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Stargazing

Stargazing: A New Vision of Our Cosmic Origins

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia

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The James Webb Space Telescope and its ambitious journey to study the earliest stars and galaxies and ultimately discover how our universe came to be. Episode three of five. Show more

The Compass

Stargazing

Stargazing: Faith versus Science in Hawaii

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

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The Thirty Metre Telescope will discern gases in the most remote atmospheres but its proposed site on a sacred site is opposed by the local community. Episode four of five. Show more

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Stargazing

Stargazing: Copernicus' Heavenly Spheres

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa

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Dava Sobel uncovers the brilliance of 16th century Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who revealed the Sun, not the Earth, was the centre of the Universe. Episode one of five. Show more

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Stargazing

Stargazing: Astronomy from the Edge of the World

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa

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ALMA, the remote observatory high in the Atacama Desert in Chile, tracks the 'radio sky' in which the Moon and planets are barely detectable. Episode two of five. Show more