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Iconic series exploring space science and the incredible universe all around us.

Look up! Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Professor Chris Lintott present the iconic, inspirational look at cutting-edge space science and the incredible universe all around us.

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The Sky at Night: Mysterious Mars

Mysterious Mars

13/04/2014

BBC Four - The Sky at Night, Mysterious Mars

The team looks at Mars, a planet that is tantalisingly similar to our own.

Geologist Iain Stewart investigates how we can read the story of Mars's past from its rocks and Maggie Aderin-Pocock comes face to face with the latest Mars rover.

Mars captures the imagination like no other planet and currently our nearest neighbour is at its brightest for several years, so it's a perfect opportunity to explore a planet that is tantalisingly similar to our own. And in the past it may have been even more like Earth, an inviting and habitable place, a perfect environment for life to flourish. 

Geologist Iain Stewart investigates how we can read the story of Mars's extraordinary past from its rocks, Maggie Aderin-Pocock comes face to face with the latest Mars rover and Chris Lintott meets the man behind the discovery which the whole history of the universe now rests upon.

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