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SUMMARY:The Sky at Night – Space Mysteries: The Sky at Night Meets Curious Cases (TV BBC Four)
DESCRIPTION:The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. \nThe show had the same permanent presenter\, Patrick Moore\, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013. The latter date was a posthumous broadcast\, which followed Moore’s death on 9 December 2012. This made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history. Many early episodes are missing\, either because the tapes were wiped\, thrown out\, or because the episode was broadcast live and never recorded in the first place. Beginning with the 3 February 2013 edition\, the show was co-presented by Lucie Green and Chris Lintott. Since December 2013 Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been a presenter. The programme’s opening and closing theme music is “At the Castle Gate”\, from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande\, written in 1905 by Jean Sibelius\, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. \nThis episode:\nDo aliens exist\, and can we talk to them? What does a black hole sound like? Does the universe look like a doughnut? In a spectacular season finale\, The Sky at Night teams up with hit podcast Curious Cases to answer your burning space mysteries\, from the strange sounds of the\ncosmos to the furthest edges of the observable universe. \nFilmed in front of a live studio audience\, presenters Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain bring their signature wit and curiosity as they quiz our stellar panel of experts – Maggie Aderin-Pocock\, Chris Lintott and George Dransfield. Expect lively debate\, surprising revelations\, and moments of pure astronomical awe as they explore the weird and wonderful corners of space science. \nMeanwhile\, Pete Lawrence turns his eyes to the heavens to guide us through the incredible sights currently lighting up the night sky and offering a glimpse into the mysteries that unfold when we simply look up. \nAdding another layer of intrigue\, a special BBC Ideas animation explores our ongoing search for alien life and the tantalising possibility of making contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. \nAnd for those who want to keep the curiosity flowing\, Radio 4 are airing a companion episode of Curious Cases\, featuring extra content from the live recording. \nJoin us for this unforgettable night of cosmic exploration before the programme returns in the spring of 2026 with even more wonders from the final frontier. \nDo aliens exist\, and can we talk to them? What does a black hole sound like? Does the universe look like a doughnut? In a spectacular season finale\, The Sky at Night teams up with hit podcast Curious Cases to answer your burning space mysteries\, from the strange sounds of the\ncosmos to the furthest edges of the observable universe. \nFilmed in front of a live studio audience\, presenters Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain bring their signature wit and curiosity as they quiz our stellar panel of experts – Maggie Aderin-Pocock\, Chris Lintott and George Dransfield. Expect lively debate\, surprising revelations\, and moments of pure astronomical awe as they explore the weird and wonderful corners of space science. \nMeanwhile\, Pete Lawrence turns his eyes to the heavens to guide us through the incredible sights currently lighting up the night sky and offering a glimpse into the mysteries that unfold when we simply look up. \nAdding another layer of intrigue\, a special BBC Ideas animation explores our ongoing search for alien life and the tantalising possibility of making contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. \nAnd for those who want to keep the curiosity flowing\, Radio 4 are airing a companion episode of Curious Cases\, featuring extra content from the live recording. \nJoin us for this unforgettable night of cosmic exploration before the programme returns in the spring of 2026 with even more wonders from the final frontier. \nLinks:\nThe Sky at Night
URL:https://www.a3veen.nl/event/the-sky-at-night-space-mysteries-the-sky-at-night-meets-curious-cases-tv-bbc-four/
CATEGORIES:Astronomie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250908T230000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250908T233000
DTSTAMP:20260418T082255
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SUMMARY:The Sky at Night – The Expanding Universe (TV BBC Four)
DESCRIPTION:The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. \nThe show had the same permanent presenter\, Patrick Moore\, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013. The latter date was a posthumous broadcast\, which followed Moore’s death on 9 December 2012. This made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history. Many early episodes are missing\, either because the tapes were wiped\, thrown out\, or because the episode was broadcast live and never recorded in the first place. Beginning with the 3 February 2013 edition\, the show was co-presented by Lucie Green and Chris Lintott. Since December 2013 Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been a presenter. The programme’s opening and closing theme music is “At the Castle Gate”\, from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande\, written in 1905 by Jean Sibelius\, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. \nThis episode:\nThe team explores one of the greatest discoveries of modern astronomy – that our universe is expanding – and the new questions it raises about how the cosmos works. \nIn the 1920s\, astronomers studying galaxies realised they were moving away from us\, with the most distant ones receding the fastest. The\nconclusion was revolutionary: space itself was stretching\, and the universe was expanding in every direction. But once this discovery was made\, a new challenge emerged – how fast is the universe expanding\, and what could that tell us about its age\, size and ultimate fate? \nChris Lintott travels to the University of Oxford to explore one of the most extraordinary tools astronomers use to answer these questions – the cosmic microwave background (CMB)\, the faint afterglow of the Big Bang. Working with Professor David Alonso\, Chris learns how scientists use the CMB as a starting point for measuring cosmic expansion. He discovers how the Simons Observatory\, a network of telescopes in Chile\, is creating the sharpest map yet of this ancient light. These observations promise to refine our understanding of the expansion rate and may shed light on a long-standing puzzle known as the ‘Hubble tension’\, where different measurements of expansion don’t agree. \nMeanwhile\, Maggie Aderin-Pocock investigates a different cosmic speedometer: supernovae\, or exploding stars. Meeting Dr Philip Wiseman at the University of Southampton\, she learns how type 1a supernovae\, which shine with a predictable brightness\, can be used to measure cosmic distances. A discovery in the 1990s revealed something astonishing – not only is the universe expanding\, but the expansion is accelerating. The Vera Rubin Observatory\, with its enormous mirror and world-record-breaking camera\, is about to survey the southern skies\, capturing supernovae in unprecedented numbers. With its data\, astronomers hope to refine how fast the universe’s expansion has accelerated over billions of years. \nGeorge Dransfield takes on the most mysterious part of the story – dark energy. Coined to explain the force driving the acceleration\, dark energy remains entirely unknown. At the University of Portsmouth\, George meets Dr Seshadri Nadathur\, who is part of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) project. By mapping tens of millions of galaxies across 11 billion years of cosmic history\, DESI is building the largest 3D map of the universe ever made. This map is revealing subtle patterns in how galaxies are distributed\, providing new insights into how fast the universe has expanded over time – and whether dark energy itself has changed throughout cosmic history. Together\, these projects reveal both the power and the limits of our current models of cosmology. Different methods of measuring expansion don’t line up\, and far from being a mistake\, this mismatch may be a vital clue that new physics is waiting to be discovered. \nAs ever\, Pete Lawrence is on hand with his guide to the skies this month\, including how to catch Saturn’s rare ring and moon events\, as well as highlights of the autumn equinox. \nWith cosmic clues building from the earliest light of the Big Bang to the faint glow of distant supernovae\, the programme takes viewers on a journey through one of the most profound questions in science: how fast is our universe expanding\, and what might that reveal about its past\, present and future? \nLinks:\nThe Sky at Night
URL:https://www.a3veen.nl/event/the-sky-at-night-the-expanding-universe-tv-bbc-four/
CATEGORIES:Astronomie
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SUMMARY:The Sky at Night – Queen of Pulsars (TV BBC Four)
DESCRIPTION:The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. \nThe show had the same permanent presenter\, Patrick Moore\, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013. The latter date was a posthumous broadcast\, which followed Moore’s death on 9 December 2012. This made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history. Many early episodes are missing\, either because the tapes were wiped\, thrown out\, or because the episode was broadcast live and never recorded in the first place. Beginning with the 3 February 2013 edition\, the show was co-presented by Lucie Green and Chris Lintott. Since December 2013 Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been a presenter. The programme’s opening and closing theme music is “At the Castle Gate”\, from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande\, written in 1905 by Jean Sibelius\, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. \nThis episode:\nDame Jocelyn Bell Burnell is a discoverer and an explorer of the distant cosmos\, and she has walked among the stars. She discovered the first pulsar in 1967 – a discovery so important in our understanding of the universe that it would earn a Nobel Prize. But Jocelyn didn’t receive it. \nAll her life a deep thinker\, a dedicated Quaker and a fierce advocate for equal opportunity in physics\, Jocelyn has carved an astonishing career doing and communicating science\, changing the face of astronomy as a result. \nJocelyn was determined to succeed in an environment not made for her\, and her story resonates with young and old\, student and professor – and anyone who has ever felt like they may not really belong. \nIn this film\, we hear Jocelyn’s story direct from the subject herself and learn how\, from the small town of Lurgan in Northern Ireland\, she rose to worldwide recognition. It is a tale of determination and triumph against the prejudice and misogyny of the time. \nAlongside the history are the enigmas themselves: pulsars. The conditions surrounding these objects make them the most extreme laboratories in the cosmos\, uniting the most complex and cutting-edge physics under one roof. Matter crushed down into its densest form\, encased within extreme magnetic fields – and they are even telling us the secrets of the very make-up of our universe. Some flavours of these objects are so dramatic that just one outburst can briefly outshine an entire galaxy. \nWith Dr Vanessa Graber from Royal Holloway\, University of London\, Maggie delves into the concealed interiors of pulsars and the exotic states of matter that form them. With superfluids of neutrons hosting quantum tornados and searing hundred-million-degree plasma\, pulsars are not the once-predictable characters we thought them. \nChris\, meanwhile\, is at the University of Oxford with Dr Kaustubh Rajwade\, studying the oddballs of the pulsar family and how to decode their messages. As a blast of radiation travels from a pulsar to our detectors\, the history of its journey through the universe is imprinted on the signal. We learn how to use this to see the unseen – the parts of the cosmos that are almost impossible for us to observe – revealing its detailed structure for the first time. \nIn conversation\, Jocelyn joins PhD student Aida Seye to discuss shared passions and challenges in chasing cosmic dreams. Aida is a recipient of the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund\, instigated by Jocelyn to support PhD students from underrepresented groups. Aida is studying the structure of the Milky Way\, with the aim of bringing us closer to solving the mystery of dark matter. \nLinks:\nThe Sky at Night
URL:https://www.a3veen.nl/event/the-sky-at-night-queen-of-pulsars-tv-bbc-four/
CATEGORIES:Astronomie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250512T230000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250512T232900
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SUMMARY:The Sky at Night – Secrets of the Red Planet (TV BBC Four)
DESCRIPTION:The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. \nThe show had the same permanent presenter\, Patrick Moore\, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013. The latter date was a posthumous broadcast\, which followed Moore’s death on 9 December 2012. This made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history. Many early episodes are missing\, either because the tapes were wiped\, thrown out\, or because the episode was broadcast live and never recorded in the first place. Beginning with the 3 February 2013 edition\, the show was co-presented by Lucie Green and Chris Lintott. Since December 2013 Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been a presenter. The programme’s opening and closing theme music is “At the Castle Gate”\, from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande\, written in 1905 by Jean Sibelius\, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. \nThis episode:\nThe team explores what the latest research is revealing about Mars. Could life have once thrived on Mars? What mysterious force is moving large boulders across its dusty surface today? And will a return trip to our neighbouring planet ever be possible? In this exciting episode\, we’re blasting off to uncover what the latest research is revealing about the Red Planet. \nIt’s been 60 years since Mariner 4 sent back the very first images of another world from space. Since then\, a fleet of orbiters and rovers have been exploring Mars\, uncovering a dramatic history that may not be so different from our own planet Earth. \nIn the water-rich landscapes of Scotland\, Maggie Aderin-Pocock meets Lonneke Roelofs from Utrecht University\, who’s been investigating the puzzling movement of enormous Martian boulders. On Earth\, such motion would usually be connected with water – but on Mars\, something entirely unexpected is at play. And in studying it\, scientists have discovered a brand new geological phenomenon. \nMaggie also visits the University of St Andrews to meet Dr Claire Cousins\, who is looking at ancient Scottish rocks to help future Mars rovers identify and analyse similar formations – ones that might contain microscopic evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet. \nWhile Maggie has journeyed north\, Chris Lintott is on a virtual field trip to Mars itself with Professor Sanjeev Gupta at the Data Observatory at Imperial College London. Dr Gupta takes us on a tour with NASA’s Perseverance rover\, and the incredible insights the modern rovers are providing about Mars’s history and surface today. \nMeanwhile\, guest presenter Dr Mekhi Dhesi talks with Dr James Lambert from Pulsar Fusion about the current propulsion options used for space travel. They discuss a possible alternative approach that could reduce travel times and costs\, making a mission to Mars\, and back again\, one step closer. Return missions to Mars could deliver samples from the Martian surface back to Earth laboratories for in-depth analysis and maybe even permit human travel to Mars one day. \nPete Lawrence is at the Milton Keynes Astronomical Society to talk us through Mars observations and what other cosmic wonders to look out for in the lighter summer night skies. \nTake a trip with us to discover the secrets of the Red Planet and how we are getting closer and closer to discovering evidence of life on Mars. \nLinks:\nThe Sky at Night
URL:https://www.a3veen.nl/event/the-sky-at-night-secrets-of-the-red-planet-tv-bbc-four/
CATEGORIES:Astronomie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250414T230000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250414T233000
DTSTAMP:20260418T082255
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SUMMARY:The Sky at Night – Asteroid Strike? (TV BBC Four)
DESCRIPTION:The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. \nThe show had the same permanent presenter\, Patrick Moore\, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013. The latter date was a posthumous broadcast\, which followed Moore’s death on 9 December 2012. This made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history. Many early episodes are missing\, either because the tapes were wiped\, thrown out\, or because the episode was broadcast live and never recorded in the first place. Beginning with the 3 February 2013 edition\, the show was co-presented by Lucie Green and Chris Lintott. Since December 2013 Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been a presenter. The programme’s opening and closing theme music is “At the Castle Gate”\, from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande\, written in 1905 by Jean Sibelius\, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. \nThis episode:\nThe team explore one of the biggest stories in space news\, the ‘city killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4. First observed on 27 December 2024\, it soon became one of the biggest threats from an asteroid ever detected\, with the potential to cause a heat blast that could vaporise solid rock\, wind blasts five times the speed of the strongest hurricane and a shockwave that would flatten buildings and trees for hundreds of miles. This was a potential natural disaster we needed to respond to as a planet. So how well did we do? Our team of presenters are on hand to find out\, and while YR4 was later downgraded to a near miss\, what has it told us about our ability to react when an asteroid strike is on its way? George Dransfield kicks off\, talking us through the damage an asteroid like YR4 could do and why some say we are overdue an asteroid strike of this size. But how will we know if it’s truly on its way? Chris Lintott meets Dr Meg Schwamb at a football pitch – which it turns out is the perfect place to explain how the probability of a strike is calculated. Following the same highs and lows they do when a ball just misses the goal\, they explain why the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting earth first rose so quickly before it fell. It turns out it wasn’t the maths being wrong! \nLuckily\, next time the numbers say an asteroid impact is on its way\, we do have ways of defending ourselves\, Maggie Aderin-Pocock takes a tea break to explain some of the options\, from nudging it to nuking it – they all have their pros and cons. But to know our best plan of action\, we need to understand more about the asteroids\, and George meets up with Dr Carly Howett to find out how Nasa’s Lucy Mission could provide us with invaluable information for any future strikes. With this wealth of information about any potential asteroids heading our way\, Maggie meets Prof Hugh Lewis in Southampton to discover how the international community is set up to respond to any future threats\, and to find out who will decide what action to take and the possible consequences it may have. But the skies and the asteroids in it aren’t just a scary threat to humanity; when we stop and look up\, there are some beautiful sights to be seen\, and Pete Lawrence is on hand to tell us what to look out for in the coming months. Join us for an exciting episode that looks beyond the headlines\, to see what efforts were made to protect us from an asteroid that could have wiped out a city the size of Greater London – and beyond. \nLinks:\nThe Sky at Night
URL:https://www.a3veen.nl/event/the-sky-at-night-asteroid-strike-tv-bbc-four/
CATEGORIES:Astronomie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20241111T231500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20241111T234500
DTSTAMP:20260418T082255
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SUMMARY:The Sky at Night – Ancestral Skies (TV BBC Four)
DESCRIPTION:The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. \nThe show had the same permanent presenter\, Patrick Moore\, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013. The latter date was a posthumous broadcast\, which followed Moore’s death on 9 December 2012. This made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history. Many early episodes are missing\, either because the tapes were wiped\, thrown out\, or because the episode was broadcast live and never recorded in the first place. \nBeginning with the 3 February 2013 edition\, the show was co-presented by Lucie Green and Chris Lintott. Since December 2013 Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been a presenter. The programme’s opening and closing theme music is “At the Castle Gate”\, from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande\, written in 1905 by Jean Sibelius\, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. \nThis episode:\nThis month\, The Sky at Night teams up with BBC Ideas to discover the secrets of archaeology and astronomy and to reflect on our ancestral skies. Throughout history and across the world\, humanity has looked up and marvelled at the night sky. From ancient civilizations who were guided by the sun\, moon and stars\, to modern astronomers uncovering the universe’s history\, we have always found deep meaning in our dark skies. But is modern civilisation putting this important link at risk? Out on Cornwall’s beautiful Bodmin Moor\, George Dransfield meets up with archaeoastronomer Carolyn Kennett at an ancient archaeological site. The Goodaver stone circle is steeped in history\, but it has been cut off from the public and researchers like Carolyn for decades. But times are changing. The site will open to the public in November\, and Carolyn and fellow archaeoastronomers are finally able to assess the stones against the horizon and understand how they are aligned to the sun\, moon and stars. \nWhat new stories about ancient peoples and their relationship to the night sky will be discovered? Chris Lintott and Maggie Aderin-Pocock are also finding out about archaeology in Cambridge – but not necessarily the archaeology you would expect. At the Whipple Museum of the History of Science\, Maggie links up with Australian space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman to look at what we should be preserving of our history in space so far. From satellites to moon landing sites\, what will future generations want to see to help them understand our early history of our journey into space? Meanwhile\, Chris heads to the Department of Archaeology to find out about the surprising and fascinating field of Galactic Archaeology\, which takes inspiration from archaeology to try and solve the mystery of our galaxy’s history – using only what we can see today. \nChris meets anthropologist and evolutionary biologist Professor Robert Foley and astrophysicist Dr Payel Das\, who are part of a team that has been using phylogenetic trees – models normally used for evolution – for modelling the evolution of galaxies. Each generation of stars within a galaxy forms from material polluted with elements produced by previous generations\, opening up the possibility of understanding their shared history. Finally\, Pete Lawrence is at the Exmoor Dark Skies Festival\, where he is meeting Jo Richardson. While Pete waits for night to fall\, he talks to Jo about the importance of maintaining our view of the night sky and how modern lighting is affecting the health and well-being of humans and other animals. But will the clouds clear and provide the spectacular view dark skies sites can offer? Don’t miss this captivating exploration of our shared history and the stars\, as we discover where archaeology and astronomy meet to illuminate the profound connections that shape our understanding of both the universe and ourselves! \nLinks:\nThe Sky at Night
URL:https://www.a3veen.nl/event/the-sky-at-night-ancestral-skies-tv-bbc-four/
CATEGORIES:Astronomie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240909T230000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240909T233000
DTSTAMP:20260418T082255
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SUMMARY:The Sky at Night - 2075: Our Place in Space (TV BBC Four)
DESCRIPTION:The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. \nThe show had the same permanent presenter\, Patrick Moore\, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013. The latter date was a posthumous broadcast\, which followed Moore’s death on 9 December 2012. This made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history. Many early episodes are missing\, either because the tapes were wiped\, thrown out\, or because the episode was broadcast live and never recorded in the first place. \nBeginning with the 3 February 2013 edition\, the show was co-presented by Lucie Green and Chris Lintott. Since December 2013 Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been a presenter. The programme’s opening and closing theme music is “At the Castle Gate”\, from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande\, written in 1905 by Jean Sibelius\, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. \nThis episode:\nThe Sky at Night is embarking on a journey into the future\, as we explore how space will revolutionise life on Earth over the next 50 years. As humanity’s reach extends into the cosmos\, we face unprecedented challenges\, from redefining what it means to be an astronaut\, to confronting our own space junk\, to dealing with the impact of life in space on our earth-adapted bodies. With privileged early access to a groundbreaking new report from the Royal Society on humanity’s future in space\, the Sky at Night team are on a mission to find our destiny among the stars – our place in space. \nThe criteria for becoming an astronaut are famously tough. But if we want more people to go to space\, maybe it’s time to start challenging that. That’s what the European Space Agency are doing with their pioneering study Fly!\, which aims to figure out if someone with a physical disability can live and work in space. At the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne\, presenter Chris Lintott meets one of the newest members of ESA’s astronaut reserve: John McFall. John is already a medal-winning Paralympian and orthopaedic surgeon and – as if that wasn’t enough – he is now the first recruit to the Fly! study. Chris discovers what’s involved in John’s extensive and gruelling training\, and finds out what his hopes are for improving access to space. \nTraining for space travel is one thing\, but living on the moon or Mars is a whole new level for humanity. Our bodies are used to gravity\, and being in environments with less gravity than Earth can make them go a bit haywire. At the Royal Society in London\, Maggie Aderin-Pocock meets up with space medicine expert Professor Kevin Fong to find out all about the challenges of keeping humans healthy in space. What would an astronaut on Mars do in a medical emergency? What happens to our bones\, muscles and organs if we are without Earth’s gravity for a long time? And could a baby be born in space? \nWhile Maggie and Kevin unpack those mind-bending questions\, George Dransfield heads to Astroscale in Oxfordshire\, a company who are coming up with clever ways to take out space trash. There are already 130 million pieces of space debris in orbit around our planet\, and that number is ticking up. George meets up with Dr Mekhi Dhesi to learn about Astroscale’s clever missions to clean up space junk – including ELSA-M\, a spacecraft which uses magnets to tow defunct satellites out of orbit\, and Cosmic\, a spacecraft with a robot arm to grab onto debris. \nOur increasing dependence on satellites isn’t just producing a lot of space junk though\, it’s also becoming a nuisance for amateur astronomers around the world. Thankfully\, our resident astronomer Pete Lawrence has some clever tips and tricks for telling satellites and meteors apart\, and using smart telescopes to remove satellite trails from deep sky images. \nFinally\, back at the Royal Society\, Maggie sits down with Professor Suzie Imber\, planetary scientist and co-chair of the groundbreaking Space: 2075 report. Together\, they unpack some of the biggest questions about our journey into the cosmos over the next 50 years. How do we make sure space benefits us all\, including those of us still down here on Earth? Should we be concerned about the commercialisation of space travel? And will there really be people on Mars by 2075? \nLinks:\nThe Sky at Night
URL:https://www.a3veen.nl/event/the-sky-at-night-2075-our-place-in-space-tv-bbc-four/
CATEGORIES:Astronomie
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240812T232500
DTSTAMP:20260418T082255
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SUMMARY:The Sky at Night - Nicky\, NASA and the Next Frontier (TV BBC Four)
DESCRIPTION:The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. \nThe show had the same permanent presenter\, Patrick Moore\, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013. The latter date was a posthumous broadcast\, which followed Moore’s death on 9 December 2012. This made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history. Many early episodes are missing\, either because the tapes were wiped\, thrown out\, or because the episode was broadcast live and never recorded in the first place. \nBeginning with the 3 February 2013 edition\, the show was co-presented by Lucie Green and Chris Lintott. Since December 2013 Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been a presenter. The programme’s opening and closing theme music is “At the Castle Gate”\, from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande\, written in 1905 by Jean Sibelius\, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. \nThis episode:\nIn this Sky at Night special\, the team talk to Dr Nicola Fox\, NASA’s head of science\, whose life began in the UK. Presenter Chris Lintott chats to Nicky about her early years growing up in Hitchin in Hertfordshire and discovers how she fell in love with the stars. Maggie Aderin-Pocock takes Nicky on a trip down memory lane. Both women studied physics at Imperial College London from the late 80s to early 90s. As they revisit familiar haunts\, they discuss their experiences\, and Maggie finds out about Nicky’s love of astrophysics\, the challenges she overcame and how she landed a dream job at NASA. Along the way\, Maggie and Nicky chat about how the university and science have changed and how new technology and deeper understanding are fuelling the missions for which Nicky is now responsible. As they come across familiar places\, nostalgia hits and the two women unleash their inner child. Finally\, Chris and Nicky discuss her role as the associate administrator for the science mission directorate at NASA\, and Nicky reveals what the exciting plans for future missions may reveal. \nLinks:\nThe Sky at Night
URL:https://www.a3veen.nl/event/the-sky-at-night-nicky-nasa-and-the-next-frontier-tv-bbc-four/
CATEGORIES:Astronomie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240708T230000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240708T233000
DTSTAMP:20260418T082255
CREATED:20240708T101451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240708T101816Z
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SUMMARY:The Sky at Night - Webb Telescope: The Story So Far (TV BBC Four / BBC iPlayer)
DESCRIPTION:The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. \nThe show had the same permanent presenter\, Patrick Moore\, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013. The latter date was a posthumous broadcast\, which followed Moore’s death on 9 December 2012. This made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history. Many early episodes are missing\, either because the tapes were wiped\, thrown out\, or because the episode was broadcast live and never recorded in the first place. \nBeginning with the 3 February 2013 edition\, the show was co-presented by Lucie Green and Chris Lintott. Since December 2013 Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been a presenter. The programme’s opening and closing theme music is “At the Castle Gate”\, from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande\, written in 1905 by Jean Sibelius\, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. \nThis episode:\nIn July 2022\, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) released its first images. They were visually stunning\, and it was clear they provided more detail of stars\, galaxies and planets than ever before. But for the scientists waiting on the data\, this was just the beginning of their journey to discover what the new telescope would reveal. Since then\, they have been working hard and publishing papers on all the data JWST has been sending back. \nTwo years ago\, just after the first images were released\, Chris Lintott set off on a road trip to meet some of the scientists that were excitedly waiting on the first data. He wanted to find out what they hoped it could reveal. To mark the second anniversary Chris\, along with fellow presenters Maggie Aderin-Pocock and George Dransfield\, headed off to meet scientists old and new\, to find out what the Webb Telescope has told us so far. \nChris gives us a run-down of the highs and lows the Webb Telescope has been through and the other discoveries it has made. Maggie is off to Bristol University to revisit Dr Hannah Wakeford who has been using JWST data to reveal what interesting chemicals exoplanet atmospheres contain. \nGeorge meets Professor Leigh Fletcher at the University of Leicester. When Chris met him two years ago\, only one JWST image of Jupiter had been released. Now\, he has data from all four of the outer planets of the solar system\, and they have all thrown up surprises. JWST has revealed new jet streams on Jupiter and provided a greater understanding of its Galilean moons. Seasonal changes on Saturn have now been documented\, and Uranus and Neptune have thrown up quirks that need another few years of work to understand. \nChris also visits the University of Cambridge to meet Dr Sandro Tacchella\, who has been part of a team looking back at some of the earliest galaxies. He explains what new light the JWST data can shed on ancient stars\, and what that can reveal about how our cosmos formed after the Big Bang. \nFinally\, our resident astronomer Pete Lawrence guides us through what there is to see in this month’s night sky\, and how you too can look at some of the same targets as the James Webb Space Telescope – just not quite in the same level of detail! \nLinks:\nThe Sky at Night
URL:https://www.a3veen.nl/event/the-sky-at-night-webb-telescope-the-story-so-far-tv-bbc-four-bbc-iplayer/
CATEGORIES:Astronomie,TV
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240610T230000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240610T233000
DTSTAMP:20260418T082255
CREATED:20240610T075752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T142817Z
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SUMMARY:The Sky at Night - Cosmic Ghosts (TV BBC Four)
DESCRIPTION:The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. \nThe show had the same permanent presenter\, Patrick Moore\, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013. The latter date was a posthumous broadcast\, which followed Moore’s death on 9 December 2012. This made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history. Many early episodes are missing\, either because the tapes were wiped\, thrown out\, or because the episode was broadcast live and never recorded in the first place. \nBeginning with the 3 February 2013 edition\, the show was co-presented by Lucie Green and Chris Lintott. Since December 2013 Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been a presenter. The programme’s opening and closing theme music is “At the Castle Gate”\, from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande\, written in 1905 by Jean Sibelius\, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. \nThis episode:\nThis month\, The Sky at Night has a spooky twist. Across the universe\, there are hidden objects that we can’t see\, but astronomers and scientists still believe they’re out there. To find out how we know that these mysterious objects exist\, the team are going ghost-hunting. Cosmic ghost-hunting. \nProf Chris Lintott and Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock are at Provan Hall\, one of the oldest buildings in Glasgow and the site of several supposed ghost sightings across its 550-year history. But they aren’t looking for anything supernatural. Instead\, they’re meeting the scientists and astronomers trying to solve some of the universe’s greatest mysteries by finding new ways to sense what surrounds us in the cosmos. \nIn the medieval rooms of Provan Hall\, Chris meets Dr Olivia Jones from the UK Astronomy Centre and discovers how a tool often employed by ghost hunters is actually great for finding objects hidden in the dust of the cosmos. He also meets Prof Tessa Baker from the University of Portsmouth\, who shows him how ripples in space-time are helping scientists to detect new\, unseen cosmic events. And while scanning the house for spooky sounds\, Maggie hears a voice from the past\, which leads her to uncover the wonderful work of Vera Rubin – a trailblazing astronomer who helped to prove the existence of dark matter. \nAcross the country\, and over a kilometre further below the Earth’s surface\, guest presenter Prof Chamkaur Ghag is at the Boulby Underground Laboratory. While there\, he discovers how the incredible research site has changed since Patrick Moore and The Sky at Night team visited 20 years ago and meets some of the Boulby team who are working on the hunt for ghostly dark matter particles. \nMeanwhile\, Pete Lawrence is at the Bedford School Observatory to show us how to find and photograph inky\, ghost-like objects in the sky known as dark nebulae\, and to tell us what to look out for in the night sky over the next month. \nLinks:\nThe Sky at Night
URL:https://www.a3veen.nl/event/the-sky-at-night-cosmic-ghosts-tv-bbc-four/
CATEGORIES:Astronomie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240513T230000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240513T233000
DTSTAMP:20260418T082255
CREATED:20240513T080014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T080638Z
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SUMMARY:The Sky at Night - Hiding in Starlight (TV BBC Four)
DESCRIPTION:The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. \nThe show had the same permanent presenter\, Patrick Moore\, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013. The latter date was a posthumous broadcast\, which followed Moore’s death on 9 December 2012. This made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history. Many early episodes are missing\, either because the tapes were wiped\, thrown out\, or because the episode was broadcast live and never recorded in the first place. Beginning with the 3 February 2013 edition\, the show was co-presented by Lucie Green and Chris Lintott. Since December 2013 Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been a presenter. The programme’s opening and closing theme music is “At the Castle Gate”\, from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande\, written in 1905 by Jean Sibelius\, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. \nThis episode:\nTotal solar eclipses\, like the one seen last month in North America\, allow us to see details of the Sun that can’t be seen at any other time. So\, this month\, The Sky at Night team looks at how scientists are creating eclipses on demand and discovering the secrets that can be revealed hidden in that starlight\, including habitable planets like our own. Maggie Aderin-Pocock travels to Belgium\, where the European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission is going through its final testing stages. This groundbreaking mission aims to fly two satellites together in formation\, with one satellite acting like the moon during an eclipse\, blocking out the central light of the Sun. This allows the other satellite to image the corona\, the Sun’s outer atmosphere as seen during an eclipse. Maggie meets Dr Damien Galano from ESA\, who tells her all about the challenges of the mission and what it hopes to achieve. Maggie then goes on to meet satellite operations test engineer Marie Beeckman\, who takes her up close to the satellites to find out how the testing is going. Meanwhile\, Pete Lawrence is out and about in Bristol\, meeting a team of scientists and amateur astronomers. He discovers how input from the amateurs was crucial to the discovery of two exoplanets colliding\, which had caused the dimming of a star. Finally\, Chris Lintott is in Glasgow meeting Professor Beth Biller from Edinburgh University to discover why it is only by creating eclipses of distant stars that we could potentially find exoplanets more like our own. And as ever\, our resident astronomer\, Pete Lawrence\, guides us through what can be seen this coming month\, with a particular focus on the rewards of viewing in daylight – but as always\, he reminds us of the need to take care when doing this.\n\nLinks:\nThe Sky at Night
URL:https://www.a3veen.nl/event/the-sky-at-night-hiding-in-starlight-tv-bbc-four/
CATEGORIES:Astronomie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240408T223000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240408T230000
DTSTAMP:20260418T082255
CREATED:20240407T234651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T204431Z
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SUMMARY:The Sky at Night - Space Rock Return (TV BBC Four)
DESCRIPTION:The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. \nThe show had the same permanent presenter\, Patrick Moore\, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013. The latter date was a posthumous broadcast\, which followed Moore’s death on 9 December 2012. This made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history. Many early episodes are missing\, either because the tapes were wiped\, thrown out\, or because the episode was broadcast live and never recorded in the first place. \nBeginning with the 3 February 2013 edition\, the show was co-presented by Lucie Green and Chris Lintott. Since December 2013 Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been a presenter. The programme’s opening and closing theme music is “At the Castle Gate”\, from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande\, written in 1905 by Jean Sibelius\, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. \nThis episode:\nThe Sky at Night is back for a brand new series\, and this month it is delving into Nasa’s OSIRIS-REx mission\, which last year brought back a sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. The team are finding out what it takes to analyse the tiny pieces of space rock\, what they can tell us about how Earth became the planet it is today and may even tell us about the origins of life! \nWe kick off the episode with a catch-up on some of the astronomical news highlights since we have been off air and a quick history of asteroids. Chris Lintott then meets Professor Sara Russell and Dr Ashley King from the Natural History Museum in London\, who were both involved with the Osiris Rex mission to Bennu. Chris discovers the challenges it encountered\, from unexpected landing surfaces to problems opening the sample jar once it had returned. Chris then goes on to hold a piece of the asteroid itself and finds out about Sara and Ashley’s work on the space rock and the complex picture it is giving of Bennu’s history. By understanding the journey the asteroid has been on\, they can learn more about the conditions in which the Earth formed and how our planet became the water rich place it is today. \nMeanwhile\, Maggie Aderin-Pocock heads to Diamond Light Source to meet Dr Sharif Ahmed. He explains how the very large machine housed there produces light 10 billion times brighter than the sun\, from which powerful X-rays are created\, allowing scientists to analyse the very smallest of samples. \nFinally\, George Dransfield heads to Royal Holloway University to meet Dr Queenie Chan\, who is looking for tiny bubbles of liquid in the space rock samples\, in which she may discover the secrets of how the building blocks of life could have formed. \nAnd as ever\, our resident astronomer\, Pete Lawrence\, is back to tell us what can be seen in this month’s night sky. \nLinks:\nThe Sky at Night \nTag: skyatnight
URL:https://www.a3veen.nl/event/the-sky-at-night-tv-bbc-four-20240408/
CATEGORIES:Astronomie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20231113T230000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20231113T233000
DTSTAMP:20260418T082255
CREATED:20231113T113109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T142952Z
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SUMMARY:The Sky at Night - The Sky at Night Meets The Infinite Monkey Cage (TV BBC Four)
DESCRIPTION:The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. \nThe show had the same permanent presenter\, Patrick Moore\, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013. The latter date was a posthumous broadcast\, which followed Moore’s death on 9 December 2012. This made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history. Many early episodes are missing\, either because the tapes were wiped\, thrown out\, or because the episode was broadcast live and never recorded in the first place. \nBeginning with the 3 February 2013 edition\, the show was co-presented by Lucie Green and Chris Lintott. Since December 2013 Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been a presenter. The programme’s opening and closing theme music is “At the Castle Gate”\, from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande\, written in 1905 by Jean Sibelius\, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. \nThis episode:\nIn this special episode to mark the end of another season of The Sky at Night\, we team up with BBC Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage to talk all things amateur astronomy. Join Maggie\, Chris and Pete\, alongside Professor Brian Cox and comedians Robin Ince and Dara Ó Briain\, in front of a live audience at the BBC’s Radio Theatre. Together they discuss their love of stargazing and share their top tips and favourite kit for looking up at the night sky. \nOutside the Radio Theatre\, Pete hosts a Star Party. He joins fellow amateur astronomers hoping to get views of the Moon\, as well as the giant planets Saturn and Jupiter\, using binoculars\, telescopes – and the naked eye. But will the clouds part for long enough? \nWe look back at 66 years of stargazing – and cloudy skies – with The Sky at Night\, including some very familiar\, but much younger\, faces. And of course\, Sir Patrick Moore. \nPete invites Professor Leigh Fletcher from the University of Leicester to the Star Party. Leigh explains how images from amateur astronomers on Earth have been used to direct the camera onboard Nasa’s Juno mission to Jupiter. And amateurs are playing a critical role in processing the data and images sent back from this gas giant. \nAnd Dr George Dransfield meets Dr Martin Archer from Imperial College London to discover how we can get involved with space science – even when it’s cloudy. Martin is involved in a Nasa project called Harp\, which is asking citizen scientists to listen to outer space. Martin took inspiration from his previous career as a radio DJ to convert plasma waves that travel through space into sound waves. By analysing these sound waves\, we can help scientists work out the impact these plasma waves might have on us here on Earth. \nLinks:\nThe Sky at Night \nThe Infinite Monkey Cage – The Monkeys meet The Sky At Night
URL:https://www.a3veen.nl/event/the-sky-at-night-the-sky-at-night-meets-the-infinite-monkey-cage-tv-bbc-four/
CATEGORIES:Astronomie,Cultuur,TV
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20231009T230000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20231009T235800
DTSTAMP:20260418T082255
CREATED:20231009T083131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T200715Z
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SUMMARY:The Sky at Night : Question Time Special - (TV BBC Four)
DESCRIPTION:The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. \nThe show had the same permanent presenter\, Patrick Moore\, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013. The latter date was a posthumous broadcast\, which followed Moore’s death on 9 December 2012. This made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history. Many early episodes are missing\, either because the tapes were wiped\, thrown out\, or because the episode was broadcast live and never recorded in the first place. \nBeginning with the 3 February 2013 edition\, the show was co-presented by Lucie Green and Chris Lintott. Since December 2013 Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been a presenter. The programme’s opening and closing theme music is “At the Castle Gate”\, from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande\, written in 1905 by Jean Sibelius\, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. \nThis episode:\nA special Question Time edition of the programme\, recorded at the University of Exeter as part of the British Science Association’s Science Festival. The panel is chaired by science journalist Dallas Campbell and made up of The Sky at Night presenters Chris Lintott\, Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Pete Lawrence\, who are joined on stage by Dr Claire Davies\, who studies star and planet formation\, and Dr Hannah Wakeford\, who specialises in the atmospheres of exoplanets. The panel answer questions covering all things astronomical from The Sky at Night’s avid viewers and from audience members. We also hear about updates from the Voyager missions to life on other planets and discover where the panel would want to send future space probes if they had the chance. \nLinks:\nThe Sky at Night
URL:https://www.a3veen.nl/event/the-sky-at-night-question-time-special-tv-bbc-four-20231009/
CATEGORIES:Astronomie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230911T223000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230911T230000
DTSTAMP:20260418T082255
CREATED:20230911T085936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T090514Z
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SUMMARY:The Sky at Night : The Very Large Telescope (TV BBC Four)
DESCRIPTION:The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. \nThe show had the same permanent presenter\, Patrick Moore\, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013. The latter date was a posthumous broadcast\, which followed Moore’s death on 9 December 2012. This made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history. Many early episodes are missing\, either because the tapes were wiped\, thrown out\, or because the episode was broadcast live and never recorded in the first place. Beginning with the 3 February 2013 edition\, the show was co-presented by Lucie Green and Chris Lintott. Since December 2013 Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been a presenter. The programme’s opening and closing theme music is “At the Castle Gate”\, from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande\, written in 1905 by Jean Sibelius\, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. \nThis episode:\nThe Very Large Telescope – or VLT – has been responsible for some of the greatest astronomical breakthroughs of all time\, discoveries that have resulted in Nobel Prizes and transformed our understanding of the cosmos. The Sky at Night team travels to the heart of Chile’s Atacama Desert to explore one of the most advanced observatories in the world – a site at the forefront of ground-based optical astronomy. \nThe Very Large Telescope\, or VLT\, is located at the Paranal Observatory\, in the Atacama Desert\, one of the driest places on earth apart from the North and South Poles\, which makes it the perfect place for an observatory because there is little moisture in the air distorting the view of the stars. \nThe VLT is actually made up of four main telescopes that can be used individually or have their observing power combined. Each telescope contains a huge 8.2 metre mirror at its heart\, designed to capture as much light as possible\, and the images obtained from the ground are almost as sharp as those obtained in space. \nIn this episode\, Maggie meets some of the scientists\, engineers and astronomers working at this extraordinary site. Her journey begins by meeting the head of maintenance\, support and engineering\, Maxime Boccas. He is leading the operation of something that only happens once every two years – the cleaning of the mirrors. Maxime explains the incredible way these huge and delicate mirrors are cleaned and maintained – including the way aluminium particles are vaporised to create perfectly reflective surfaces. \nSomeone using the incredible telescopes for their work is astronomer Dr Joe Anderson. Along with other scientists\, Joe uses the VLT’s specialised instruments – devices that analyse light from the universe\, helping scientists to see and better understand the cosmos. Joe explains that the VLT is the world’s most advanced visible-light astronomical observatory\, and its huge mirrors and range of instruments mean astronomers can get readings across a broad range of spectrums\, which has led to a lot of new discoveries regarding exoplanets\, black holes and gamma ray bursts. \nThe VLT is a huge site in the middle of a desert\, so Maggie next meets Vanessa Peidro\, the head of logistics and responsible for maintaining not just the buildings and vehicles but also managing food\, water and other facilities that cater for 150-160 people on site at any one time. \nMaggie then meets physicist Francoise Delplancke-Stroebele and her colleague Frederic Gonte. They are leading the VLT’s next upgrade\, Gravity+\, and explain how the four massive telescopes at the VLT work in unison by combining light waves in a technique called interferometry. This technique is used by astronomer Dr Abigail Frost\, who explains how interferometry helped in the recent discovery of a rare so-called ‘vampire star’. \nThe VLT is still a world-class observatory with cutting-edge research\, but the site will soon transform into an even more powerful observatory. The Extremely Large Telescope\, or ELT\, is currently in construction. Maggie gets a sneak peek at what will be\, when it’s completed in five years’ time\, the biggest optical telescope in the world. Built on top of a mountain and the size of a cathedral\, the ELT has to be one of the most spectacular and complex feats of engineering in the world. \nLinks:\nThe Sky at Night
URL:https://www.a3veen.nl/event/the-sky-at-night-the-very-large-telescope-tv-bbc-four/
CATEGORIES:Astronomie,Cultuur,TV
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230814T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230814T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T082255
CREATED:20230814T165855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230814T173236Z
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SUMMARY:The Sky at Night - Black Holes: Searching for the Unknown (TV BBC Four)
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. \nThe show had the same permanent presenter\, Patrick Moore\, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013. The latter date was a posthumous broadcast\, which followed Moore’s death on 9 December 2012. This made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history. Many early episodes are missing\, either because the tapes were wiped\, thrown out\, or because the episode was broadcast live and never recorded in the first place. \nBeginning with the 3 February 2013 edition\, the show was co-presented by Lucie Green and Chris Lintott. Since December 2013 Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been a presenter. The programme’s opening and closing theme music is “At the Castle Gate”\, from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande\, written in 1905 by Jean Sibelius\, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. \nThis episode:\n \nThere has never been a more exciting time to study one of the most mysterious phenomena in space. This month\, The Sky at Night team investigate the science of black holes and discover the incredible techniques being used to uncover their secrets\, and even help us answer bigger questions about our universe. \nChris meets with Dr Becky Smethurst at the University of Oxford to learn how a black hole forms from the death of a star. He also investigates whether black holes deserve their menacing portrayal in popular culture. He describes what would happen if we got too close to the event horizon and how black holes might actually play a role in lighting up the universe. \nMaggie explores how scientists are trying to understand more about black holes by meeting Dr Tessa Baker\, who works on LIGO. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory is one of the world’s largest physics experiments and is not your usual type of observatory; instead of looking – it listens. The next observation run has just started\, and Maggie learns what they are hoping to find. \nChris meets with Dr James Nightingale\, who has recently discovered one of the largest black holes in space using brand new computational technology and the age-old technique of gravitational lensing. They explore the relationship between black holes and galaxies\, as it is thought that within the centre of every galaxy lies a supermassive black hole. \nWe visit our in-house stargazing expert\, Pete Lawrence\, who shows us how to find a black hole in the sky\, and Saturn at its brightest and best. \nFinally\, George Dransfield visits Dr Silke Weinfurtner at her black hole laboratory\, where they are simulating features of black holes here on Earth. They use fluid systems to perform experiments to try to determine if phenomena we think occur around black holes could actually happen. \nLinks:\nThe Sky at Night
URL:https://www.a3veen.nl/event/the-sky-at-night-black-holes-searching-for-the-unknown-tv-bbc-four/
CATEGORIES:Astronomie,Cultuur,TV
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