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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.

Mapping the Milky Way

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Chris Lintott

Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Pete Lawrence

Steve Crabtree

Peter Leonard

The Sky at Night: Mapping the Milky Way

BBC Four - The Sky at Night, Mapping the Milky Way

How the Gaia space telescope is helping scientists to reveal our galaxy's past and future.

The Gaia space telescope is not just helping scientists create the ultimate star map of the Milky Way. It is also showing our galaxy's past and how it will change in the future.

The Gaia space telescope is not just create the ultimate star map of the Milky Way. It is also showing us our galaxy's past and how it will change in the future.

The Sky at Night team takes a look at the history of astrometry and meets the scientists now able to prove that change is the only constant in the universe.

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