The Sky At Night

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  • : 1957
  • : 834
  • : 18
  • BBC Four
  • 22
  • Documentary News

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2008
2008x1
Cosmic Debris
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01, 2008
Patrick Moore investigates comet tails, meteorites and asteroids and discovers the terrible consequences of a cosmic collision with the Earth.
2008x2
Messenger to Mercury
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01, 2008
Mercury is a world of extremes and enigmas - the closest one to the Sun. The spacecraft Messenger, which has just reached it after a four year journey, now offers enthralling pictures of .. show full overview
2008x3
Return to the Moon
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01, 2008
With a new era of lunar exploration dawning as more probes are launched to try to unlock the Moon's darkest secrets, Patrick Moore finds out about British ambitions to get there. Dr .. show full overview
2008x4
The Sun Revealed
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07, 2008
It's the start of a new solar cycle, and the spacecraft Ulysses faces retirement, but solar missions Stereo and SOHO are still revealing our nearest star in a new light.
2008x5
We Just Don't Know
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05, 2008
Celebrating the 666th edition of The Sky At Night. Patrick talks to cosmologists about what we know of the Universe, and what we 'just don't know'.
2008x6
Battle of the Giants
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02, 2008
Patrick relays breaking news of the Phoenix Mars landing, then referees a debate about which of the two gas giants, Jupiter or Saturn, we should return to.
2008x7
Rise of the Phoenix
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07, 2008
The latest from the Mars Lander - now on the Red Planet for a month - including the first ever images of the Red Planet's frozen ice caps.
2008x8
Double Vision
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05, 2008
Arizona's new Large Binocular Telescope. Its two 8.5m mirrors will provide images from beyond our Solar System, giving a glimpse of the dawn of time.
2008x9
Galaxy Zoo
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09, 2008
The Galaxy Zoo project: 150,000 volunteers have classified a fraction of the Universe's billions of galaxies; plus a Dutch teacher on her unique find.
2008x10
Astral Autumn
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06, 2008
Patrick hosts an autumn equinox party in his garden and talks to Dr John Mason about what to observe.
2008x11
Big Bangs
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03, 2008
The world of astronomy. Gamma ray bursts are some of the largest explosions in the universe, and Sir Patrick Moore discovers how some of these monstrous events mark the spectacular .. show full overview
2008x12
Other Worlds
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08, 2008
Chris visits Hawaii's Keck Telescope and SETI's Alien Telescope Array in California to see how astronomers are searching for signs of alien life.

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