Universal Truths Stripped Down By The Naked Astronomers

Naked Astronomy is a new stripped down information service for amateur astronomers who want to let everyone know the bare truth about what’s happening in the universe.

Crusty scientists giving interminable lectures are given the boot and the Naked Astronomers focus on bright, breezy presentation that’s fun and informative.

The new stars of astronomy are a media-savvy group of physicians and researchers from Cambridge University who use radio, live lectures, and the Internet to strip science down to its bare essentials, and promote it to the general public.

Their award winning BBC weekly radio programme, The Naked Scientists, reaches a potential audience of 6 million listeners across the east of England, and also has an international following on the web.

Each week, listeners of all ages and backgrounds tune in on a Sunday evening to hear creator Dr Chris Smith, together with his entertaining sidekicks, interview renowned scientists and researchers from all over the world and take science questions on any subject live from the listening public.

The astronomy gig is presented by Ben Valsler together with Cambridge space scientists Carolin Crawford, Andrew Pontzen, Dominic Ford and a host of other cosmologically gifted contributors.

Now, you can download free podcasts and videos of news, views and experiments from the show from the Naked Scientists website.

In the latest editions, Ben and his team have looked at the source of the oldest light in the universe and asked if there is a planet in our solar system beyond Pluto.

The show and web site are great for astronomy enthusiasts of all ages who don’t want to listen to serious science debate but what their information in easily digestible byte-size bits.

What’s great is if you miss an episode, you can download a podcast or video cast from iTunes or the BBC iPlayer direct to your computer or portable media player and listen or watch when you have the time.

Astronomy is just one subject the Naked Scientists look at – their brief includes physics and archaeology.

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