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The Sky at Night

Is There Anybody out There?

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 5 months

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

The Sky at Night

The James Webb Road Trip

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

The Sky at Night team meets the scientists in the UK researching the astonishing new data returned by the James Webb Space Telescope. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Production Coordinator:
Carisse Perks
Production Manager:
Charlie Bennett
Researcher:
Chris Johnston
Executive Producer:
Steve Crabtree
Producer:
Amena Hasan
Producer:
Marina Hui
Director:
Marina Hui

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Insight - NASA's latest mission to Mars - goes in search of the secrets below its surface to reveal how the planet was formed and why it is so different from the Earth. Show more

The Sky at Night

Guide to the Galaxy

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

The team unveil the most detailed 3D map of the Milky Way ever, which reveals that there may be 50 per cent more stars in the galaxy than previously thought. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Series Producer:
Michael Lachmann
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Renouf

The Sky at Night

Telescope Takeover

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

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. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Series Producer:
Michael Lachmann
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Renouf

The Sky at Night

Life beyond Venus

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Chris and Maggie report on the reaction to the dramatic announcement of the discovery of phosphine gas in the clouds of Venus, a gas that could be a sign of life. Show more

The Sky at Night

The State of Astronomy

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Chris Lintott and Maggie Aderin-Pocock consider the state of astronomy in 2020 and wonder what new, exciting discoveries await us across the rest of the decade. Show more

The Sky at Night

Herschel in the Red

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Patrick Moore discusses what Herschel, Europe's biggest and most expensive space satellite, will do once it begins its infrared exploration of the universe. Show more

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

The team looks at the cosmic impacts which have shaped the universe around us, from asteroids crashing into the surface of the moon to galaxies colliding with each other. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Presenter:
Mark Miodownik
Series Producer:
Rob Liddell
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Renouf

The Sky at Night

Hubble: The Five Greatest Images of the Cosmos

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

The 'top five' images the Hubble Space Telescope has produced, transforming our understanding of the universe and our place in it. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Series Producer:
Rob Liddell
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Renouf

The Sky at Night

Cosmic Blasts

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

The Sky at Night team look at cosmic explosions, including those of our sun and the most violent and energetic events in the universe, gamma ray bursts. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Series Producer:
Ben Wilson
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Renouf

The Sky at Night

Guides

Episode 2: Galaxies

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Chris Lintott uses the Sky at Night archive to reveal the deepest secrets of galaxies, from their earliest beginnings to their very ends. Show more

The Sky at Night

Guides

Stars

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Chris Lintott opens up The Sky at Night's 60-year archive to reveal how stars work, their life cycles and how their own demise holds the key to our very existence. Show more

The Sky at Night

The Apollo Miracle

Duration: 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

The 29th July 1969 heralded one of the greatest achievements in human exploration when man stepped on the moon. Forty years on, Patrick Moore and guests reminisce. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Executive Producer:
William Lyons
Producer:
Mark Scott

The Sky at Night

How to Catch a Comet

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

The team is at mission control as the Rosetta probe catches up with the comet it has been chasing across the solar system and prepares to send out a lander. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Series Producer:
Alex Freeman
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Renouf