Episode guide
The Sky at Night: 2008
12 episodes · premiered Jan 7, 2008
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- Episode 1: Cosmic Debris Jan 7, 2008 The Earth is bombarded by extra terrestrial material every day, but what is this cosmic debris? Sir Patrick Moore investigates comet tails, meteorites and asteroids and discovers the…
- Episode 2: Messenger to Mercury Feb 4, 2008 Star-gazing documentary series. Mercury is a world of extremes and enigmas - the closest one to the Sun. The spacecraft Messenger, which has just reached it after a four year journey, now…
- Episode 3: Return to the Moon Mar 3, 2008 With a new era of lunar exploration dawning as more probes are launched to try to unlock the Moon's darkest secrets, Patrick Moore finds out about British ambitions to get there. Dr Chris…
- Episode 4: The Sun Revealed Apr 7, 2008 It's the start of a new solar cycle, and the spacecraft Ulysses faces retirement, but solar missions Stereo and SOHO are still revealing our nearest star in a new light.
- Episode 5: We Just Don't Know May 5, 2008 Astronomy. Sir Patrick Moore celebrates the 666th edition of the programme by asking cosmologists exactly how much we know about the Universe.
- Episode 6: Battle of the Giants Jun 2, 2008 As NASA, along with the European Space Agency, plan a return mission to either Jupiter or Saturn, two prominent astronomers discuss which planet we should return to. The gas giants Jupiter…
- Episode 7: Rise of the Phoenix Jul 7, 2008 The NASA mission Phoenix has been on Mars a month and already there are images of the frozen ice caps, never before seen from a spacecraft on the Martian surface. Dr Chris Lintott travels…
- Episode 8: Double Vision Aug 4, 2008 The Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona promises a revolutionary way to look at the night sky. The light from its two eight-and-a-half metre mirrors will produce images of unprecedented…
- Episode 9: Galaxy Zoo Sep 7, 2009 Sir Patrick Moore looks at the results of the Galaxy Zoo project, a website which sorts the galaxies of the Universe into spirals and ellipticals, which has been recorded by volunteers of…
- Episode 10: Astral Autumn Oct 6, 2008 Sir Patrick Moore hosts an autumn equinox party in his garden and talks to Dr John Mason about what to look for in the night sky at this time of year.
- Episode 11: Big Bangs Nov 3, 2008 The world of astronomy. Gamma ray bursts are some of the largest explosions in the universe, and Sir Patrick Moore discovers how some of these monstrous events mark the spectacular deaths…
- Episode 12: Other Worlds Dec 8, 2008 Patrick Moore wonders if there is life beyond Earth, while Chris Lintott spends the night with the giant Keck Telescope and meets alien hunter Dr Jill Tarter from SETI.