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41 results found for all records.

  • 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.

  • Stardate

    Transit of Venus

    Broadcast
    2004 (29 mins)

    Next Tuesday morning sees an incredibly rare astronomic event, when the planet Venus passes in front of the Sun. No-one now alive has ever seen it. Here Adam Hart-Davis, who heads up the live BBC coverage on...

  • Stardate

    Transit of Venus Highlights

    Broadcast
    2004 (59 mins)

    Culmination of the BBC’s coverage of the Transit of Venus, an incredibly rare astronomical event when Venus passes over the face of the Sun. Adam Hart-Davis is at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, reporting...

  • Stardate

    Stardate 2- The Toutatis Asteroid

    Broadcast
    2004 (58 mins)

    Ignore this warning and the opportunity to get up close and personal with asteroid Toutatis will pass you by as this small planet stars in the latest programme in the Stardate series. Stardate: Close...