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Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time episode 1

Brian Cox’s Adventures in Space and Time episode 1

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Brian Cox’s Adventures in Space and Time episode 1: Brian believes we are at the start of a new age of space travel, where space flight is on the verge of becoming routine. In this episode, he explores the latest science and takes a new look at his old films and asks: how far can we go in our exploration of the cosmos?     Brian begins in Russia’s cosmonaut training facility in the outskirts of Moscow, where he dons a spacesuit to discover what ‘the right stuff’ is and what it might take to carry out maintenance on the […]

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Hubble - The Wonders of Space Revealed

Hubble – The Wonders of Space Revealed

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Hubble – The Wonders of Space Revealed: To celebrate the 30th anniversary of its launch, this film tells the remarkable story of how Hubble revealed the awe and wonder of our universe and how a team of daring astronauts risked their lives to keep it working.     Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you’ve never seen before.   Hubble – The Wonders of Space Revealed The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was

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The Sky at Night - Space Mission Special

The Sky at Night – Space Mission Special

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The Sky at Night – Space Mission Special: Only a handful of missions are sent into space every decade, but how do we decide which missions are cleared for launch and which are grounded?     This month the Sky at Night goes behind the scenes as the European Space Agency select their next F-class mission, scheduled to be launched in 2028. And we meet the British teams vying to have their ideas selected, including a revolutionary mission to a comet.     The Sky at Night – Space Mission Special   The Science Programme of the European Space Agency

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Search for Life in Space

The Search for Life in Space

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Journey from the depths of the Pacific Ocean into the far reaches of space on a quest to find something that changes everything…signs of life, somewhere else in the universe. With cutting-edge imagery from the world’s most powerful telescopes, The Search for Life in Space takes audiences from the surface of Mars and the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn, to the extreme lava fields of Hawaii and thermal vents deep beneath the sea.     In these harsh environments, astrobiologists look for clues to how life takes hold. As this immersive adventure into the universe reveals the possibility of

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Guide to the Galaxy

The Sky at Night – Guide to the Galaxy

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Guide to the Galaxy: all good travel guides need a map, and the team unveil the most detailed 3D map of the Milky Way ever produced. A map that reveals that there may be 50 per cent more stars in the galaxy than we previously thought.     American astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson gives us a guided tour of the strangest stars we have ever observed, and we discover that the Milky Way may already be colliding with our neighbouring galaxy, Andromeda. Guide to the Galaxy A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust,

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