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Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists

The Naked Scientists

Naked Astronomy: the Naked Scientists' Astronomy and Space Science Podcast - audio that's out of this world...

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231 episodes
Updated July 27

Episodes231

May 24, 2013 · 1 hr
The Milky Way's local black hole
The processes that can trigger a galaxy to double in brightness
May 9, 2013 · 34 min
Dodging Space Harpoons
The Space Boffins visit Europe's largest space company and find out how to get rid of space junk.
Apr 24, 2013 · 58 min
Measuring the Universe
The latest results from the Planck Space Telescope, and the amateur astronomer who observes shooting stars with a security camera.
Apr 9, 2013 · 34 min
Solar Science and Space Planes
Sue and Richard meet Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden explore solar science with Lucie Green and discuss the risks of flying space planes...
Mar 25, 2013 · 30 min
Radio Astronomy in the Australian Outback
Kirsten Gottschalk visits the Murchison Widefield Array in Western Australia
Mar 10, 2013 · 30 min
The First Phone in Space
Comets, Mars and the first phone in space are featured in the latest Space Boffins podcast. Recorded at London's Royal Astronomical Society.
Feb 25, 2013 · 57 min
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.
Feb 10, 2013 · 34 min
Methane on Mars and Meeting Astronauts
The Space Boffins meet British astronaut Tim Peake at the British Interplanetary Society, and discuss Martian methane, the future of the British Interplanetary Society and Enceladus' icy plumes.
Jan 10, 2013 · 37 min
Don't Panic! Keeping Your Cool in Space
Why space can damage your health, live views of Earth from the Space Station and crisis management tips from an Apollo 13 Flight Director...
Dec 13, 2012 · 52 min
Dealing With Debris
How can we solve the space debris problem? What will we learn from LOFAR? This month, we meet TechDemoSat and catch up with Curiosity!
Dec 10, 2012 · 34 min
Space Boffins on the ISS
The Space Boffins take a tour of the International Space Station, meet an Apollo astronaut and discuss the politics of space toilets...
Nov 10, 2012 · 28 min
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...
Oct 24, 2012 · 58 min
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 find out why being outside the...
Oct 9, 2012 · 29 min
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 to SETI's Senior Astronomer, Sue reports...
Sep 24, 2012 · 58 min
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 into star forming regions.Plus, we chat to...
Sep 9, 2012 · 29 min
Mars InSights, rings around Saturn and satellite docking games...
A new mission to Mars, how Kinect games consoles are assisting with satellite docking and new data from the rings of Saturn...
Aug 23, 2012 · 52 min
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 the Mars Science Laboratory. Also,...
Aug 9, 2012 · 29 min
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 meet the team sending a mobile phone-based...
Jul 24, 2012 · 59 min
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 observations. Also, how do citizen scientists...
Jul 9, 2012 · 29 min
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 planet will get to work. In this edition of...