All Episodes

Star Diary: What's in the night sky, February 2021

2021: A new year for astronomy and spaceflight

Interview: Kellie Gerardi on the future of spaceflight

2020's spaceflight and astronomy highlights

Interview: NASA astronaut Terry Virts

A history of Palomar Observatory

What next for New Horizons?

Is there life beyond Earth?

What's a black hole? Interview with astrophysicist Janna Levin

Interview: NASA astronaut Jeff Williams

20 years of the International Space Station

Interview: Getting The Right Stuff right

Interview: Stuart Clark on the history of astronomy

ASTHROS: the stratospheric balloon observatory

Galaxies

Interview: Life on Venus?

Interview: Libby Jackson on the history of human spaceflight

The life and death of stars

Trident: a new mission to explore Neptune's moon Triton

The End of Everything: interview with US cosmologist Katie Mack

The edge of the Solar System

Cluster Special: marking 20 years of the European solar mission

Deflecting asteroids with DART and Hera

CHEOPS: Interview with exoplanet scientist Kate Isaak

Venus special: farewell to the evening star

WFIRST: a new era for exoplanet hunting

Hubble at 30: how the space telescope changed astronomy forever

Apollo 13 special: interview with Mission Control's Jerry Woodfill

Apollo 13 special: how astronauts and Mission Control averted disaster

Day Eight – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

Day Seven – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

Day Six – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

Day Five – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

Day Four – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

Day Three – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

Day Two – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

Day One – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

Trailer: Back Garden Astronomy Week special series

Europe in space: the next decade

The story of the BBC’s Horizon programme

Pluto at 90: how Clyde Tombaugh discovered a new world

The biggest stories of 2019 and top tips for stargazing beginners

The biggest space missions launching in 2020

A look at UCL Observatory's new 80cm Perren telescope

Planetarium special

Apollo 12, volcanic moons and cannibal galaxies

Jim Al-Khalili, OSIRIS REx, IIAPY 2019, tardigrades on the Moon

Chasing comets, Indian lunar ambitions, Juno at Jupiter

Bluedot Festival 2019 special

Apollo 11: 50th anniversary special

Talking moonwalkers with Andrew Smith

Touring the Solar System

Black holes, asteroid bombs and the solar cycle

Kielder Observatory Special

Light pollution, Mars rovers and Jupiter's storms

Planet 9 in doubt, a beautiful Beehive and an aurora adventure

New Horizons and event horizons

Lunar eclipses, 2019’s space missions and green stars

2018 in review and scientific observations of Mars

Ice on the Moon, Apollo 7 and advice for new astronomers

NASA's Dawn mission, Holst’s Planets and water on Mars

Bluedot Festival 2018 special

Meteor showers and space rocks that fall to Earth

The Sun, a danger to life on Earth?

The mission to map the Milky Way

Sifting through Mars's sediment with a planetary geologist

Bowie, Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics

Christmas Special: Tales from 2017

International Astronomy Show 2017 Special

Radio Astronomy Shorts - Episode 1: Dava Sobel

Radio Astronomy: Bluedot Festival 2017 Special

Episode 6: The 2016 retrospective

Episode 5: So long, Schiaparelli

Episode 4: Farewell Rosetta

Radio Astronomy, Episode 3: Juno at Jupiter

Episode 2: Einstein’s Vindication

Episode 1: Astronaut Driving lessons