Space 1999 - Derby

Very early morning flights have meant a lack of Loungecasts in the last week, but now Robin and Brian are back, with a Carcast as they travel from Sydney to Canberra. There's show tunes, strawberries at the heat death of the Universe, the physics of Interstellar and more. And if ...  Show more

Sat in the lounge at Melbourne Airport, toasted sandwiches have been eaten and now Brian is going over some of the audience questions he didn't get time for the previous night. There's four dimensional space, queries about Big Bang diagrams and Robin's most obscure joke. Tickets ...  Show more

With the help of Robin Ince, Professor Brian Cox tackles more audience questions. He talks about the biggest question in physics, the nature of dark energy, running about with poles light years in length, climate change and winding up flat earthers. This week's questions come fro ...  Show more

Can you slow down time by hurtling through space at breakneck speed? Could listener Saskia’s friend - currently one year older - end up the same age as her if he went fast enough? It sounds bananas, but it’s all part of Einstein’s mind-warping theory of relativity.With expert cop ...  Show more

When different groups of astronomers measure the expansion rate of space, they get different answers. Who's right? Or are they both right, and new physics is afoot?

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Earlier this week, some of the world's leading astrophysicists came together at The Royal Society to question the very nature of our Universe. Does the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model, which explains the evolution of the cosmos and the Big Bang, need a rethink? Dr Chris North, an a ...  Show more