- 244
- Episodes
- 13
- Transcribed
- 543
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
About Spacepod
Hear stories about the alien moons orbiting our Sun, of cold stars, and the future of space exploration. Every week, scientist Dr. Carrie Nugent chats about an amazing part of our universe with an expert guest. Spacepod is the podcast that gives you an inside look into space exploration. Learn more: http://listentospacepod.com
- Publisher
- Carrie Nugent
- Category
- science · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Aug 2015
- Latest episode
- 1 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
13 of 244 episodes have a transcript.
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
239: What will happen when the sun explodes?
1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
238: When will the universe stop expanding?
1 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
237: Why does an asteroid hit the Earth? And why so big?
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239: What will happen when the sun explodes?
Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It turns out that actually in a billion years, long before the sun runs out of hydrogen and stops fusing hydrogen to make energy, the sun is going to be warmer at that point and it's actually going to boil water off the surface of the Earth. So that's kind of when life is going to end on Earth because life as we know it, we think it needs water. So a billion years from now, the sun will be warm enough that the water is going to boil and there's probably not going to be any life on Earth. But it gets really interesting when the sun does eventually die. So in about five billion years, the Sun's going to stop fusing hydrogen. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Spacepod
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Catherine Neish
- Andrés Plazas Malagón
- Federica Spoto
- Matthew Kenworthy
- Miho Janvier
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 380 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 163 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 66
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
Contact Spacepod
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- Does not typically book guests
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The show publishes monthly, based on its RSS feed.
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