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
Looking forward to ExoMars
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are joined by new Mars Society president Jerry Stone and aspiring astronaut Kate Arkless Gray. Sue reports from the UK control room of the Mars SAFE…
00:39:31 |
Fri 08 Nov 2013
Comet ISON is coming!
As Comet ISON draws near to its close approach with the Sun in November, much uncertainty remains over how brilliant it will be. Dominic Ford speaks to Matthew Bishop at the Lowell Observatory to fin…
00:28:44 |
Fri 25 Oct 2013
Sue in a Centrifuge
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham discover what it's like to undergo G forces with a special podcast from QinetiQ's centrifuge facility - the only one of its kind in the UK. As Sue s…
00:37:45 |
Wed 09 Oct 2013
Exploring the Solar System
Dominic Ford reports from the European Planetary Science Congress, where he heard about the latest misisons to Mars and the Moon. Lewis Dartnell explains how the ExoMars mission, due to land on Mars …
00:49:02 |
Tue 24 Sep 2013
Missions to Mars
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham present a Mars podcast special. Interviews include Curiosity Rover's Principal Investigator for its Radiation Assessment Detector, and the British …
00:36:35 |
Mon 09 Sep 2013
Mapping out the Milky Way
This autumn, the Gaia spacecraft will be launched on a mission to find out where the Milky Way's stars came from. I catch up with two of the astronomers at the Lund Observatory who've worked on des…
00:55:35 |
Sat 24 Aug 2013
NOAA's Space Weather Centre
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are joined by a cosmic hedgehog with a report from NOAA's space weather centre in Colorado and details on how to own the latest affordable pocket spa…
00:38:26 |
Fri 09 Aug 2013
The National Astronomy Meeting 2013
This month I've taken to the seaside to bring you a special episode of Naked Astronomy from the National Astronomy Meeting, which was held in St Andrews in the first week of July. I find out about t…
00:53:32 |
Wed 24 Jul 2013
Landing on a Comet
Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson go to a comet, Mars and into space. This month's podcast is from the Open University's Rosetta mission room and includes NASA's Curiosity rover mis…
00:34:36 |
Tue 09 Jul 2013
Giant planets
How much detail can amateur astronomers see on Jupiter, and how can space scientists use this to probe the Solar System's largest storms? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Sci…
00:53:05 |
Mon 24 Jun 2013
Britain's First Official Astronaut
A full, frank and funny interview with Tim Peake, Richard goes inside NASA's 'crazy ideas', and Sue meets with 'astrogirls'. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
00:31:44 |
Sun 09 Jun 2013
The Milky Way's local black hole
We talk to astronomers who study the environments around black holes, ask what we can learn from a meteor which hit the Moon in March, and find out how spacecraft can navigate their way through the s…
01:00:00 |
Fri 24 May 2013
Dodging Space Harpoons
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham dodge space harpoons, discuss whether Mars One will encourage Big Brother in space and report from the Mojave desert on why risk is encouraged at its…
00:34:13 |
Thu 09 May 2013
Measuring the Universe
We talk to Planck Scientists at the Kavli Institute in Cambridge, and Nick James, an amateur astronomer who has set up a security camera on the side of his house to observe shooting stars. Plus we an…
00:58:55 |
Wed 24 Apr 2013
Solar Science and Space Planes
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham are reduced to tears of laughter by Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, enlightened by studio guest and space scientist Dr Lucie Green, and XCOR's Jeff Grea…
00:34:09 |
Tue 09 Apr 2013
Radio Astronomy in the Australian Outback
The SKA will soon be the world's most sensitive radio telescope, able to view some of the most distant objects ever seen. In a special edition of Naked Astronomy this month, we follow Perth-based ast…
00:30:03 |
Mon 25 Mar 2013
The First Phone in Space
Comets, Mars and the first phone in space are featured in the latest Space Boffins podcast. Recorded at the Royal Astronomical Society in London, Richard and Sue are joined by Rosetta mission scienti…
00:30:08 |
Sun 10 Mar 2013
Captivated by Comets
2013 looks like a good year for comets! We find out where these balls of dust and ice come from and what to expect from Pan-STARRS and ISON. Plus, the close fly-by of Asteroid 2012 DA14, the firebal…
00:57:51 |
Mon 25 Feb 2013
Methane on Mars and Meeting Astronauts
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham meet British astronaut Tim Peake at the British Interplanetary Society. They are joined by space scientist Jane MacArthur, whose methane experiment is …
00:34:07 |
Sun 10 Feb 2013
Don't Panic! Keeping Your Cool in Space
This month in Space Boffins: why space can seriously damage your health, the cameras being installed on the Space Station to give live views of Earth and crisis management tips from an Apollo 13 Fl…
00:37:45 |
Thu 10 Jan 2013
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are the property of Dr Chris Smith. This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by eachpod.com.