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The Sky at Night Season 65 Episodes

10 Episodes 2021 - 2021

Episode 1

Pick of the Year

30 mins

Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Chris Lintott look back at some of the biggest stories featured on the programme in 2020.

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Episode 2

Mars and Meteorites

30 mins

Maggie Aderin-Pocock reviews the astonishing footage returned from Mars by Nasa's Perseverance rover, and Chris Lintott reveals the incredible story behind the discovery of the Winchcombe Meteorite.

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Episode 3

Mapping the Milky Way

30 mins

Looking into how our galaxy's past and future is being revealed by scientists with the help of the Gaia space telescope.

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Episode 4

Space Boom Britain

30 mins

Companies who are spearheading the boom in Britain's space industry are visited by The Sky at Night.

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Episode 5

ET and the BBC

60 mins

Chris and Maggie dive into the archives to discover how the hunt for extra-terrestrial life in the universe has been reported by the BBC over six decades.

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Episode 6

Exploring Jupiter

30 mins

The Sky at Night looks at Nasa's ongoing mission to Jupiter. A decade since launch, Juno is still gathering remarkable data on the gas giant.

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Episode 7

Question Time 2021

59 mins

A special 'Question Time' edition of the programme, recorded at the Civic Theatre, Chelmsford, as part of the British Science Association's annual science festival.

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Episode 8

The Forgotten Solar System

30 mins

The team reveal how important it is to investigate our solar system's outer planets close up and why opportunities to do so only come around every so often.

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Episode 9

Telescopes Through Time

30 mins

The team explore the history of the telescope and how developments in the power of lenses have increased our understanding of our place in the cosmos.

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Episode 10

Review of the Year 2021

30 mins

Chris and Maggie look back at some of the stories they have covered in 2021 in the Sky at Night's big review of the year.

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