Special (Part 2)
This is a Space Boffins podcast to blow your minds. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Moon landings, it features the only woman in launch control for Apollo 11, JoAnn Morgan, talking about her …
00:56:59 |
Wed 10 Jul 2019
Apollo 11 Special (Part 1)
As mankind celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Moon landings, Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are joined by bestselling Apollo 11 author David Whitehouse at the British Interplanet…
00:55:29 |
Sun 09 Jun 2019
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