In episode five of his documentary series on the solar system, Professor Brian Cox takes viewers on a journey through some of the most bizarre and unusual celestial bodies we’ve ever encountered.
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Imagine embarking on a journey to the coldest and most remote corners of our solar system—places where ice takes on forms that are entirely unfamiliar, shaped by forces beyond our comprehension.
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Join Professor Brian Cox on an awe-inspiring journey through the storm worlds of our solar system—a voyage that unravels the strange and powerful forces shaping the atmospheres of distant planets and moons.
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Professor Brian Cox takes us on an inspiring journey through the solar system’s hidden realms, those mysterious and often overlooked dark worlds that exist between and beyond the planets we know best.
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Professor Brian Cox invites us on an incredible journey to the volcano worlds of our solar system—places where the forces of nature unleash unimaginable power.
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Total solar eclipses are mesmerizing celestial events, and last month’s spectacle over North America provided an extraordinary opportunity.
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This month, we delve deep into the heart of space exploration with an exclusive look at NASA’s groundbreaking OSIRIS-REx mission
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The Sky at Night – Is There Anybody out There – Diving into the intricate and somewhat contentious realm of alien communication, the Sky at Night team probes deep into the captivating pursuit of life on other celestial bodies, a topic that continues to fascinate the scientific community and beyond. The less publicized and arguably more intriguing aspect, however, lies in the extensive efforts taking place worldwide, seeking to answer the next logical question—what follows the potential discovery of alien life? The task of formulating how we might reach out to them, determining what the content of our initial communique
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The Sky at Night – Photographing the Universe: For centuries, humans have been drawing what they see in the night sky through telescopes. But there is something about a photograph that can make you feel you are right there, up close to the moon, planet, star or galaxy you are looking at. Having the light from those distance objects, fixed in an image, has meant scientists can analyse and understand the beautiful universe around us. So, this month, the Sky at Night is looking at the wonderful world of astrophotography. Dr Jen Gupta visits Chris to talk about
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The Sky at Night – James Webb Road Trip: On 12 July 2022, the Sky at Night joined the rest of the world to watch as the James Webb Space Telescope released its long-awaited first images. And it didn’t disappoint. Stars and galaxies were revealed in such detail that they blew even the most experienced astronomers away. However, as spectacular as these images were, it was the data that they represented that really excited the scientists watching. Chris Lintott travels around the country, meeting some of the scientists getting their hands on the very first batches of data
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The Sky at Night – The Forgotten Solar System: Of the 100 probes that have been sent out into space, only one probe – Voyager 2 in 1989 – has ever sent back any information about the solar system’s outer planets. From afar, they seem featureless and devoid of any significant geological activity. Since then, long-range telescopes have shown that there is much more to Neptune and Uranus than previously thought and that they both warrant closer inspection. Time, however, is of the essence. Deep-space missions are dependent on Jupiter. The slingshot effect it provides to move probes
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Dark Secrets of the Solar System: New evidence is rewriting the history of our solar system, and using the latest discoveries and cutting-edge tech, experts are investigating if our cosmic neighborhood once featured oversized alien Earths and a second Sun. For most of history, humanity did not recognize or understand the concept of the Solar System. Most people up to the Late Middle Ages–Renaissance believed Earth to be stationary at the centre of the universe and categorically different from the divine or ethereal objects that moved through the sky. Although the Greek philosopher Aristarchus of Samos had speculated
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