The Sky at Night team looks at how scientists are creating eclipses on demand to discover the hidden secrets that might be revealed, including habitable planets like our own.
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Space Rock Return
The Sky at Night team delve into Nasa’s OSIRIS-REx mission and find out what it takes to analyse the tiny pieces of space rock that may tell us about the origins of life.
The Sky at Night Meets The Infinite Monkey Cage
In a special episode to mark the end of another season, The Sky at Night teams up with Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage to talk all things amateur astronomy.
The Very Large Telescope
The Sky at Night team travels to the heart of Chile's Atacama Desert to explore one of the most advanced observatories in the world – the Very Large Telescope, or VLT.
Black Holes: Searching for the Unknown
The Sky at Night team investigate the science of black holes and discover the incredible techniques being used to uncover their secrets.
Is There Anybody out There?
The team investigates the controversial world of alien communication. If we discover aliens, how would we contact them, and should we communicate with them at all?
The UK Space Race
The Sky at Night team investigates the science and engineering helping the UK to blast into space. Chris visits a rocket company near Glasgow to find out how rockets are built.
Will an Asteroid Destroy Earth?
The Sky at Night team explores the threat of an asteroid impact on earth and meets the space scientists who are developing methods of planetary defence that sound like the stuff of science fiction.
The Search for Alien Life
The Sky at Night team investigate the latest science used in the hunt for extraterrestrial life, including a major mission to Jupiter’s icy moons.
The Multiverse of Mystery
The Sky at Night in the Multiverse of Mystery is a magical journey into the far-flung ideas at the very edge of scientific knowledge, exploring the concepts that today seem like science fiction but may one day become science fact.