Episode 880
Spacewalk: the Scale of our Solar System
Take a tour of our planets faster than the speed of light
The Naked Scientists Podcast · The Naked Scientists
August 23, 202231m 50s
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Show Notes
The scale of space is difficult to grasp: a trip to Mars would take 7 months, and for Jupiter you are talking years. But a scaled-down sculpture trail of our solar system offers a planetary tour on a more manageable scale. Plus we discuss living on Mars, exploding stars, and what the beautiful images flowing from the James Webb Space Telescope are showing to us... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
our place in spaceMatt BothwellBecky SmethurstSimon mordenstephen smarttJWSTJames Webb Space Telescopestephan's quintetolympus monssolar system modelproxima centauritharsislife on Marssupernovae