
Star Diary
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Episodes
- 1
The mystery of comet 3I/ATLAS
Hidden gemStar Diary interviews University of Edinburgh researcher Ciela Opiton about observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with the James Webb Space Telescope, ALMA, and the Very Large Telescope.
Sep 6, 2026·24m·1 clip - 2
The Harvest Moon and the autumn equinox
Hidden gemStar Diary's September Virtual Planetarium with Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel maps the month's planets, including Mars building toward its February 2027 opposition and Jupiter approaching its December 2026 equinox.
Aug 30, 2026·32m·2 clips - 3
The Evening Star is back
Star Diary’s April 2026 Virtual Planetarium tracks Venus’s return to the evening sky and Mars’s poor morning visibility.
Mar 29, 2026·29m·2 clips - 4
Exploring the radio Universe
Hidden gemEmma Chapman explains how radio wavelengths reveal cosmic features that optical, infrared, and X-ray observations cannot show.
Mar 16, 2026·32m·2 clips - 5
Spring stargazing is here
Pete Lawrence completes a 10-hour Jupiter rotation observation in minus-four-degree conditions.
Mar 2, 2026·31m·2 clips - 6
Revealing the secrets of Mercury
Feb 9, 2026·31m - 7
Jupiter dominates the night sky in February 2026
Jan 30, 2026·29m - 8
Listening to black holes colliding
Jan 12, 2026·23m - 9
New Year, new stargazing – January 2026
Jan 6, 2026·29m - 10
3D-mapping an alien world
Dec 15, 2025·22m - 11
Christmas stargazing 2025
Nov 28, 2025·27m - 12
Have scientists solved Webb’s ‘impossible’ black holes?
Nov 14, 2025·21m - 13
See the Moon and planets under truly dark skies
Oct 31, 2025·31m - 14
Can a planet have a planet?
Oct 14, 2025·18m - 15
See gas giants Jupiter and Saturn at their best
Sep 29, 2025·32m - 16
Can YOU help astronomers find exploding stars?
Sep 14, 2025·21m - 17
See the blood Moon rise
Aug 28, 2025·35m - 18
How the Rubin Observatory will study the Universe
Aug 14, 2025·27m - 19
See Venus and Jupiter’s close approach
Jul 30, 2025·32m - 20
Will our Galaxy collide with its neighbour?
Jul 10, 2025·17m - 21
Saturn and Venus are morning jewels
Jun 26, 2025·31m - 22
The birth of the Universe
Jun 19, 2025·24m - 23
Venus is a Morning Star and Mars meets the Lion's heart
May 29, 2025·31m - 24
Earth, aliens and astronomy
May 15, 2025·24m - 25
The Flower Moon rises in full bloom
May 10, 2025·21m - 26
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower lights up the sky
May 3, 2025·21m - 27
Mars passes through the Beehive
Apr 26, 2025·19m - 28
Venus reaches its greatest brightness near the Moon (21 to 27 April)
Apr 19, 2025·22m - 29
Strange signals from the 'Eye of God'
Apr 17, 2025·32m - 30
Two sparkling diamonds glisten in the night sky (14 to 20 April)
Apr 12, 2025·19m - 31
An asteroid passes through a Hamburger (Galaxy) (7 to 13 April 2025)
Apr 5, 2025·21m - 32
The Moon blots out the Pleiades (31 March to 6 April 2025)
Mar 30, 2025·19m - 33
Partial solar eclipse visible across the UK (24 to 30 March 2025)
Mar 23, 2025·22m - 34
Searching for life on alien planets
Mar 21, 2025·28m - 35
The Moon passes the heart of the Scorpion (17 to 23 March 2025)
Mar 16, 2025·19m - 36
Can you see the Blood Moon? (10 to 16 March 2025)
Mar 9, 2025·19m - 37
Mars meets up with the Moon (3 to 9 March 2025)
Mar 2, 2025·21m - 38
Mercury returns to the evening skies (24 February to 2 March 2025)
Feb 23, 2025·19m - 39
Catch Saturn before it leaves our skies (17 to 23 February 2025)
Feb 16, 2025·19m - 40
Webb uses space-bending gravity trick to discover distant stars
Feb 14, 2025·28m - 41
The Full Moon shines next to bright star, Regulus (10 to 16 February 2025)
Feb 9, 2025·22m - 42
Jupiter lies close to the Moon (3 to 9 February 2025)
Feb 2, 2025·22m - 43
The planets continue their parade across the sky (27 January to 2 February 2025)
Jan 26, 2025·19m - 44
Jupiter’s shadow transit runs late (20 to 26 January 2025)
Jan 19, 2025·22m - 45
First zoomed-in image of a star beyond our galaxy
Jan 13, 2025·23m - 46
The Full moon meets with Mars (13 to 19 December 2025)
Jan 12, 2025·19m - 47
Mars makes its closest approach to Earth since 2022 (6 to 12 January 2025)
Jan 5, 2025·17m - 48
Quadrantid meteor shower is gifted a moonless night (30 December to 5 January)
Dec 29, 2024·23m - 49
A Cosmic Christmas Tree (23 to 29 December 2024)
Dec 22, 2024·22m - 50
How did life emerge on Earth?
Dec 16, 2024·16m - 51
Mars disappears behind the Moon (16 to 22 December 2022)
Dec 15, 2024·17m - 52
Geminids meteor shower reaches its peak (9 to 15 December 2024)
Dec 8, 2024·21m - 53
Jupiter makes its closest approach to Earth (2 to 8 December 2024)
Dec 1, 2024·20m - 54
Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Mars all shine brightly (25 November to 1 December 2024)
Nov 24, 2024·20m - 55
Leonid meteor shower reaches its peak (18 to 24 November 2024)
Nov 17, 2024·19m - 56
The mission to make solar eclipses
Nov 15, 2024·22m - 57
Catch the last supermoon of the year, the Beaver Moon (11 to 17 November 2024)
Nov 10, 2024·20m - 58
Firework galaxies light up the sky (4 to 10 November 2024)
Nov 3, 2024·21m - 59
Aurora special Ep 4: Photographing the aurora
Oct 30, 2024·26m - 60
Marvel at the Milky Way (28 October to 3 November 2024)
Oct 27, 2024·21m - 61
Catch Tsuchinshan-ATLAS before it fades from view (21-27 October 2024)
Oct 20, 2024·19m - 62
Aurora special Ep 3: The Solar Cycle
Oct 17, 2024·26m - 63
Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS makes its closest approach to Earth (14 to 20 October 2024)
Oct 13, 2024·21m - 64
Keeping an eye on Comet Tsuchinshan (7 to 13 October 2024)
Oct 6, 2024·20m - 65
Star Diary: Saturn the planet, or Saturn the nebula? (30 September to 6 October 2024)
Sep 29, 2024·18m - 66
Aurora special Ep 2: The science of the aurora
Sep 29, 2024·30m - 67
Star Diary: Catch sight of Saturn’s moon Titan (23 to 29 September 2024)
Sep 22, 2024·16m - 68
Star Diary: A supermoon eclipse (16 to 22 September 2024)
Sep 15, 2024·19m - 69
Aurora special Ep 1: How to hunt the aurora
Sep 11, 2024·33m - 70
Star Diary: Spotting faces in the Moon (9 to 15 September 2024)
Sep 8, 2024·21m - 71
Star Diary: See a starry waterfall in the night sky (2 to 8 September 2024)
Sep 1, 2024·20m - 72
Star Diary: Mars, Jupiter and the Moon partner up in the night sky (26 August to 1 September 2024)
Aug 24, 2024·22m - 73
Star Diary: The Super Blue Moon rises (19 to 25 August 2024)
Aug 18, 2024·24m - 74
Star Diary: The Perseids meteor shower peaks (12 to 18 August 2024)
Aug 11, 2024·24m - 75
A history of flying saucers
Aug 9, 2024·30m - 76
Star Diary: Saturn rises high in the sky (5 to 11 August 2024)
Aug 4, 2024·19m - 77
New Horizons at the edge of the Solar System
Jul 31, 2024·43m - 78
Star Diary: Saturn’s moon casts its shadow across the planet (29 July to 4 August 2024)
Jul 28, 2024·19m - 79
Star Diary: Taurus the Bull gains another eye (22 to 28 July 2024)
Jul 21, 2024·18m - 80
Star Diary: Mars passes the Pleiades (15 to 21 July 2024)
Jul 14, 2024·21m - 81
Star Diary: Can you find Barry Manilow in the Moon? (8 to 14 July 2024)
Jul 7, 2024·28m - 82
Star Diary: Jupiter’s moons form a triangle (1 to 7 July 2024)
Jun 30, 2024·26m - 83
Star Diary: When will ‘new’ star, T Coronae Borealis appear? (24 to 30 June 2024)
Jun 23, 2024·26m - 84
Star Diary: The Moon and Ceres take a tour through the Teapot (17 to 23 June 2024)
Jun 16, 2024·22m - 85
How black holes changed everything
Jun 13, 2024·27m - 86
Star Diary: See the Lake of Death on the Moon (10 to 16 June 2024)
Jun 9, 2024·15m - 87
Star Diary: Two comets streak across the sky (3 to 9 June 2024)
Jun 2, 2024·17m - 88
Star Diary: Nightshining clouds return to the twilight sky (27 May - 2 June 2024)
May 26, 2024·16m - 89
The rock that fell to Earth
May 23, 2024·29m - 90
Star Diary: Have you ever seen a hamburger in the sky? (20 to 26 May 2024)
May 19, 2024·21m - 91
Star Diary: The Milky Way puts on a show (13 to 19 May 2024)
May 12, 2024·24m - 92
Star Diary: See the crescent Moon pass the Pleiades (6 to 12 May 2024)
May 4, 2024·22m - 93
Star Diary: The Moon lies in The Teapot (29 April to 5 May 2024)
Apr 27, 2024·22m - 94
Star Diary: The Lyrid Meteor shower reaches its peak (22 to 28 April 2024)
Apr 20, 2024·21m - 95
Water found around a distant star
Apr 18, 2024·24m - 96
Star Diary: Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks reaches its brightest (15 to 21 April 2024)
Apr 13, 2024·15m - 97
Star Diary: The Great American Eclipse arrives (8 to 14 April)
Apr 6, 2024·28m - 98
Star Diary: Comet shine during the new Moon (1 to 7 April)
Mar 31, 2024·13m - 99
Star Diary: The Comet and the Coathanger (25 to 31 March)
Mar 24, 2024·20m - 100
Why do people believe in UFOs?
Mar 22, 2024·27m - 101
Star Diary 18 to 24 March 2024
Mar 17, 2024·13m - 102
Star Diary 11 to 17 March 2024
Mar 10, 2024·21m - 103
Star Diary 4 to 10 March 2024
Mar 3, 2024·22m - 104
Star Diary 26 February to 3 March 2024
Feb 25, 2024·23m - 105
Star Diary 19 to 25 February 2024
Feb 18, 2024·16m - 106
How x-rays unlock the secrets of the Universe
Feb 16, 2024·26m - 107
Star Diary 12 to 18 February 2024
Feb 11, 2024·20m - 108
Star Diary 5 to 11 February 2024
Feb 4, 2024·15m - 109
Star Diary 29 January to 4 February 2024
Jan 28, 2024·18m - 110
Star Diary 22 to 28 January 2024
Jan 21, 2024·13m - 111
How Asteroid Bennu could unlock the secrets of the Solar System
Jan 19, 2024·21m - 112
Star Diary 15 to 21 January 2024
Jan 14, 2024·21m - 113
Star Diary 8 to 14 January 2024
Jan 7, 2024·17m - 114
Star Diary 1 to 7 January 2024
Dec 31, 2023·20m - 115
Star Diary, 25 to 31 December 2023
Dec 24, 2023·12m - 116
Star Diary, 18 to 24 December 2023
Dec 17, 2023·12m - 117
Star Diary, 11 to 17 December 2023
Dec 10, 2023·12m - 118
Star Diary, 4 to 10 December 2023
Dec 3, 2023·14m - 119
Moonshot success, with astronaut Mike Massimino
Dec 1, 2023·42m - 120
Star Diary, 27 November to 3 December 2023
Nov 26, 2023·14m - 121
Star Diary, 20 to 26 November 2023
Nov 19, 2023·11m - 122
Star Diary, 13 to 19 November 2023
Nov 12, 2023·28m - 123
Star Diary, 6 to 12 November 2023
Nov 5, 2023·20m - 124
Star Diary, 30 October to 5 November 2023
Oct 28, 2023·18m - 125
Star Diary, 23 to 29 October 2023
Oct 21, 2023·15m - 126
Interview: The Search for Alien Life
Oct 19, 2023·37m - 127
Star Diary, 16 to 22 October 2023
Oct 14, 2023·21m - 128
How can we see the heat of the Big Bang?
Oct 10, 2023·17m - 129
Star Diary, 9 to 15 October 2023
Oct 7, 2023·14m - 130
Star Diary, 2 to 8 October 2023
Sep 30, 2023·18m - 131
Star Diary, 25 September to 1 October 2023
Sep 23, 2023·16m - 132
Star Diary: 18 to 24 September 2023
Sep 16, 2023·20m - 133
Exploring a magnetic Solar System
Sep 14, 2023·27m - 134
Star Diary, 11 to 17 September 2023
Sep 9, 2023·18m - 135
Star Diary, 4 to 10 September 2023
Sep 2, 2023·14m - 136
Star Dairy, 28 August to 3 September , 2023
Aug 26, 2023·13m - 137
Star Dairy, 21 to 27 August, 2023
Aug 19, 2023·18m - 138
Star Diary, 14 to 20 August
Aug 12, 2023·16m - 139
Star Diary, 7 to 13 August
Aug 5, 2023·16m - 140
Star Diary, 31 July to 6 August
Jul 29, 2023·16m - 141
Hunting down strange signals with humans and machines.
Jul 25, 2023·14m - 142
Star Diary, 24 to 30 July
Jul 22, 2023·16m - 143
Interview: Spaceflight entrepreneur Mishaal Ashemimry
Jul 20, 2023·24m - 144
Star Diary, 17 to 23 July
Jul 15, 2023·15m - 145
Star Diary, 10 to 16 July, 2023
Jul 8, 2023·14m - 146
Detecting spacetime ripples of supermassive black holes
Jul 4, 2023·29m - 147
Star Diary, 3rd to 9th of July, 2023
Jul 1, 2023·16m - 148
Star Diary, 26 June to 2 July, 2023
Jun 24, 2023·18m - 149
Star Diary, 19 to 25 June, 2023
Jun 17, 2023·14m - 150
The search for Earth 2.0
Jun 15, 2023·35m - 151
Star Diary, 11 to 18 June, 2023
Jun 10, 2023·16m - 152
Star Diary, 5 to 11 June, 2023
Jun 3, 2023·16m - 153
Star Diary, 29 May to 4 June, 2023
May 27, 2023·14m - 154
Star Diary, 22 to 28 May, 2023
May 22, 2023·17m - 155
Interview: Space Shuttle astronaut Kathy Sullivan
May 18, 2023·46m - 156
Star Diary, 15 to 23 May, 2023
May 13, 2023·16m - 157
Star Diary, 8 to 14 May, 2023
May 6, 2023·16m - 158
Star Diary, 1 to 7 May, 2023
Apr 29, 2023·17m - 159
Star Diary, 24 to 30 April 2023
Apr 22, 2023·20m - 160
Interview: Comet Madness
Apr 20, 2023·32m - 161
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 17 to 23 April
Apr 15, 2023·15m - 162
Humans Of Space: Peter Visscher
Apr 9, 2023·56m - 163
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 10 to 16 April
Apr 8, 2023·19m - 164
Interview: From pop star to Star City with Lance Bass
Apr 2, 2023·19m - 165
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 3 to 9 April
Apr 1, 2023·12m - 166
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 27 March to 2 April
Mar 26, 2023·14m - 167
Humans Of Space: Aaron Yung
Mar 26, 2023·54m - 168
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 20 to 26 March
Mar 19, 2023·12m - 169
Black holes and bending spacetime
Mar 17, 2023·33m - 170
Humans Of Space: Nicole Stott
Mar 13, 2023·52m - 171
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 13 to 19 March, 2023
Mar 12, 2023·11m - 172
Star Diary: What's in the night sky, 6th March to 12th March 2023
Mar 5, 2023·11m - 173
Humans Of Space: Jeff Hoffman
Feb 27, 2023·1h 5m - 174
Star Diary: What's in the night sky, 27 February to 5 March 2023
Feb 26, 2023·14m - 175
Observing the 850-year-old aftermath of colliding stars
Feb 24, 2023·49m - 176
Star Diary: What's in the night sky, 20 to 26 February 2023
Feb 19, 2023·15m - 177
Humans Of Space: James L. Green
Feb 13, 2023·55m - 178
Star Diary: What's in the night sky, 13 to 19 February 2023
Feb 12, 2023·15m - 179
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 6 to 12 February 2023
Feb 5, 2023·11m - 180
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 30 January to 5 February 2023
Jan 29, 2023·16m - 181
Interview: Is interstellar travel possible?
Jan 23, 2023·39m - 182
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 23 to 29 January 2023
Jan 22, 2023·18m - 183
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 16 to 22 January 2023
Jan 15, 2023·15m - 184
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 9 to 15 January 2023
Jan 8, 2023·15m - 185
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 2 to 8 January, 2023
Jan 1, 2023·17m - 186
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 26 Dec '22 to 1 Jan '23
Dec 25, 2022·18m - 187
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 19 to 25 September 2022
Dec 18, 2022·18m - 188
What would happen if we made contact with extra-terrestrial intelligence?
Dec 17, 2022·39m - 189
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 12 to 18 December 2022
Dec 11, 2022·15m - 190
Interview: Apollo 17 student ambassador Dermot Gethings
Dec 7, 2022·44m - 191
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 5 to 11 December 2022
Dec 4, 2022·20m - 192
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 28 November to 4 December 2022
Nov 27, 2022·15m - 193
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 21 to 27 November 2022
Nov 20, 2022·13m - 194
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 14 to 20 November 2022
Nov 13, 2022·16m - 195
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 7 to 13 November 2022
Nov 7, 2022·15m - 196
Amazing cosmic facts
Nov 4, 2022·43m - 197
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 31 October to 6 November2022
Oct 30, 2022·15m - 198
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 24 to 30 October 2022
Oct 27, 2022·12m - 199
Piecing together the history of the Universe
Oct 23, 2022·26m - 200
Webb Telescope and the secrets of the Solar System
Oct 20, 2022·24m - 201
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 17 to 23 October 2022
Oct 16, 2022·13m - 202
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 10 to 16 October 2022
Oct 9, 2022·12m - 203
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 3 to 9 October 2022
Oct 2, 2022·16m - 204
Interview: A Brief History of Black Holes
Sep 28, 2022·34m - 205
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 26 September to 2 October 2022
Sep 25, 2022·15m - 206
Interview: NASA's plan to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid
Sep 23, 2022·25m - 207
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 19 to 25 September 2022
Sep 18, 2022·12m - 208
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 12 to 18 September 2022
Sep 11, 2022·14m - 209
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 5 to 11 September, 2022
Sep 4, 2022·16m - 210
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 29 August to 4 September
Aug 28, 2022·18m - 211
Interview: How JWST observes the Universe
Aug 26, 2022·32m - 212
Interview: How JWST will observe exoplanets
Aug 22, 2022·48m - 213
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 22 to 28 August 2022
Aug 21, 2022·14m - 214
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 15 to 21 August 2022
Aug 14, 2022·12m - 215
Interview: Observing the Solar System in x-ray
Aug 10, 2022·37m - 216
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 8 to 14 August
Aug 7, 2022·14m - 217
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 1st to 7th August
Jul 31, 2022·14m - 218
Bluedot 2022 | Why study asteroids?
Jul 29, 2022·24m - 219
Bluedot 2022 | A new era for human spaceflight?
Jul 28, 2022·27m - 220
Bluedot 2022 | What is space weather?
Jul 27, 2022·33m - 221
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 25 to 31 July
Jul 24, 2022·13m - 222
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 18 to 24 July
Jul 17, 2022·14m - 223
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 11 to 17 July 2022
Jul 10, 2022·13m - 224
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 4 to 10 July
Jul 3, 2022·10m - 225
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 27 June to 3 July
Jun 26, 2022·14m - 226
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Jun 24, 2022·40m - 227
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 20 to 26 June
Jun 19, 2022·14m - 228
Space Women: Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Jun 15, 2022·20m - 229
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 13 to 19 June
Jun 12, 2022·20m - 230
Star Diary: What's in the night sky from 6 to 12 June
Jun 5, 2022·13m - 231
What is dark energy?
May 27, 2022·38m - 232
Star Diary: What's in the night sky from 30 May to 5 June
May 27, 2022·16m - 233
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 23 to 29 May 2022
May 22, 2022·14m - 234
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 16 to 22 May 2022
May 15, 2022·11m - 235
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 9 to 15 May 2022
May 8, 2022·14m - 236
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 2 to 8 May 2022
May 1, 2022·13m - 237
Hubble, James Webb and life beyond Earth
Apr 29, 2022·40m - 238
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 25 April to 1 May 2022
Apr 24, 2022·16m - 239
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 18 to 24 April 2022
Apr 18, 2022·14m - 240
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 11 to 17 April 2022
Apr 11, 2022·17m - 241
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 4 to 10 April 2022
Apr 4, 2022·16m - 242
What happens if someone dies in space?
Apr 1, 2022·35m - 243
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 28 March to 3 April 2022
Mar 28, 2022·15m - 244
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, March 2022
Feb 28, 2022·25m - 245
Interview: The science of exploding stars
Feb 22, 2022·40m - 246
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, February 2022
Jan 29, 2022·32m - 247
Astronomy events of the 21st Century
Jan 19, 2022·32m - 248
Interview: Astrobiologist Nicol Caplin
Dec 30, 2021·41m - 249
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, January 2022
Dec 23, 2021·25m - 250
Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope
Dec 20, 2021·39m - 251
Interview: Astronaut Nicole Stott
Dec 2, 2021·42m - 252
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, December 2021
Nov 25, 2021·31m - 253
Deflecting asteroids with NASA's DART mission
Nov 18, 2021·22m - 254
Interview: How to see the Northern Lights
Nov 8, 2021·37m - 255
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, November 2021
Oct 31, 2021·35m - 256
Interview: Astronaut Nora Al Matrooshi
Oct 24, 2021·20m - 257
Remembering Rosetta
Oct 21, 2021·28m - 258
Interview: Natalie Starkey talks space volcanoes
Oct 7, 2021·38m - 259
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, October 2021
Sep 29, 2021·37m - 260
Interview: UK astronaut Tim Peake
Sep 24, 2021·39m - 261
Perseverance: 200 sols on Mars
Sep 17, 2021·42m - 262
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, September 2021
Aug 26, 2021·28m - 263
Interview: The largest radio telescope in the world
Aug 19, 2021·39m - 264
Telescopes that changed astronomy
Aug 12, 2021·47m - 265
Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, August 2021
Jul 29, 2021·35m - 266
Interview: How to make a Universe from scratch
Jul 23, 2021·34m - 267
Jupiter Special: a celebration of the gas giant
Jul 19, 2021·30m - 268
Interview: Cosmic Collisions
Jul 1, 2021·36m - 269
Star Diary: What's in the night sky, July 2021
Jun 26, 2021·31m - 270
Apollo 15's 50th anniversary
Jun 21, 2021·29m - 271
Interview: solar weather expert, Mathew Owens
Jun 14, 2021·23m - 272
Interview: Emily Lakdawalla talks Mars exploration
Jun 4, 2021·37m - 273
Star Diary: What's in the night sky, June 2021
May 26, 2021·41m - 274
20 years of NASA's WMAP mission
May 20, 2021·33m - 275
Interview: How to photograph a black hole
May 15, 2021·36m - 276
Interview: Andy Weir, author of The Martian
May 6, 2021·40m - 277
Star Diary: What's in the night sky, May 2021
Apr 30, 2021·34m - 278
Interview: Genetic engineering for spaceflight
Apr 28, 2021·32m - 279
The Disordered Cosmos
Apr 25, 2021·40m - 280
How the Great Debate changed astronomy forever
Apr 23, 2021·30m - 281
Interview: Light pollution from satellites
Apr 19, 2021·29m - 282
Star Diary: What's in the night sky, April 2021
Mar 31, 2021·37m - 283
Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space
Mar 25, 2021·46m - 284
Interview: How to photograph an exoplanet
Mar 22, 2021·27m - 285
How Uranus's rings were discovered
Mar 13, 2021·31m - 286
Star Diary: What's in the night sky, March 2021
Feb 27, 2021·32m - 287
Interview: How SPHEREx will track the history of the Universe
Feb 23, 2021·32m - 288
OSIRIS-Rex and the Asteroid belt
Feb 18, 2021·24m - 289
Interview: The Emirates Mars Mission with Hessa Al Matroushi
Feb 8, 2021·16m - 290
Star Diary: What's in the night sky, February 2021
Jan 30, 2021·30m - 291
2021: A new year for astronomy and spaceflight
Jan 22, 2021·1h 9m - 292
Interview: Kellie Gerardi on the future of spaceflight
Jan 19, 2021·34m - 293
2020's spaceflight and astronomy highlights
Dec 17, 2020·1h 11m - 294
Interview: NASA astronaut Terry Virts
Dec 12, 2020·42m - 295
A history of Palomar Observatory
Dec 9, 2020·33m - 296
What next for New Horizons?
Nov 20, 2020·43m - 297
Is there life beyond Earth?
Nov 17, 2020·40m - 298
What's a black hole? Interview with astrophysicist Janna Levin
Nov 6, 2020·40m - 299
Interview: NASA astronaut Jeff Williams
Oct 30, 2020·29m - 300
20 years of the International Space Station
Oct 22, 2020·40m - 301
Interview: Getting The Right Stuff right
Oct 9, 2020·24m - 302
Interview: Stuart Clark on the history of astronomy
Oct 2, 2020·41m - 303
ASTHROS: the stratospheric balloon observatory
Sep 25, 2020·30m - 304
Galaxies
Sep 19, 2020·47m - 305
Interview: Life on Venus?
Sep 18, 2020·21m - 306
Interview: Libby Jackson on the history of human spaceflight
Sep 3, 2020·28m - 307
The life and death of stars
Aug 13, 2020·32m - 308
Trident: a new mission to explore Neptune's moon Triton
Aug 10, 2020·28m - 309
The End of Everything: interview with US cosmologist Katie Mack
Jul 25, 2020·40m - 310
The edge of the Solar System
Jul 16, 2020·36m - 311
Cluster Special: marking 20 years of the European solar mission
Jul 14, 2020·26m - 312
Deflecting asteroids with DART and Hera
Jun 19, 2020·46m - 313
CHEOPS: Interview with exoplanet scientist Kate Isaak
Jun 10, 2020·29m - 314
Venus special: farewell to the evening star
May 21, 2020·38m - 315
WFIRST: a new era for exoplanet hunting
May 16, 2020·22m - 316
Hubble at 30: how the space telescope changed astronomy forever
Apr 23, 2020·56m - 317
Apollo 13 special: interview with Mission Control's Jerry Woodfill
Apr 9, 2020·52m - 318
Apollo 13 special: how astronauts and Mission Control averted disaster
Mar 25, 2020·50m - 319
Day Eight – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon
Mar 9, 2020·9m - 320
Day Seven – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon
Mar 8, 2020·8m - 321
Day Six – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon
Mar 7, 2020·8m - 322
Day Five – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon
Mar 6, 2020·7m - 323
Day Four – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon
Mar 5, 2020·7m - 324
Day Three – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon
Mar 4, 2020·8m - 325
Day Two – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon
Mar 3, 2020·7m - 326
Day One – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon
Mar 2, 2020·8m - 327
Trailer: Back Garden Astronomy Week special series
Feb 28, 2020·4m - 328
Europe in space: the next decade
Feb 20, 2020·50m - 329
The story of the BBC’s Horizon programme
Feb 14, 2020·31m - 330
Pluto at 90: how Clyde Tombaugh discovered a new world
Jan 25, 2020·46m - 331
The biggest stories of 2019 and top tips for stargazing beginners
Dec 19, 2019·55m - 332
The biggest space missions launching in 2020
Nov 21, 2019·56m - 333
A look at UCL Observatory's new 80cm Perren telescope
Nov 11, 2019·36m - 334
Planetarium special
Nov 1, 2019·34m - 335
Apollo 12, volcanic moons and cannibal galaxies
Oct 16, 2019·42m - 336
Jim Al-Khalili, OSIRIS REx, IIAPY 2019, tardigrades on the Moon
Sep 13, 2019·43m - 337
Chasing comets, Indian lunar ambitions, Juno at Jupiter
Aug 19, 2019·34m - 338
Bluedot Festival 2019 special
Jul 22, 2019·34m - 339
Apollo 11: 50th anniversary special
Jul 15, 2019·44m - 340
Talking moonwalkers with Andrew Smith
Jun 20, 2019·23m - 341
Touring the Solar System
May 23, 2019·34m - 342
Black holes, asteroid bombs and the solar cycle
Apr 18, 2019·33m - 343
Kielder Observatory Special
Apr 15, 2019·27m - 344
Light pollution, Mars rovers and Jupiter's storms
Mar 21, 2019·34m - 345
Planet 9 in doubt, a beautiful Beehive and an aurora adventure
Feb 25, 2019·29m - 346
New Horizons and event horizons
Jan 23, 2019·36m - 347
Lunar eclipses, 2019’s space missions and green stars
Dec 20, 2018·40m - 348
2018 in review and scientific observations of Mars
Nov 21, 2018·38m - 349
Ice on the Moon, Apollo 7 and advice for new astronomers
Sep 24, 2018·51m - 350
Bluedot Festival 2018 special
Jul 27, 2018·38m - 351
NASA's Dawn mission, Holst’s Planets and water on Mars
Jul 27, 2018·25m - 352
Meteor showers and space rocks that fall to Earth
Jul 23, 2018·26m - 353
The Sun, a danger to life on Earth?
Jun 22, 2018·37m - 354
The mission to map the Milky Way
May 21, 2018·33m - 355
Sifting through Mars's sediment with a planetary geologist
Apr 20, 2018·30m - 356
Bowie, Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
Mar 29, 2018·21m - 357
Christmas Special: Tales from 2017
Dec 20, 2017·1h 18m - 358
International Astronomy Show 2017 Special
Oct 19, 2017·42m - 359
Radio Astronomy Shorts - Episode 1: Dava Sobel
Aug 21, 2017·17m - 360
Radio Astronomy: Bluedot Festival 2017 Special
Jul 21, 2017·1h 11m - 361
Episode 6: The 2016 retrospective
Dec 23, 2016·34m - 362
Episode 5: So long, Schiaparelli
Nov 8, 2016·48m - 363
Episode 4: Farewell Rosetta
Sep 26, 2016·52m - 364
Radio Astronomy, Episode 3: Juno at Jupiter
Aug 9, 2016·40m - 365
Episode 2: Einstein’s Vindication
Jul 8, 2016·42m - 366
Episode 1: Astronaut Driving lessons
Jun 10, 2016·45m