Interviews about Space Science

Scientists annouced the detection of these elusive ripples in spacetime but what are they? And why has it taken so long...

Recently, there has been growing excitement that Einstein's 'Gravitational Waves' might have been...

We say goodbye to the lander that bounced its way to fame across the surface of comet 67P.

Do black holes obliterate what falls into them, or do they leave a faint ghost of the structure of what they have...

How the world's telescopes are joining forces to try and see the unseeable: the shadow cat by the event horizon...

Black holes light up the Universe by creating quasars, which can in turn affect how galaxies evolve.

Event horizons, singularities and time dilation: we get to the bottom of the weird physics of black holes.

We can debate the matter endless within the realms of philosophy but what do current cosmological observations support?

Time seems to have a clear and irreversible direction; physics doesn't recognise this though. This problem has...

Time seems to have a forward direction - eggs don't unscramble for example but in physics, that's not the...

Where do winter, spring, summer and autumn come from?

What caused the biggest explosion astronomers have ever seen? The evidence points to the cataclysmic death of a star.

This year we tackled some pretty big questions, like when Graihagh Jackson asked, when did time begin?

Christmas is the perfect time to relax in front of a festive film, but this December there is one film that has been on...

How do astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) enjoy Christmas dinner?

The Kuiper Belt is a cloud of dust that is home to Pluto, but what else do we know about it?

In October we spent a whole month planning our Naked Scientists trip to Mars, here's a snapshot of what we got up...

Ceres strange white spots have been demystified this week and it might hold clues as to the asteroid's origins...

Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity but they have never been detected...

The process of planet formation by gradual dust accumulation is well-known, but it's never been witnessed until...

Water on the earth is easy to spot but there is also a lot beneath the surface and some of this is very very old.

The Square Kilometre Array show's just how big data can get and the challenges that come with it.

Modelling of Saturn's moon Enceladus has revealed that there could be hydrogen - a vital food source for microbes...

Human space travel is dangerous and expensive but its ability to inspire justifies the costs...