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The Sky at Night team reveal how stargazers can overcome the cloudy British weather by pointing their telescopes at the sky when it's still light. Show more
In a special episode to mark the end of another season, The Sky at Night teams up with Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage to talk all things amateur astronomy. Show more
The Sky at Night team investigate the latest science used in the hunt for extraterrestrial life, including a major mission to Jupiter's icy moons. Show more
The Sky at Night team explores the threat of an asteroid impact on earth and meets the space scientists who are developing methods of planetary defence that sound like the stuff of science fiction. Show more
The Sky at Night team delve into Nasa’s OSIRIS-REx mission and find out what it takes to analyse the tiny pieces of space rock that may tell us about the origins of life. Show more
The team investigates the controversial world of alien communication. If we discover aliens, how would we contact them, and should we communicate with them at all? Show more
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The Sky at Night team mark the second anniversary of the release of the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope, finding out what it has told us so far. Show more