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It was the best episode I've seen in a long time, really interesting and all the more appropriate considering I did the Sagittarius A* run earlier in the day
Astronomy / Space The Sky at Night this month
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It was the best episode I've seen in a long time, really interesting and all the more appropriate considering I did the Sagittarius A* run earlier in the day
Horizon -
2015-2016: 5. The End of the Solar System
This is the story of how our solar system will be transformed by the aging sun before coming to a spectacular end in about eight billion years. Astronomers can peer into the far future to predict how it will happen by analysing distant galaxies, stars and even planets in their final moments.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b077nl9f/horizon-20152016-5-the-end-of-the-solar-system
2015-2016: 5. The End of the Solar System
This is the story of how our solar system will be transformed by the aging sun before coming to a spectacular end in about eight billion years. Astronomers can peer into the far future to predict how it will happen by analysing distant galaxies, stars and even planets in their final moments.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b077nl9f/horizon-20152016-5-the-end-of-the-solar-system
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Aliens: The Big think
Professor Martin Rees, the astronomer royal, searches for extra-terrestrials in a film that gets inside the minds of the scientists considering whether we're alone in the universe.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0788q6m/aliens-the-big-think
Professor Martin Rees, the astronomer royal, searches for extra-terrestrials in a film that gets inside the minds of the scientists considering whether we're alone in the universe.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0788q6m/aliens-the-big-think
The Sky at Night - 8th May 2016
Mercury: The Problem Child of the Solar System
To mark a transit of Mercury, an attempt to explain its mysteries. Surface temperatures exceed 450 degrees, yet it has patches of ice.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...mercury-the-problem-child-of-the-solar-system
Mercury: The Problem Child of the Solar System
To mark a transit of Mercury, an attempt to explain its mysteries. Surface temperatures exceed 450 degrees, yet it has patches of ice.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...mercury-the-problem-child-of-the-solar-system
BBC The Sky at Night -
Secrets of the Whirlpool Galaxy - June 2016
A look at M51 aka the Whirlpool Galaxy. By examining it at many magnifications and wavelengths the programme will build up a detailed portrait.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07g9z87/the-sky-at-night-secrets-of-the-whirlpool-galaxy
Secrets of the Whirlpool Galaxy - June 2016
A look at M51 aka the Whirlpool Galaxy. By examining it at many magnifications and wavelengths the programme will build up a detailed portrait.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07g9z87/the-sky-at-night-secrets-of-the-whirlpool-galaxy
BBC The Sky at Night - July 2016 - Juno: Mission to Jupiter
Exploring Nasa's project to study Jupiter. As the spacecraft Juno enters Jupiter's orbit, the programme looks at the potential discoveries that lie in wait.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07k88x9/the-sky-at-night-juno-mission-to-jupiter
Exploring Nasa's project to study Jupiter. As the spacecraft Juno enters Jupiter's orbit, the programme looks at the potential discoveries that lie in wait.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07k88x9/the-sky-at-night-juno-mission-to-jupiter
BBC Horizon - 2015-2016: 13. Inside CERN
Horizon documents an extraordinary story in particle physics, following CERN's scientists as they hunt for the elusive signals that would prove if there is a new particle.
*note: UK BBC Iplayer (VPN will be required for playback outside of the UK)
Horizon documents an extraordinary story in particle physics, following CERN's scientists as they hunt for the elusive signals that would prove if there is a new particle.
*note: UK BBC Iplayer (VPN will be required for playback outside of the UK)
BBC The Sky at Night - Sept 2016 - Interstellar: The Journey to Proxima b
Following the discovery of an Earth-like planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the team focuses on our nearest neighbouring star.
*note: UK BBC Iplayer (VPN will be required for playback outside of the UK)
Following the discovery of an Earth-like planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the team focuses on our nearest neighbouring star.
*note: UK BBC Iplayer (VPN will be required for playback outside of the UK)
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BBC The Sky at Night -
Goodbye Rosetta: A Sky at Night Special
The team visits the ESA as the Rosetta mission reaches its conclusion and the spacecraft is crashed into the surface of comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...-night-goodbye-rosetta-a-sky-at-night-special
Goodbye Rosetta: A Sky at Night Special
The team visits the ESA as the Rosetta mission reaches its conclusion and the spacecraft is crashed into the surface of comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...-night-goodbye-rosetta-a-sky-at-night-special
A great adventure with Rosetta
BBC Horizon -
2016-2017: 1. The Wildest Weather in the Universe
Series exploring topical scientific issues. A look at the fledgling field of extra-terrestrial meteorology, as technology allows astronomers to study other planets in new ways.
2016-2017: 1. The Wildest Weather in the Universe
Series exploring topical scientific issues. A look at the fledgling field of extra-terrestrial meteorology, as technology allows astronomers to study other planets in new ways.
BBC The Sky at Night - Life on Mars
The team investigates the ongoing hunt for life on Mars. It is one of the great scientific questions of our time, but are we any closer to finding an answer?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b083c3c0/the-sky-at-night-life-on-mars
The team investigates the ongoing hunt for life on Mars. It is one of the great scientific questions of our time, but are we any closer to finding an answer?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b083c3c0/the-sky-at-night-life-on-mars
BBC The Sky at Night - Review of the year 2016
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0857syb/the-sky-at-night-review-of-the-year
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0857syb/the-sky-at-night-review-of-the-year
I thought the Sky at Night was excellent this month, even if the 'top 5' presenter was a bit OTT.
BBC The Sky at Night - Telescope Takeover - Feb 2017
The team travel to La Palma in the Canary Islands where they take control of some of the world's largest telescopes to view the sky's most spectacular sights.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08f19c3/the-sky-at-night-telescope-takeover
The team travel to La Palma in the Canary Islands where they take control of some of the world's largest telescopes to view the sky's most spectacular sights.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08f19c3/the-sky-at-night-telescope-takeover
BBC The Sky at Night - 60th Anniversary Special
How our knowledge of the universe has been transformed in the last 60 years, with contributions from Jim Al-Khalili, Dallas Campbell and Monica Grady.
How our knowledge of the universe has been transformed in the last 60 years, with contributions from Jim Al-Khalili, Dallas Campbell and Monica Grady.