The Sky at Night

The enthusiasm of astronomers makes them build observatories at their own homes. Tonight Patrick Moore looks at three home-built observato…

The Armagh Planetarium-the first big public planetarium to be built in Britain outside the London area-was opened to visitors on February 5…

Patrick Moore discusses with Iain Nicolson the sooty clouds in space which hide some stars and themselves shine in the light from others.

Patrick Moore discusses with Michael Bentine the problems of manned flight beyond the Moon to the planets and stars. They examine the techn…

In three weeks' time the asteroid Icarus, first seen in 1949, orbits close to the Earth. Patrick Moore talks to Dr. Vinicio Barocas about …

Sunspots, or 'storms' on the sun's surface, appear in maximum numbers about every eleven years; and large numbers are expected this year. …

Strange, quickly vibrating radio sources have been discovered far out in space. These pulsating stars or 'pulsars' are one of the most exci…

Within a few months from now, man may land on the moon. Patrick Moore discusses with a geologist, Dr. Peter Cattermole, the conditions the …

On September 22 a total eclipse of the sun will be visible in Russia. Patrick Moore explains why eclipses are scientifically important and …

Patrick Moore shows film and gives a first-hand description of the recent total eclipse of the sun he saw in Siberia, and discusses its sci…

Radio-astronomers at Jodrell Bank are carrying out a series of remarkable experiments to measure the distance from earth of 'pulsars'-the m…

The planet Venus is like the earth in size, yet totally unlike it - as recent American and Russian probes have shown - in being an inferno …

Is it unlucky to see the new moon through glass? The moon has always been thought to have a powerful influence on the earth, causing not on…