Meeting MIRI and Detecting Dark Matter
25 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Can a mid-infra red view reveal the universe's secrets? In this month's Naked Astronomy, we meet MI...
Seeing Your House from the Space Station
20 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
If you could look down from the International Space Station, what would you look at? This month on N...
Stars and Supernovae
25 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Can supernovae account for all of the oxygen in the universe? What happens to massive stars at the ...
Blue Stragglers and the Polarised Universe
25 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
What are the mysterious blue straggler stars? In this month's Naked Astronomy we'll find out why so...
Dark Planets and Dark Matter
24 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Are the foundations of Dark Matter crumbling? How can a planet be blacker than black paint? What ...
The Year In Space Science
24 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
We look back over the last few months of Astronomy interviews. We'll hear how scientists search for...
Star Death, STEREO & South Africa's SKA bid
24 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a black hole rips a star to shreds? What can a solar science mission tell us abou...
The Birth of Sunspots and Black Hole Collisions
24 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
How are sunspots born? What does a black hole collision look like? How long does it take to make a...
The National Astronomy Meeting 2011
21 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In this special podcast from the National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno, we hear how twisted sunspo...
Astronomy at the Cambridge Science Festival
25 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In this special edition of the Naked Astronomy podcast we look at the astronomical events held at th...
Kepler 11 - A Unique Extrasolar System
25 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In this month's Naked Astronomy, we explore the unique system of six planets orbiting the star Keple...
Antimatter Storms and the Universe's Dark Ages
25 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This month on Naked Astronomy, we discover the streams of antimatter coming from lightning on Earth,...
Lessons from the Past
25 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
This month, we read the history of Martian science in a collection of globes, and find out why it's ...
A Decade of Living in Space
25 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The International Space Station celebrated 10 years of habitation this month, pushing the boundaries...
An Alien's Eye View and Cosmic Climate Change
24 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
What would an extrasolar observer see of our solar system? We find out in this month's Naked Astron...
Making Steam Inside Stars
24 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
How do you make steam inside a star? We explore the science of solar chemistry to find out how wate...
Is Our Solar System Strange?
24 Aug 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Is our solar system normal? We compare ourselves to the ever increasing list of exoplanets to find ...
The Biggest Questions in the Universe
24 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
How do you answer the biggest questions in the Universe? In this month's Naked Astronomy, we'll fin...
Watching Worlds Wander
24 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Can we watch whole worlds wandering? We'll explore the mechanisms of - and evidence for - planetary...
The Brightest Events in the Universe
24 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Gamma Ray Bursts are the brightest events in the Universe. They shine like beacons, revealing the ex...
Riding in a Comet's Wake
25 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
We find out how to measure a comet by riding in it's wake in this Naked Astronomy, as well as explor...
Is there anybody out there?
25 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Is our galaxy home to aliens? Well, yes, but only if you're talking about clusters of stars. We fi...
What's Hiding in the Starlight?
25 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Blocking the light from a star is the only way to see some extra solar planets, as we find out in t...
How to Spot a Supernova
25 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
We find out how to identify an exploding star in this edition of Naked Astronomy, with record holder...
Is there a planet beyond Pluto?
25 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of Naked Astronomy, why scientists are making mud in the laboratory to try free a tr...
The Oldest Light in the Universe
20 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this launch edition of Naked Astronomy, we report on how the Planck probe is seeing the oldest li...