Giant leaps in astronomy: the telescopes taking us further

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Today, we are taking a journey through the evolution of space telescopes and observatories. They are continuing to drive our understanding of the Universe, and the latest iterations - the Vera Rubin Observatory and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope - are hoping to go even further. But what are these ambitious eyes on the sky revealing? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:03.4	Absolutely genius.
0:04.2	Welcome.
0:05.1	Welcome.
0:06.0	This is the show where we bring you science.
0:07.8	What that essentially means is.
0:09.4	Discovery is advanced.
0:10.5	Research.
0:11.6	Technology.
0:12.6	Unbelievable.
0:13.5	Without further ado, this is the Naked Scientists.
0:17.3	Hello, welcome to the Naked Scientist.
0:20.2	This is the program that brings you the biggest breakthroughs
0:22.4	and talks to the major movers and shakers in the worlds of science, technology and medicine.
0:27.1	With me, Chris Smith.
0:28.8	And this week, we're going to find out what our space telescopes and ground-based observatories
0:33.2	are teaching us about the great unknowns up there.
0:45.4	Music are teaching us about the great unknowns up there. Today, we're going to take a journey through the evolution of space telescopes and observatories.
0:51.2	They're continuing to drive our understanding of the universe, and the latest
0:55.3	iterations, the Vera Rubin Observatory and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope are hoping to go
1:00.9	farther than any of their predecessors in this pursuit. For many, though, the revolution
1:06.3	began with many young scientists consequently embarking on careers and astronomy, when our eyes were first truly opened in earnest,
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