It's science, but not as you know it, the naked scientists.

Hello and welcome to the naked scientist with Ben Valzler and Diana O' Carroll.

Hello.

This week we're sitting in for doctors Chris and Co who are off enjoying their summer break.

We'll be bringing you the best bits of science from across the world, including interviews

from the American Association for the Advancement of Science Conference in Boston and the Royal Society

Summer Exhibition in London.

This week we're looking up to the stars to explore the science of

space. We'll be discovering how compared to the age of the universe planets form

from lumps of rock in a blink of an eye. If you have a bunch of rocky things of order a of a

block of an eye. If you have a bunch of rocky things of order a kilometer in size

then hit a go button. Gravity takes over and they will on time scales of tens to hundreds of million years

form most of the planets and the complement that we know in our solar system.

We find out why the James Webb Space Telescope will bring us great data for scientists to work with,

as well as great images for poster printing companies.

It's so spectacular in its capabilities that we expect miracles to be found,

surprises to abound in the data, and beautiful pictures as well.

And we'll discover the British made Mars Rover Xomars and find out why robots

may not take the place of man in future space missions.

It's what you might describe as a frontier spirit. It's about exploration.

In terms of exploring the system, there's a real drive, real excitement about man walking on the moon,

or perhaps ultimately walking on Mars.

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