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Interviews about Space Science
Interviews about space science, astronomy, rockets, planets, galaxies, stars...
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How do you communicate the concept of the Cosmic Microwave Background to families and children. Andrew Pontzen...
Brian Greene, author of "The Hidden Reality" explains the possibility and probability of there being more...
Fact Impact: All you need to know about the Milky Way...
The James Webb Space Telescope, planned for launch in 2014, will be NASA's scientific successor to Hubble. With a...
NASA describes Kepler as their first mission capable of finding Earth-size planets around other stars – and it’s doing...
The first stars ended the dark ages of the universe pouring heat, light and heavier elements into an otherwise cold,...
Gamma ray flashes seemingly coming from thunderstorms have been a mystery since first being identified in 1994. Now,...
All you need to know about relativity...
Antimatter is usually thought of as being rather mysterious. But in fact, it is much more abundant than you might...
We explore the importance of understanding ancient and aboriginal astronomy...
We visit the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, and discover a collection of Mars Globes and the story they tell...
All you need to know about the Hubble Space Telescope...
The Herschel-ATLAS survey has identified a number of galaxies acting as lenses, magnifing distant galaxies and allowing...
The International Space Station celebrated a decade of human habitation this month. We find out what life in orbit is...
Get the high-speed low-down on Saturn and it's enigmatic rings...
Dr Andrew Howard explains how their observations suggest that up to one in five stars like our Sun may have Earth-like...
Astronomers have confirmed the sighting of the most distant galaxy ever recorded. It's light was emitted when the...
The Earth is under constant bombardment by a 1 million mile per hour maelstrom of charged particles that continuously...
This week, astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz and also from the Carnegie Institution of Washington...
Chris touches down in Australia and steps inside a planetarium for the very first time. He talks to Carley Tillet of...
The Square Kilometre Array will be the largest radio telescope device ever constructed - a strong contender for the...
Douglas Adams found a very good way to describe how big space is. He said: “Space is big. You won't believe how...
The UK Space Agency has recently announced a pilot program, inviting companies and academics to device innovative ideas...