Bringing astronomy and space exploration to your screens since 1957. Join Chris Lintott and Maggie Aderin, monthly, on BBC 4 & iPlayer.
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What’s the coldest place in the cosmos? The answer – during this experiment, when atoms are cooled to almost absolute zero🌨️! Catch the latest episode of #BBCTheSkyatNight @BBCiPlayer, to find out how this chilly tech unlocks the secrets of the quantum universe #Engineering
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Neutrinos - the closest thing to nothing you can imagine. Tune in to #BBCTheSkyatNight tonight at 10pm on BBC4 and @BBCiPlayer to meet the team in France detecting these 'ghost’ particles with a gigantic underwater 🌊 telescope – a cubic km in size! @km3net #Engineering
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Who knew this @NASA telescope started out as a spying tool for the CIA?! The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope could now bring us closer to finding life on other planets 🛸. Catch the next episode of #BBCTheSkyAtNight, Mon 14th Sept 10pm on BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer #Telescope #Engineering
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What's even weirder than a black hole? There are so many fantastic theories about these galactic monsters & white holes are just one of them. Learn more about the strange world of #BlackHoles with @ProfBrianCox on #BBCTheSkyAtNight, available now on @BBCiPlayer 🕳️🌌 #Cosmology
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Remember your rebellious phase? Well, the #Cosmos had one too! Watch this month's episode of #BBCTheSkyAtNight to discover how new #Astronomical objects are upending ideas of how #Stars, #Galaxies and #BlackHoles form. Tonight, 11:30pm, BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer #Cosmology #Astrophysics
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An eclipse and a meteor shower in the same month?! 💫 If you're new to stargazing, now is the time to start 🌌 Guest presenter Dr Becky Smethurst is here with her easy guide on this month's #BBCTheSkyAtNight 🪐. Tonight, 10pm, BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer #Saturn #Perseids #Eclipse
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Why does @ProfBrianCox like black holes so much? Learn about the weird and wonderful world of #BlackHoles with @ProfBrianCox on #BBCTheSkyAtNight, Mon 10th Aug 10pm on BBC4 + @BBCiPlayer 🕳️🌌
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What is it that fascinates us about ⚫️ #BlackHoles? Join @ProfBrianCox on this month's episode of #BBCTheSkyAtNight to find out why he's spent a lifetime thinking, talking, and writing about them. 10/08, 10pm on BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer #SpaceScience #Cosmology #Astrophysics
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How can table salt help us find #Alien 👽 life on the icy #moons of #Jupiter and #Saturn 🪐? Tune in to #BBCSkyatNight, tonight at 10pm on #BBC4 and iPlayer to find out all about it. #SpaceScience #Extraterrestrials #SolarSystem
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Sometimes it's the simple things... Join us on the next episode of #BBCSkyatNight to learn how testing a century old hypothesis has brought us closer to finding #Aliens 👽 in our #SolarSystem. #Tonight at 10pm, on #BBC4 & @iPlayer. #SpaceScience #Extraterrestrials
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#Aliens 👽 on #Mars! Well, maybe. A long time ago. Tune into #BBCSkyatNight to discover how the search for life on the Red #Planet might come down to rocks, right here in our backyard. 10pm, 13/07, #BBC4 & @iPlayer. #SpaceScience #Extraterrestrials
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A large enough #SolarStorm could cost lives and trillions of dollars. The @BBCSkyatnight meet the team watching our backs with their eyes on the #skies. Now on @BBCiPlayer ☀️#SpaceScience #SpaceWeather @MetOffice @ESA @NASA @RoyalAstroSoc @imperialcollege @metoffice @SophiaHerod
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New #SpaceMissions are underway to help us better forecast dangerous #SpaceWeather. Join Chris and the @BBCSkyatnight team to discover one of the most daring - #ESAVigil 🛰️ Now on @BBCiPlayer. #SpaceScience @ESA @imperialcollege @RoyalAstroSoc @imperialcollege @metoffice
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Billions of tonnes of plasma racing towards Earth. It sounds like sci‑fi - but it’s just #SpaceWeather. Learn about the #scientists trying to protect us all at 10pm tonight on @BBCSkyatnight, #BBC4 and @BBCiPlayer. @ESA @NASA @RoyalAstroSoc @imperialcollege @metoffice
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The #weather has turned for the worse this week, but rain isn't as bad as it gets! Join #BBCSkyAtNight as we explore a very different kind of forecast. Watch our episode on #SpaceWeather, 10pm, tonight on BBC4 and @BBCiPlayer. @ESA @NASA @RoyalAstroSoc @imperialcollege @metoffice
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On the latest episode of #BBCTheSkyAtNight we visited @jodrellbank, home of the iconic Lovell #RadioTelescope 📡 But this can work in tandem with other telescopes. Learn how scientists are using these networks to better image space debris & asteroids ☄️ on @BBCiPlayer now! #Space
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Cold War espionage. A giant radio telescope. A secret hiding in plain sight. 👀 The Lovell Telescope at @jodrellbank wasn’t just for finding black holes and meteors… Prof Chris Lintott joins @GCHQ’s Prof Danielle George to find out more – tonight 10pm BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer
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One dish vs the infinity of space 🌌 Come rain or shine, the Lovell radio #telescope at @jodrellbank is 'Tuning into the Universe' 🌧️🌞 Catch the latest episode of #BBCTheSkyAtNight on @BBCiPlayer 📡 #Astronomy #SpaceScience #UK #Astrophysics #Cosmology #Space #SpaceFacts
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Where will the radio telescopes at @jodrellbank tune into next? Welcome to the control room where Maggie meets Emmanuel, one of the people responsible for deciding where the magnificent Lovell is pointing 📡 Watch #BBCTheSkyAtNight 10pm Mon 11th May on BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer 📺
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It may be in our orbit, but the #Moon🌙 is a fascinating #world in its own right. #Discover how the two sides differ radically from one another on the latest episode of #BBCSkyAtNight. Catch up on @BBCiPlayer now. #SpaceScience #Lunar #SpaceFacts #SpaceMysteries @NASA @esa
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