Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Space exploration • Astronomy • NASA missions • Moon and Mars colonization • Space history • UFOs and Aliens • Space technology and engineering • Interviews with astronauts and scientists • Cosmic phenomena
The podcast "Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists" explores a diverse array of topics within the realms of astronomy and space science. The episodes delve into both current and historical aspects of space exploration and understanding of the universe. Key themes include the ongoing missions to study celestial bodies such as Mars, Jupiter's icy moons, and the Moon itself, often focusing on the scientific objectives, challenges, and potential for future colonization. Additionally, there are discussions about significant astronomical phenomena, such as solar storms and the potential existence of liquid water on Mars.
The podcast frequently features interviews with leading figures from various space agencies such as NASA and the European Space Agency, as well as authors and scientists who are deeply involved in space research. These interviews provide insights into the technical and human stories behind space missions and innovations. The podcast also touches on intriguing questions regarding unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and the search for extraterrestrial life, highlighting ongoing investigations and scientific opinions in these areas.
Historical retrospectives are another staple of the podcast, with reflections on past missions, significant events, and legendary figures in space exploration history. These episodes often commemorate anniversaries and milestones, drawing lessons from past achievements and failures. Additionally, the podcast addresses cutting-edge technological advancements and future ambitions, such as space sustainability, space tourism, and the role of robots and artificial intelligence in space exploration.
Overall, "Naked Astronomy" provides a rich tapestry of stories and discussions that cater to a wide spectrum of space enthusiasts, from those interested in the nitty-gritty of space missions to those curious about philosophical and existential questions concerning our place in the universe.
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Episodes:
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HALO, Gateway and Vigil
2025-Apr-07
53 minutes
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Biomass, living on Mars, and incoming asteroids!
2025-Feb-26
59 minutes
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NASA, the BBC and the Soviet spacecraft on the Isle of Man
2025-Jan-27
70 minutes
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UFOs... Is the truth out there?
2024-Dec-03
53 minutes
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Off to Europa, and life on Mars
2024-Oct-02
54 minutes
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John McFall, Tim Peake and how to build a spaceport
2024-Aug-28
63 minutes
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Challenger, and Space Barbie
2024-Jul-11
48 minutes
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Victor Glover, Starliner and Blue Origin
2024-May-31
48 minutes
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EarthCARE, Starliner and NASA's George Abbey
2024-Apr-29
45 minutes
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Intuitive Machines and a nuclear reactor for the Moon
2024-Mar-29
50 minutes
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America's return to the Moon and UK lunar ambitions
2024-Feb-28
53 minutes
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Moonwalkers, and NASA flight director Gerry Griffin
2024-Jan-29
44 minutes
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Frank Borman - Apollo Legend
2023-Dec-18
49 minutes
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Brits in Space!
2023-Oct-30
63 minutes
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Shuttle Blankets and Space Burials
2023-Oct-08
58 minutes
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Gui Bluford, and the end of ESA's Aeolus
2023-Aug-28
42 minutes
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Space junk, giant claws and dark skies
2023-Jul-28
46 minutes
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Space broadcast legend and 20 years at Mars
2023-Jun-19
69 minutes
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Hitchin to Houston: NASA's new science head
2023-May-02
63 minutes
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Juice to Jupiter and forgotten space shuttles
2023-Mar-22
62 minutes
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Space Toilets and the New Guys
2023-Mar-01
51 minutes
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Talking about Time
2023-Mar-01
23 minutes
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Mike Massimino and Meet the Minister
2023-Feb-06
70 minutes
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Multiverses, the Big Bang and laws of physics
2023-Jan-11
25 minutes
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NASA's Dr Z
2022-Dec-21
58 minutes
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Cute Mars Rovers
2022-Dec-05
57 minutes
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Last Man on the Moon: BONUS EPISODE
2022-Nov-15
54 minutes
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Moon Trees
2022-Oct-30
71 minutes
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Space Tyranny!
2022-Sep-30
62 minutes
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Apollo Remastered
2022-Aug-27
60 minutes
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Poppy Northcutt and Launch UK
2022-Jul-03
48 minutes
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Lessons from an Astronaut
2022-May-27
48 minutes
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Return to the Moon
2022-Apr-25
44 minutes
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Do we need astronauts?
2022-Mar-01
54 minutes
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Fiery Worlds and go for Mars
2022-Jan-28
59 minutes
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Flowers in Space
2021-Dec-15
52 minutes
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James Webb and astronaut Jessica Meir
2021-Nov-22
71 minutes
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BepiColombo lobster eyes and Apollo legends
2021-Nov-01
45 minutes
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SETI: Looking for Life across the Universe
2021-Sep-29
31 minutes
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Europe leads the space station
2021-Sep-10
54 minutes
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Space Station Commander
2021-Aug-12
54 minutes
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Wally Funk Heads for Space
2021-Jul-13
54 minutes
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Mission to Europa
2021-Jun-14
59 minutes
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Finding the God Equation
2021-May-26
23 minutes
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Britain's First Astronaut
2021-May-14
64 minutes
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Celebrating 60 years of human spaceflight
2021-Apr-09
69 minutes
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Storms on the Sun
2021-Mar-31
30 minutes
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Perseverance on Mars
2021-Mar-11
36 minutes
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What might aliens look like?
2021-Feb-26
32 minutes
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Space Zombies
2021-Feb-11
44 minutes
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Is There Liquid Water on Mars?
2021-Jan-27
28 minutes
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China on the Moon
2021-Jan-13
52 minutes
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Lighting up Dark Matter
2020-Dec-25
36 minutes
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Tim Peake Reveals All
2020-Dec-15
58 minutes
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The largest telescope ever made
2020-Nov-25
31 minutes
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Asteroids and Artemis
2020-Nov-17
43 minutes
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The End of the Universe
2020-Oct-25
27 minutes
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Space Station Special
2020-Oct-14
65 minutes
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America's first space station
2020-Sep-17
42 minutes
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Space Boffins celebrate their century
2020-Aug-12
59 minutes
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2020 Missions to Mars
2020-Jul-14
43 minutes
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Splashdown!
2020-Jun-15
51 minutes
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Maiden Flight
2020-May-10
41 minutes
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The Loneliest Human: Space Boffins Special
2020-May-01
35 minutes
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Cubesats, Hubble and Apollo 13 Trouble
2020-Apr-14
36 minutes
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Solar Orbiter, stamps and exoplanets
2020-Mar-10
45 minutes
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Hubble, TRUTHS and space Law
2020-Feb-10
36 minutes
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Robot Arms and Space Toilets
2020-Jan-10
41 minutes
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2020 State of the Universe Address
2019-Dec-24
38 minutes
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Glove Actually and the Sew Sisters
2019-Dec-13
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Moving to Mars
2019-Nov-10
52 minutes
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Cosmic Girl - from California to Cornwall
2019-Oct-15
44 minutes
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Boffins on Mars
2019-Sep-10
44 minutes
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Lunar Heritage and Lost Meteorites
2019-Aug-10
37 minutes
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Apollo 11 Special (Part 2)
2019-Jul-10
56 minutes
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Apollo 11 Special (Part 1)
2019-Jun-09
55 minutes
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Remarkable Women: A hidden history
2019-May-15
30 minutes
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Giant Rockets to the Moon
2019-Apr-09
47 minutes
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Spacecraft Reunited
2019-Mar-11
30 minutes
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Astrofest Live!
2019-Feb-11
29 minutes
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Flying hotdogs
2019-Jan-16
39 minutes
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Mission to the Moon
2018-Dec-13
50 minutes
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Don't call me Fruit Loops!
2018-Nov-12
30 minutes
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Space Boffins Live ESA Special
2018-Oct-09
28 minutes
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Spy Satellite Special
2018-Sep-10
27 minutes
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Space Boffins Blast Off!
2018-Aug-09
42 minutes
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Rockets in the Jungle
2018-Jul-09
45 minutes
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Magnificent Mercury: BepiColombo
2018-Jun-09
52 minutes
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Sampling An Asteroid
2018-May-10
43 minutes
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Water on Mars
2018-Apr-09
38 minutes
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Killer Asteroids
2018-Mar-12
42 minutes
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Space, Boffins & Rock Stars
2018-Feb-09
47 minutes
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Zero G
2018-Jan-10
43 minutes
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Space Highlights of 2017
2017-Dec-11
44 minutes
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How to Leave the Planet
2017-Nov-10
49 minutes
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Space Boffins Explore ESTEC
2017-Oct-09
47 minutes
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Cassini's Grand Finale
2017-Sep-09
41 minutes
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Extraterrestrial Humans
2017-Aug-09
46 minutes
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Mission To Mercury
2017-Jul-09
31 minutes
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Missions to Mars
2017-Jun-09
35 minutes
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Space Alien Special
2017-May-09
33 minutes
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Mission Control
2017-Apr-09
42 minutes
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Space Tomatoes in Urine
2017-Mar-10
41 minutes
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Space Boffins at Astrofest
2017-Feb-10
39 minutes
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Welcome to Mars
2017-Jan-25
32 minutes
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Double Hubble
2017-Jan-10
46 minutes
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The End of Night?
2016-Dec-25
22 minutes
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The Best of Space Boffins
2016-Dec-10
44 minutes
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Where is everybody?
2016-Nov-25
28 minutes
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X15: To Infinity and Beyond!
2016-Nov-14
39 minutes
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Going Gaga Over Gaia
2016-Oct-24
23 minutes
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Roving Over Mars
2016-Oct-10
41 minutes
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Nursing NASA's Astronauts
2016-Sep-09
45 minutes
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Connie won a meteorite
2016-Aug-24
24 minutes
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From The Blue Dot Festival
2016-Aug-09
35 minutes
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Jupiter: King of the Planets
2016-Jul-24
25 minutes
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Jupiter's Juno Mission
2016-Jul-09
40 minutes
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Will we ever return to the moon?
2016-Jun-24
31 minutes
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Hot from Spacefest
2016-Jun-09
34 minutes
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Reaching for the Stars
2016-May-24
38 minutes
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Have you been mis-sold time?
2016-May-09
40 minutes
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Eyes on the Sky for Mercury
2016-Apr-24
25 minutes
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Riding on a Space Sofa
2016-Apr-09
38 minutes
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Adventures in Satspotting
2016-Mar-25
26 minutes
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Buzz Aldrin and his master plan for Mars
2016-Mar-10
24 minutes
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The Next Revolution in Astronomy: Gravitational Waves
2016-Feb-25
34 minutes
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Russian Lunar Rovers and Floating Number Twos
2016-Feb-10
42 minutes
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Cosmic Quandries: The Origins of Time
2016-Jan-25
30 minutes
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Surgery in Space
2016-Jan-10
39 minutes
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Christmas in Space
2015-Dec-10
38 minutes
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Gravity and Guitars with Tim Peake
2015-Nov-10
36 minutes
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The First Woman in Space
2015-Oct-09
40 minutes
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Done and Dusted: What's Next for Rosetta?
2015-Sep-09
35 minutes
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Hello, this is the International Space Station
2015-Aug-11
34 minutes
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Rocketing into Space
2015-Jul-12
41 minutes
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How to Fly a Space Shuttle
2015-Jun-09
21 minutes
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Rosetta: Six Months Later
2015-May-09
28 minutes
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Out of this World: Britain's history in space
2015-Apr-15
36 minutes
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All Systems Go: NASA's new giant rocket
2015-Mar-10
37 minutes
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Recovering Beagle 2 from Mars
2015-Feb-10
33 minutes
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Space Exploration in 2015
2015-Jan-10
37 minutes
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Orion: the first step to Mars?
2014-Dec-10
36 minutes
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Space: triumph and tragedy
2014-Nov-14
38 minutes
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ESTEC: The heart of the European Space Agency
2014-Oct-09
29 minutes
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The Spacewalk from Hell
2014-Sep-09
34 minutes
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The Last Man on the Moon
2014-Aug-09
27 minutes
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Rescuing astronauts from space
2014-Jul-09
29 minutes
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Drowning in Space
2014-Jun-09
34 minutes
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Virtual Rides into Space
2014-May-09
28 minutes
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The Mars Yard
2014-Apr-09
33 minutes
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Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
2014-Mar-10
35 minutes
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Exo Mars and Crowd-funded SpaceCraft
2014-Feb-10
29 minutes
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Chris Hadfield: How to fix a space toilet
2014-Jan-10
26 minutes
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Astronomy in South Africa
2013-Dec-25
26 minutes
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The future of lunar space missions
2013-Dec-10
38 minutes
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The Space Boffins look forward to ExoMars
2013-Nov-25
39 minutes
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Looking forward to ExoMars
2013-Nov-08
39 minutes
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Comet ISON is coming!
2013-Oct-25
28 minutes
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Sue in a Centrifuge
2013-Oct-09
37 minutes
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Exploring the Solar System
2013-Sep-24
49 minutes
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Missions to Mars
2013-Sep-09
36 minutes
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Mapping out the Milky Way
2013-Aug-24
55 minutes
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NOAA's Space Weather Centre
2013-Aug-09
38 minutes
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The National Astronomy Meeting 2013
2013-Jul-24
53 minutes
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Landing on a Comet
2013-Jul-09
34 minutes
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Giant planets
2013-Jun-24
53 minutes
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Britain's First Official Astronaut
2013-Jun-09
31 minutes
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The Milky Way's local black hole
2013-May-24
60 minutes
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Dodging Space Harpoons
2013-May-09
34 minutes
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Measuring the Universe
2013-Apr-24
58 minutes
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Solar Science and Space Planes
2013-Apr-09
34 minutes
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Radio Astronomy in the Australian Outback
2013-Mar-25
30 minutes
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The First Phone in Space
2013-Mar-10
30 minutes
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Captivated by Comets
2013-Feb-25
57 minutes
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Methane on Mars and Meeting Astronauts
2013-Feb-10
34 minutes
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Don't Panic! Keeping Your Cool in Space
2013-Jan-10
37 minutes
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Dealing With Debris
2012-Dec-13
52 minutes
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Space Boffins on the ISS
2012-Dec-10
34 minutes
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Houston, we have a Podcast
2012-Nov-10
28 minutes
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New Science with NuSTAR
2012-Oct-24
58 minutes
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Space Boffins Search for ET
2012-Oct-09
29 minutes
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Excitement about ALMA
2012-Sep-24
58 minutes
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Mars InSights, rings around Saturn and satellite docking games...
2012-Sep-09
29 minutes
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Martian Matters
2012-Aug-23
52 minutes
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The First American Spacewalk
2012-Aug-09
29 minutes
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Finding Impossible Stars
2012-Jul-24
59 minutes
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Work, rest and play: Mars and space tourism
2012-Jul-09
29 minutes
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Plant Pathogens Observed From Orbit
2012-Jun-24
57 minutes
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Introducing Space Boffins!
2012-Jun-09
30 minutes
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The Dominant Force in the Universe
2012-May-24
53 minutes
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The National Astronomy Meeting 2012
2012-Apr-01
59 minutes
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Naked Astronomy AstroFest Special
2012-Feb-25
53 minutes
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Meeting MIRI and Detecting Dark Matter
2012-Jan-25
57 minutes
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Seeing Your House from the Space Station
2011-Dec-20
59 minutes
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Stars and Supernovae
2011-Nov-25
61 minutes
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Blue Stragglers and the Polarised Universe
2011-Oct-25
57 minutes
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Dark Planets and Dark Matter
2011-Sep-24
54 minutes
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The Year In Space Science
2011-Jul-24
58 minutes
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Star Death, STEREO & South Africa's SKA bid
2011-Jun-24
59 minutes
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The Birth of Sunspots and Black Hole Collisions
2011-May-24
58 minutes
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The National Astronomy Meeting 2011
2011-Apr-21
61 minutes
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Astronomy at the Cambridge Science Festival
2011-Mar-25
51 minutes
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Kepler 11 - A Unique Extrasolar System
2011-Feb-25
61 minutes
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Antimatter Storms and the Universe's Dark Ages
2011-Jan-25
58 minutes
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Lessons from the Past
2010-Dec-25
63 minutes
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A Decade of Living in Space
2010-Nov-25
62 minutes
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An Alien's Eye View and Cosmic Climate Change
2010-Oct-24
61 minutes
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Making Steam Inside Stars
2010-Sep-24
54 minutes
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Is Our Solar System Strange?
2010-Aug-24
45 minutes
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The Biggest Questions in the Universe
2010-Jul-24
54 minutes
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Watching Worlds Wander
2010-Jun-24
47 minutes
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The Brightest Events in the Universe
2010-May-24
50 minutes
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Riding in a Comet's Wake
2010-Apr-25
48 minutes
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Is there anybody out there?
2010-Mar-25
65 minutes
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What's Hiding in the Starlight?
2010-Feb-25
57 minutes
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How to Spot a Supernova
2010-Jan-25
53 minutes
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Is there a planet beyond Pluto?
2009-Dec-25
48 minutes
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The Oldest Light in the Universe
2009-Nov-20
51 minutes
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