The Sky at Night (1957)
Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy with the latest thinking on what's out there in space and what you can see in the night sky.
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- 1 1. The Billion Pixel Camera2015-01-11The Milky Way, our galaxy, is a magnificent sight in the night sky, but we know surprisingly little about it for certain. What is its shape? How many stars does it actually contain
- 2 2. What Have UFOs Done for Us?2015-02-08From unexplained flashes in the night sky to flying saucers, this episode delves into the mysterious world of UFOs. How our drive to explain these bizarre phenomena, and desire to
- 3 3. Hubble: The Five Greatest Images of the Cosmos2015-04-12For 25 years the Hubble Space Telescope has been showing us the cosmos as we've never seen it before. The team reveals the 'top five' greatest images Hubble has produced, images th
- 4 4. Venus, Earth's Twin2015-05-10The team explores our nearest neighbour Venus, discovering how it formed and how ESA's Venus Express spacecraft has revealed the secrets of its atmosphere. -- How can two such simi
- 5 5. Rosetta Update - A Comet's Story2015-06-14With the exciting news that the Philae lander had woken up on comet 67P, Sky at Night reveals the latest results from the Rosetta comet landing. What have they learnt so far from P
- 6 6. Pluto Revealed2015-07-20Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Chris Lintott present the inside story of NASA's groundbreaking visit to Pluto. This is the first time any probe has visited the dwarf planet and Sky at Ni
- 7 7. Cosmic Blasts2015-08-09The Sky at Night team look at cosmic explosions. They explore the beautiful but potentially deadly outbursts of our very own star - the sun - and the most violent and energetic eve
- 8 8. Playing With a Clockwork Universe2015-09-13The team looks at the dynamic nature of the universe, winding its timeline backwards and forwards to reveal how the night sky changes over time. We see how different the night sky
- 9 9. Volcanoes of the Solar System2015-10-11We think of volcanoes as some of the most powerful natural phenomena on earth - but they are nothing compared to the volcanoes we find elsewhere in the solar system. This month's S
- 10 10. Second Earth?2015-11-08As we close in on the discovery of the 2,000th planet outside our solar system, or exoplanet, the Sky at Night investigates the techniques that are revealing so much about these al
- 11 11. The Real Star of Bethlehem: A Christmas Special2015-12-30Astronomers have been fascinated by the idea of the Star of Bethlehem for centuries. Did it exist? And if so, what was it? The list of candidates includes some of the most exciting
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