How do you launch a spacecraft from Earth, and what keeps it up there once the engines stop? Join Naomi Price for Rocket Science: Defying Gravity, a journey from the launchpad to deep space. Discover how rockets produce thrust, why they shed stages, and why reaching orbit is as much about travelling sideways as climbing upwards. From roaring chemical engines to the gentle push of ion propulsion, explore the science that makes spaceflight possible.

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A quiet sea can hide an extraordinary amount of movement. Beneath its surface, currents carry warmth across the planet, cold water sinks into the depths, and a vast exchange of heat and moisture helps shape the skies above. In this episode of Compact Science, Naomi explores how those movements influence fog, rainfall and storms, why changes in the tropical Pacific can affect weather thousands of miles away, and what a warming ocean could mean for the future.

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The ground beneath our feet feels dependable, yet it belongs to a planet that never stops moving. Enormous plates slowly separate, collide and slide past one another, opening oceans and raising mountains. Most of that movement passes unnoticed, until a fault suddenly slips and years of stored strain are released in seconds. In this episode, Naomi explores the forces shaping Earth, the discoveries that revealed them, and how understanding earthquakes helps us live more safely on moving ground.

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