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  • The Cosmos: A Beginner’s Guide

    Building The Universe

    Broadcast
    2007 (29 mins)

    We report from the Large Hadron Collider, the biggest particle accelerator in the World, located in a 27km tunnel 100m underneath Geneva! Here scientists intend to recreate the Big Bang and reveal the...

  • The Cosmos: A Beginner’s Guide

    Seeing The Universe

    Broadcast
    2007 (29 mins)

    We report from the Atacama Desert in Chile, 4000 metres above sea level, where the VLT - the Very Large Telescope - is helping astronomers see further than ever before. We learn about the mind-blowing images...

  • The Cosmos: A Beginner’s Guide

    Space Exploration

    Broadcast
    2007 (29 mins)

    We report from the European Space Research and Technology Centre in the Netherlands and get to grips with their future plans. We join astronauts on Mars - only these ones are just practicing - deep in the...

  • The Cosmos: A Beginner’s Guide

    Violent Universe

    Broadcast
    2007 (29 mins)

    We accompany the Leicester team tracking down the most violent events in the Universe! On the frontline is the SWIFT satellite and what it’s looking for are Gamma Ray Bursts! If it finds one, teams on the...

  • The Cosmos: A Beginner’s Guide

    Other Worlds

    Broadcast
    2007 (29 mins)

    We report from the summit of an extinct volcano at La Palma in the Canary Islands, home to some hugely impressive telescopes. The SuperWASP Telescope could probably fit in your shed at home but it holds the...

  • Mysteries of Venus

    Mysteries of Venus

    Broadcast
    2006 (29 mins)

    Adam HART-DAVIS is at mission control in Germany as the European Space Agency’s probe Venus Express reaches its destination - the planet Venus. What will the first pictures of the planet’s surface reveal?

  • Mission to Titan

    Mission to Titan Ep2

    Broadcast
    2005 (29 mins)

    Adam Hart-Davis and Dr Lucie Green report from mission control in Germany on yesterday’s attempt to land a spacecraft on Titan, one of Saturn’s moons and the most distant landing ever attempted....

  • Mission to Titan

    Mission to Titan Ep1

    Broadcast
    2005 (59 mins)

    Live coverage from Mission Control in Germany of today’s extraordinary attempt to land Europe’s Huygens probe on Titan, one of Saturn’s moons and described as the most earth-like object in the solar...

  • Stardate

    Stardate: Comet Impact

    Broadcast
    2005 (27 mins)

    Astronomy provides a spectacular blockbuster for American independence day. Dr Brian COX & Dr Lucie GREEN are in Los Angeles for Tempel 1 Deep Impact

  • Stardate

    Stardate: Comet Impact (Peaktime)

    Broadcast
    2005 (29 mins)

    An update on the Deep Impact NASA probe encounter with Comet Tempel 1 earlier today. Dr Brian COX & Dr Lucie GREEN are on the spot in Los Angeles.