The team explore one of the newest areas of modern astronomy, the search for exoplanets, the distant worlds that orbit stars beyond our own solar system.
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Greenwich: A Journey Through Space and Time
The team celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory, recreating history at a special dinner party, where they are joined by a glittering line-up of science communicators.
Secrets of the Red Planet
The Sky at Night team explore what the latest research is revealing about Mars. Could life once have thrived there? And will a return trip to our neighbouring planet ever be possible?
Asteroid Strike?
The team explore one of the biggest stories in space news, the ‘city killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4. How well did the planet respond to this potential natural disaster?
Ancestral Skies
The Sky at Night teams up with BBC Ideas to discover the secrets of archaeology and astronomy and to reflect on our ancestral skies.
Question Time Special
The Sky at Night’s annual Question Time Special, where viewers get the opportunity to ask the questions they have always wanted answered about our universe.
2075: Our Place in Space
The Sky at Night embarks on a journey into the future, exploring how space will revolutionise life on Earth over the next 50 years.
Nicky, NASA and the Next Frontier
In this Sky at Night special, the team talk to Dr Nicola Fox, NASA’s head of science, whose life began in the UK.
Webb Telescope: The Story So Far
The Sky at Night team mark the second anniversary of the release of the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope, finding out what the telescope has told us so far.
Cosmic Ghosts
The Sky at Night team go cosmic “ghost” hunting, looking for hidden objects across the universe that we can’t see, but which astronomers and scientists still believe are out there. This is in stark contrast to “ghosts”, which of course definitely don’t exist. This is a real science programme, after all.