The Sky at Night
Synopsis
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.
2007 Episodes
EP 1
British astronaut Piers Sellers on orbiting the Earth and the future of the manned space programme; NASA's upcoming Hubble rescue mission.
EP 2
Celebrating the success of Martian rovers Spirit and Opportunity; NASA's Phoenix mission; Lucie Green visits the ExoMars rover in Aberystwy…
EP 3
Chris shows us how to see Saturn with a small telescope, while Patrick finds out the latest from the Cassini mission currently orbiting the…
EP 4
Celebrating 50 years of The Sky at Night, Patrick 'travelled' back to the show's first ever recording in 1957. The episode then jumped forw…
EP 5
The Sky at Night 50th birthday party. Patrick reflects on how astronomy has changed over the last half century, with amusing clips from the…
EP 6
Patrick learns more about the exciting discovery of a planet that seems similar to Earth.
EP 7
Patrick looks at the summer constellation Scorpius, and the black hole lurking at the centre of the Galaxy.
EP 8
A look at Robonet, the robotic network of telescopes spanning the globe, able to react to cosmic phenomena such as gamma-ray bursts at any …
EP 9
Patrick uses magic to explain the mysteries of the Universe.
EP 10
A look back at the completion of the world's largest steerable radio telescope in 1957, just in time to pick up the signal from Sputnik.
EP 11
Patrick anticipates the cataclysmic day, in two billion years, when our Milky Way will collide with Andromeda, and the role dark matter wil…
EP 12
In his garden, Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Brian May and Jon Culshaw to watch the cosmic firework display known as the Perseid meteor sho…
EP 13
Dr Chris Lintott finds out how British technology is leading the way in satellite science, while Sir Patrick Moore investigates the threat …
EP 14
On 14th December 1972, Captain Eugene Cernan left the Moon to return to Earth. He had no idea that, 25 years later, he would still be the l…
