October's Episode - Autumn Sky Mon 2 October, 01:55 - 02:15, BBC One Patrick Moore presents a guide to the celestial sights to look for in autumn. Lucie Green visits an Equinox Star Party and Chris Lintott talks to cosmologist Jim Gunn.
September's Episode - The Sun and Moon Monday 4th September, BBC One 00:30 - 00:50 The lunar probe Smart-1 will finish its mission in September by spectacularly crashing into the moon's surface. Patrick Moore talks to SMART-1 project scientist Bernard Foing about the lunar probe's pioneering technology, and Chris Lintott examines two new solar missions.
August's Episode - Return to the Red Planet Monday 7th August, 12.30am Britain is going back to Mars on board the European Exomars mission. UK scientists have a key role designing and building many of the instruments, including the innovative 'life marker chip'. Patrick Moore discovers how we hope to find Martian life, while Chris Lintott goes in search of the rover which will be climbing the mountains on Mars.
July's Sky at Night - Wandering Giants Monday 3rd July, 1.30am From the dust and gas disc of the very early solar system emerged the gas giants. Four billion years ago our solar system looked quite different to the one we see today with Uranus and Neptune much closer to the sun, regularly swapping orbits. Patrick Moore discusses how these wandering giants came to be flung to the icy outer regions of our solar system.
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June's Episode - Bangs in the Night Monday 5th Jun, 12.30am
The biggest and most powerful explosions in the Universe are gamma ray bursts. With the launch of the spacecraft SWIFT, scientists now realise these exotic phenomena are far more varied than first suspected. Patrick Moore finds out about the biggest bangs since the 'Big' one, while Chris Lintott tracks down the supernovae hunters.