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10 December 2012
The Space Boffins take a tour of the International Space Station, meet an Apollo astronaut and discuss the politics of...
10 November 2012
This time the award winning Space Boffins podcast comes from Houston to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the last man...
25 October 2012
How can we measure some of the most energetic events in the universe? This month, we're exploring the new science...
10 October 2012
The Space Boffins Podcast comes to you this month from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in Silicon...
25 September 2012
How can we see stars as they first come into being? This month, we're looking at ALMA - the Atacama Large...
10 September 2012
A new mission to Mars, how Kinect games consoles are assisting with satellite docking and new data from the rings of...
24 August 2012
Why are we still curious about Mars? This month on Naked Astronomy, we're looking into Martian matters to find out...
10 August 2012
This month on the Space Boffins Podcast, we will be exploring strange new worlds, discovering a Swedish spaceport, and...
25 July 2012
When does the impossible become possible? Researchers have found Red Dwarf stars that simply shouldn't exist, so...
10 July 2012
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission lands on Mars next month after a nine-month journey across our Solar...
25 June 2012
What can farmers learn from physicists? This month in Naked Astronomy we'll find out how satellite imaging can...
10 June 2012
This week at Naked Astronomy, we're launching something very special. We've teamed up with the Space Boffins...
25 May 2012
When did Dark Energy become the dominant force in the universe? In this month's Naked Astronomy, we look back at...
02 April 2012
How do tornadoes form on the Sun? Why does Jupiter enhance our Meteor showers? And how can pulsars be used as a deep...
25 February 2012
Is an asteroid impact more likely than winning the lottery? What can Moon rock tell us about the Earth? And how did a...
25 January 2012
Can a mid-infra red view reveal the universe's secrets? In this month's Naked Astronomy, we meet MIRI, the...
20 December 2011
If you could look down from the International Space Station, what would you look at? This month on Naked Astronomy, we...
25 November 2011
Can supernovae account for all of the oxygen in the universe? What happens to massive stars at the end of their lives?...
25 October 2011
What are the mysterious blue straggler stars? In this month's Naked Astronomy we'll find out why some stars...
25 September 2011
Are the foundations of Dark Matter crumbling?& How can a planet be blacker than black paint?& What are the...
25 July 2011
We look back over the last few months of Astronomy interviews.& We'll hear how scientists search for planets...
25 June 2011
What happens when a black hole rips a star to shreds?& What can a solar science mission tell us about other stars?...
25 May 2011
How are sunspots born? What does a black hole collision look like? How long does it take to make a full-size galaxy?...
22 April 2011
In this special podcast from the National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno, we hear how twisted sunspots cause solar...