The Sky at Night Episodes Episode guide
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The Real Star of Bethlehem: A Christmas Special
The team go in search of the potential causes of the Star of Bethlehem.
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The Multiverse of Mystery
The team explore concepts that seem like science fiction but may become science fact.
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Question Time
An expert panel answer questions from viewers on all things astronomical.
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Photographing the Universe
The Sky at Night turns its focus to the wonderful world of astrophotography.
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Black Holes: Searching for the Unknown
The Sky at Night team investigate the science of black holes.
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The James Webb Road Trip
UK scientists explore the new data returned by the James Webb Space Telescope.
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The Sky at Day
The team reveal how amateur astronomers can get round the vagaries of the British weather.
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Ancestral Skies
The Sky at Night and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Ideas discover the secrets of archaeology and astronomy.
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Question Time Special
The Sky at Night team answer questions about the universe from a live audience.
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2075: Our Place in Space
Sky at Night explores how space will revolutionise life on Earth over the next 50 years.
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Nicky, NASA and the Next Frontier
The team talk to Dr Nicola Fox, NASA’s head of science, whose life began in the UK.
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Webb Telescope: The Story So Far
The Sky at Night team find out what the James Webb Space Telescope has told us so far.
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Cosmic Ghosts
The team go cosmic ghost-hunting, looking for hidden objects across the universe.
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Hiding in Starlight
The Sky at Night team looks at how scientists are creating eclipses on demand.
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Space Rock Return
The team delve into Nasa’s OSIRIS-REx mission, which returned asteroid samples to Earth.
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The Sky at Night Meets The Infinite Monkey Cage
Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage joins the team to talk all things amateur astronomy.
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Question Time Special
A special Question Time edition, recorded as part of the 2023 British Science Festival.
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The Very Large Telescope
The team travels to Chile to explore one of the most advanced observatories in the world.
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Is There Anybody out There?
The Sky at Night team investigates the controversial world of alien communication.
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The UK Space Race
The team investigates the incredible science that is helping the UK to blast into space.
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Will an Asteroid Destroy Earth?
The Sky at Night team explores the threat of an asteroid impact on earth.
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The Search for Alien Life
The team investigate the latest science used in the hunt for extraterrestrial life.
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The Astronomer Royal at 80
Cosmologist Martin Rees talks to Chris Lintott about his career in science.
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Destination: Moon
We last set foot on the moon in 1972. What now for the future of lunar exploration?
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Exoplanets and Antarctica
How new scientific methods are helping us to discover so many more planets.
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Dark Skies
The Sky at Night team explore how light pollution impacts the beauty of the night sky.
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Review of the Year
Chris and Maggie look back at some of the stories they have covered in 2021.
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Telescopes through Time
How developments in telescopes have increased our understanding of the cosmos.
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The Forgotten Solar System
Why opportunities to explore our solar system's outer planets are so important.
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Question Time
A special ‘Question Time’ edition of the programme from the 2021 British Science Festival.