Episode guide
The Sky at Night: 2015
11 episodes · premiered Jan 11, 2015
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- Episode 1: The Billion Pixel Camera Jan 11, 2015 The Milky Way, our galaxy, is a magnificent sight in the night sky, but we know surprisingly little about it for certain. What is its shape? How many stars does it actually contain? What…
- Episode 2: What Have UFOs Done for Us? Feb 8, 2015 From unexplained flashes in the night sky to flying saucers, this episode delves into the mysterious world of UFOs. How our drive to explain these bizarre phenomena, and desire to discover…
- Episode 3: Hubble: The Five Greatest Images of the Cosmos Apr 12, 2015 For 25 years the Hubble Space Telescope has been showing us the cosmos as we've never seen it before. The team reveals the 'top five' greatest images Hubble has produced, images that have…
- Episode 4: Venus, Earth's Twin May 10, 2015 The team explores our nearest neighbour Venus, discovering how it formed and how ESA's Venus Express spacecraft has revealed the secrets of its atmosphere. -- How can two such similar…
- Episode 5: Rosetta Update - A Comet's Story Jun 14, 2015 With the exciting news that the Philae lander had woken up on comet 67P, Sky at Night reveals the latest results from the Rosetta comet landing. What have they learnt so far from Philae's…
- Episode 6: Pluto Revealed Jul 20, 2015 Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Chris Lintott present the inside story of NASA's groundbreaking visit to Pluto. This is the first time any probe has visited the dwarf planet and Sky at Night has…
- Episode 7: Cosmic Blasts Aug 9, 2015 The Sky at Night team look at cosmic explosions. They explore the beautiful but potentially deadly outbursts of our very own star - the sun - and the most violent and energetic events in…
- Episode 8: Playing With a Clockwork Universe Sep 13, 2015 The team looks at the dynamic nature of the universe, winding its timeline backwards and forwards to reveal how the night sky changes over time. We see how different the night sky looked…
- Episode 9: Volcanoes of the Solar System Oct 11, 2015 We think of volcanoes as some of the most powerful natural phenomena on earth - but they are nothing compared to the volcanoes we find elsewhere in the solar system. This month's Sky at…
- Episode 10: Second Earth? Nov 8, 2015 As we close in on the discovery of the 2,000th planet outside our solar system, or exoplanet, the Sky at Night investigates the techniques that are revealing so much about these alien…
- Episode 11: The Real Star of Bethlehem: A Christmas Special Dec 30, 2015 Astronomers have been fascinated by the idea of the Star of Bethlehem for centuries. Did it exist? And if so, what was it? The list of candidates includes some of the most exciting objects…