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The Sky at Night Season 66 Episodes
Season 66 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 2022 - 2022
Episode 1
Dark Skies
30 mins
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Professor Chris Lintott visit the Van Gogh Immersive Experience to seek inspiration in one of the world's most famous works of art, Starry Night.
Episode 2
Exoplanets and Antarctica
30 mins
The Sky at Night team report on the new scientific methods being used to detect exoplanets and how the winter darkness of Antarctica is critical to their success.
Episode 3
Destination: Moon
30 mins
2022 marks the fiftieth year since an astronaut last set foot on the moon. The Sky at Night team looks back at the legacy of the Apollo programme and forward to the future of lunar exploration.
Episode 4
The Astronomer Royal at 80
30 mins
Martin Rees is perhaps Britain's most renowned cosmologist. He was master of Trinity College, Cambridge, president of both the Royal Astronomical Society and the Institute of Physics, and has led the nation's foremost science institution, the Royal Society. Now, about to celebrate his eightieth birthday, Lord Rees talks to Chris Lintott about his career in science.
Episode 5
The Sky at Day
30 mins
The Sky at Night team reveal how stargazers can overcome the cloudy British weather by pointing their telescopes at the sky when it's still light. The team look at the Parker solar probe, how to observe the sun from earth, and how the Sweap instrument (Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons investigation) entered the sun's atmosphere and made incredible discoveries about its structure.
Episode 6
The James Webb Road Trip
30 mins
The Sky at Night team meets the scientists in the UK researching the astonishing new data returned by the James Webb Space Telescope.
Episode 7
Photographing the universe
30 mins
The Sky at Night turns its focus to the wonderful world of astrophotography, including a look at the new technology being built for the Very Large Telescope.
Episode 8
Question Time '22
30 mins
A special "Question Time" edition, with an expert panel answering questions from viewers on all things astronomical
Episode 9
In the Multiverse of Mystery
60 mins
The Sky at Night team explore concepts that today seem like science fiction but which one day may become science fact.
