Interviews about Space Science

What is Jessica Meir getting up to in orbit?

A satellite launching in 2026 to measure far-infrared energy for the first time...

It's orbiting a distant star and it's covered in clouds...

What happens when a black hole collides with a neutron star?

What's getting between us and the rovers on Mars?

We received this brilliant question from listener Alistair...

Something ten times the size of the Earth slammed into the gas giant in early history, changing Jupiter's core

Fully electric cars are everywhere now, why is there still no Tesla equivalent for aeroplanes?

Landing on the moon was an iconic moment in history. Our listeners share what it meant to them...

It was an amazing feat 50 years ago but will we go back to the moon?

Why don't people believe we landed on the Moon?

How did the Apollo 11 get home? Their return could've been a lot worse, as physicist Katie Mack reveals...

What happened during that giant leap?

Hear from Norman Sears, an engineer that designed the system to land man on the moon.

3, 2, 1, LIFTOFF! The Naked Scientists launch their own rocket with the help of some friends.

Armstrong. Aldrin. Collins. Meet the crew that went to the moon.

NASA had a decade to get it right but why was a "Moonshot" so important?

"In space, no one can hear you scream....". Well, we wanted to test this for ourselves!

Do space travellers experience 0 gravity?

What should we make of the latest Martian methane plume?

While teams continue to search for gold, others are looking for something quite different; life.

Taking your screams as high up as we can go...

When it comes to extreme speed, there’s one thing that takes the crown; light.

May 29th 1919 marked an important day for the world of physics and a young scientist called Albert Einstein.