Naked Astronomy - From the Naked Scientists
By Ben Valsler, The Naked Scientists
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Podcast Description
We look at the latest news from the stars, planets and other heavenly bodies. Plus interviews with professional astronomers and the answers to your space science questions.
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The Dominant Force in the Universe - 12.05.25 - Naked Astronomy | 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 also examine the global trade in meteorites to explore... | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The National Astronomy Meeting 2012 - 12.04.02 - Naked Astronomy | 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 Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting, held ... | 4/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Astronomy AstroFest Special - 12.02.25 - Naked Astronomy | 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 AstroFest special, we'll ask if the Kepler observator... | 2/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Meeting MIRI and Detecting Dark Matter - 12.01.25 - Naked Astronomy | 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 us a glimpse of the very first galaxies and examine ... | 1/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seeing Your House from the Space Station - 11.12.20 - Naked Astronomy | 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 International Space Station, and integrate your socia... | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stars and Supernovae - 11.11.25 - Naked Astronomy | 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 stars, and why the first stars might be smaller than we... | 11/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blue Stragglers and the Polarised Universe - 11.10.25 - Naked Astronomy | 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 hear the latest news from the Royal Astronomical Soc... | 10/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dark Planets and Dark Matter - 11.09.25 - Naked Astronomy | Are the foundations of Dark Matter crumbling? How can a planet be blacker than black paint? What are the sunsets like on a planet with 2 suns? In this month's Naked Astronomy, we'll discover Kepler-16b; a planet with two suns, we look to recent e... | 9/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Year In Space Science - 11.07.25 - Naked Astronomy | We look back over the last few months of Astronomy interviews. We'll hear how scientists search for planets in the glare of their parent star, why a simulated mission to Mars will help us to understand how astronauts will cope with isolation, and t... | 7/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Star Death, STEREO & South Africa's SKA bid - 11.06.25 - Naked Astronomy | What happens when a black hole rips a star to shreds? What can a solar science mission tell us about other stars? And is South Africa prepared for the largest radio telescope ever planned? This month on Naked Astronomy, we explore a unique gamma ... | 6/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Birth of Sunspots and Black Hole Collisions - 11.05.25 - Naked Astronomy | How are sunspots born? What does a black hole collision look like? How long does it take to make a full-size galaxy? This month on Naked Astronomy, we find out why people searching for pulsars might spot colliding black holes in their data, how ga... | 5/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The National Astronomy Meeting 2011 - 11.04.22 - Naked Astronomy | In this special podcast from the National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno, we hear how twisted sunspots cause solar flares, how 17th century poetry can put a date on a supernova, and why some pulsars are part-timers. We'll find out how CANDELS and LO... | 4/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Astronomy at the Cambridge Science Festival - 11.03.25 - Naked Astronomy | In this special edition of the Naked Astronomy podcast we look at the astronomical events held at the Cambridge Science Festival. We'll hear from Dr Dan Stark about exploring the early Universe, find out what tooth x-rays and telescopes have to do w... | 3/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kepler 11 - A Unique Extrasolar System - 11.02.25 - Naked Astronomy | In this month's Naked Astronomy, we explore the unique system of six planets orbiting the star Kepler 11, and find out what to expect from the James Webb Space Telescope. Plus news of the runaway star spotted by WISE - the Wide-field Infrared Survey... | 2/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Antimatter Storms and the Universe's Dark Ages - 11.01.25 - Naked Astronomy | This month on Naked Astronomy, we discover the streams of antimatter coming from lightning on Earth, and find out how to study the stars that ended the dark ages and brought light to the universe. We hear about Jupiter's role in Earth asteroid impac... | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lessons from the Past - 10.12.25 - Naked Astronomy | This month, we read the history of Martian science in a collection of globes, and find out why it's important to understand ancient and aboriginal astronomy. We find out why some Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are shrouded in darkness, discuss the recent c... | 12/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Decade of Living in Space - 10.11.25 - Naked Astronomy | The International Space Station celebrated 10 years of habitation this month, pushing the boundaries of our knowledge of life in orbit. We find out more about living in space, as well as discover new gravitational lenses in this month's Naked Astron... | 11/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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An Alien's Eye View and Cosmic Climate Change - 10.10.25 - Naked Astronomy | What would an extrasolar observer see of our solar system? We find out in this month's Naked Astronomy as well as explore the events that led to climate change on a cosmic scale. Plus, news of an asteroid flyby, surfing Venus' atmosphere and the en... | 10/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making Steam Inside Stars - 10.09.25 - Naked Astronomy | How do you make steam inside a star? We explore the science of solar chemistry to find out how water molecules are created inside the envelope of red giants and We get an delegates-eye-view of the European Planetary Science Congress in Rome. In the... | 9/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is Our Solar System Strange? - 10.08.25 - Naked Astronomy | Is our solar system normal? We compare ourselves to the ever increasing list of exoplanets to find out if we're the weird ones in the universe in this month's Naked Astronomy. Also, we explore the Nili Fossae region of Mars, where the rocks may con... | 8/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Biggest Questions in the Universe - 10.07.25 - Naked Astronomy | How do you answer the biggest questions in the Universe? In this month's Naked Astronomy, we'll find out how Stuart Clark tackles these issues, why satellites the size of a Rubic's cube can help launch new and innovative technology, and how to measu... | 7/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Watching Worlds Wander - 10.06.25 - Naked Astronomy | Can we watch whole worlds wandering? We'll explore the mechanisms of - and evidence for - planetary migration in this month's Naked Astronomy, and find out if migration in our own solar system can account for Earth's violent history. Also, we explo... | 6/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Brightest Events in the Universe - 10.05.25 - Naked Astronomy | Gamma Ray Bursts are the brightest events in the Universe. They shine like beacons, revealing the existence of galaxies we couldn't previously see, but what are they now showing astronomers? Also, we focus on the engineering challenges of extremely l... | 5/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Riding in a Comet's Wake - 10.04.25 - Naked Astronomy | We find out how to measure a comet by riding in it's wake in this Naked Astronomy, as well as explore the latest exhibit in the Galaxy Zoo - brand new Hubble Space Telescope images. Plus, spotting a lightning strike on Saturn, Venusian volcanoes and... | 4/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is there anybody out there? - 10.03.25 - Naked Astronomy | Is our galaxy home to aliens? Well, yes, but only if you're talking about clusters of stars. We find out how the Milky Way has stolen globular clusters from other galaxies on this month's Naked Astronomy, as well as explore why our search for ET ha... | 3/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What's Hiding in the Starlight? - 10.02.25 - Naked Astronomy | Blocking the light from a star is the only way to see some extra solar planets, as we find out in this month's Naked Astronomy. We discover how small, precise optics can do this job for us, as well as explore some of the current missions studying... | 2/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How to Spot a Supernova - 10.01.25 - Naked Astronomy | We find out how to identify an exploding star in this edition of Naked Astronomy, with record holder and super supernovae spotter Tom Boles. Plus, how the Faulkes Telescope Project puts schoolchildren in charge of a 5 million pound telescope, the lat... | 1/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is there a planet beyond Pluto? - 09.12.25 - Naked Astronomy | In this edition of Naked Astronomy, why scientists are making mud in the laboratory to try free a trapped Mars rover, the discs that give birth to new planets, the space equivalent of an ordnance survey map for the stars and how scientists are seekin... | 12/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Oldest Light in the Universe - 09.11.20 - Naked Astronomy | In this launch edition of Naked Astronomy, we report on how the Planck probe is seeing the oldest light in the Universe, the Rosetta mission flyby en-route to a distant comet, how LCROSS executed a deft lunar impact and what it revealed, how the LRO ... | 12/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 29 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
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That was an American trying to speak like a Brit. If you like the Naked Sci podcast and you like astronomy- this is perfect for you. As it is for me!!
The Cutting Edge of Astronomy
This is one great series of Podcasts and I can't wait to hear more of them. It contains just the right mix of the latest important astronomical news related so that any layman can understand it without constantly heading to the dictionary. Plus, it's really great to listen to people who really know what they're talking about for a change. Bravo! Anyone who is interested in raw scientific discoveries will love listening to this Podcast.
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