Is there life beyond Earth?
Biologist Wallace Arthur reveals why he believes the Universe could be teaming with life.
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Tue 17 Nov 2020
What's a black hole? Interview with astrophysicist Janna Levin
US astrophysicist Janna Levin reveals the secrets of black holes.
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Fri 06 Nov 2020
Interview: NASA astronaut Jeff Williams
November 2020 marks 20 years of continuous occupation of the International Space Station. We speak to former NASA astronaut Jeff Williams about the space station's construction, what it's like workin…
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Fri 30 Oct 2020
20 years of the International Space Station
We're marking 20 years of continuous occupation of the ISS with a look at its past, present and future, its many achievements, and what it's like to live on the floating laboratory.
Plus, astronomer…
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Thu 22 Oct 2020
Interview: Getting The Right Stuff right
Robert Yowell served as a technical consultant on Dinsey+ new series, The Right Stuff. The series chronicles the story of the US’s first astronaut class, the Mercury 7 and Yowell helped ensure that t…
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Fri 09 Oct 2020
Interview: Stuart Clark on the history of astronomy
Have you ever wondered what early humans thought as they looked up at the night sky? How did our ancestors interpret the motion of the stars, constellations and planets? How did it develop into the s…
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Fri 02 Oct 2020
ASTHROS: the stratospheric balloon observatory
NASA’s Jose Siles discusses ASTHROS, a new mission that will see a 2.5m telescope attached to a helium balloon and sent into the stratosphere, in order to give astronomers a closer look at galactic s…
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Fri 25 Sep 2020
Galaxies
What are the different types of galaxies, and how have astronomers studied them over the years? Also this episode, we speak to Andrew Griffith MP, co-chair of an all-party parliamentary group seeking…
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Sat 19 Sep 2020
Interview: Life on Venus?
Could life exist elsewhere in the Solar System? Astronomers have announced the presence of phosphine in the clouds of Venus, which could be evidence of microbial life around the hellish planet. This …
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Fri 18 Sep 2020
Interview: Libby Jackson on the history of human spaceflight
We talk to Libby Jackson – one of the UK's leading experts in human spaceflight and author of Space Explorers: 25 stories of space exploration and adventure – about the history and future of human sp…
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Thu 03 Sep 2020
The life and death of stars
We reveal how stars are born, evolve and die, and discover that a star's mass determines its ultimate fate. Plus, we speak to astronomer Emily Cannon about her research into the dimming of Betelgeuse…
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Thu 13 Aug 2020
Trident: a new mission to explore Neptune's moon Triton
Neptune's icy moon Triton may host an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy surface. We spoke to planetary scientist Louise Prockter to find out about Trident, a proposed mission she's leading to sen…
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Mon 10 Aug 2020
The End of Everything: interview with US cosmologist Katie Mack
Have you ever wondered how the Universe will end? We spoke to Dr Katie Mack to find out what it means to contemplate the final days of the cosmos.
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Sat 25 Jul 2020
The edge of the Solar System
How far away is the edge of the Solar System? What even is 'the edge'? How do we know it's there? In this month's episode we take a look at the outer limits of our planetary neighbourhood. Plus: we t…
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Thu 16 Jul 2020
Cluster Special: marking 20 years of the European solar mission
16th July 2020 marks 20 years since the launch of the European Space Agency's Cluster mission. For two decades, Cluster has been examining how the solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetosphere and …
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Tue 14 Jul 2020
Deflecting asteroids with DART and Hera
Ahead of Asteroid Day on 30 June, we take a look at NASA's DART and ESA's Hera mission. Starting in 2022, these two missions will work together to test how we might one day deflect a potential deadly…
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Fri 19 Jun 2020
CHEOPS: Interview with exoplanet scientist Kate Isaak
The European Space Agency's CHEOPS mission is currently studying planets orbiting distant stars, known as exoplanets. We spoke to CHEOPS Project Scientist Kate Isaak to find out how the spacecraft op…
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Wed 10 Jun 2020
Venus special: farewell to the evening star
We bid Venus farewell as the planet begins to disappear from our evening sky, and take a look at the planetary geometry that has made it such a glorious sight over the past few months. Plus, we explo…
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Thu 21 May 2020
WFIRST: a new era for exoplanet hunting
We speak to Dr Savannah Jacklin about the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, a new mission to discover planets orbiting distant stars using a technique predicted by Einstein over 100 years ago.
Ho…
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Sat 16 May 2020
Hubble at 30: how the space telescope changed astronomy forever
Over the past three decades, the Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionised our view of the cosmos. It has given us unprecedented views of galaxies, nebulae, new-born stars and planets, revealing clue…
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Thu 23 Apr 2020
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