Astronomy

After visiting Timbuktu, Michael heads east to the land of nomadic herders, the Wodaabe.

How we came to understand our planet was not at the centre of everything in the cosmos.

Brian, Dara and their guests return to celebrate all things astronomical.

Dara O Briain and Professor Brian Cox take a special look at Mars exploration.

Brian, Dara and their guests return to celebrate all things astronomical.

Dara and Brian reveal how the depths of space can shine a light on the distant past.

Dara and Brian discuss meteors, asteroids and comets and their surprising secrets.

Brian, Dara and their guests return to celebrate all things astronomical.

Sir Patrick Moore discusses the ice giants Uranus and Neptune.

As Mars returns to the night skies, Sir Patrick Moore discusses its four faces.

How a new generation of supertelescopes are helping astronomers explore the universe.

Sir Patrick Moore visits the South Downs Planetarium.

How the quantum world of the supersmall shaped the vast universe we inhabit today.

Brian Cox takes on the story of the force that sculpts the entire universe - gravity.

Professor Jim Al-Khalili sets out to discover what the universe might actually look like.

Looking at how asteroids are responsible for both life and death on our planet.

A journey into the dizzying world of cosmic bounces, rips and multiple universes.

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