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Back to Search#87 The next crewed Moon mission is ready for launch. Let’s preview the historic Artemis II flight, sending humans to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years.
Season 1 Episode 87
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The launch window for Artemis II opens on 6 February 2026. Humans will fly a test mission, swinging around the far side of the moon f…
8 months ago
#86 We all love the Moon, but it hasn’t always been there. Where did it come from, and when did that happen?
Season 1 Episode 86
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The Moon has a history longer than any of the features on Earth, but it isn’t as old as Earth. The Giant Impact hypothesis says that …
9 months ago
#85 Skywatch December 2025. Geminid Meteor Shower, Supermoon vs. Pleiades and Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Season 1 Episode 85
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As the year winds down, let’s take a look at what the night sky has on offer in December 2025. The highlight has to be the Geminid Me…
10 months ago
#84 Before exoplanets comes a protoplanetary disc, we’ve found heavy water in one of these. What does this mean for the history of planetary water?
Season 1 Episode 84
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We’ve detected many exoplanets and exoplanetary stems, they orbit stars in other parts of the galaxy. These planets form the same way…
11 months ago
#83 Two black holes collided a billion light years away, we detected it on Earth just this year, and it was the biggest ever recorded.
Season 1 Episode 83
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A billion light years away, a billion years ago, two black holes spiralled toward each other and collided, we detected its gravitatio…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
#82 Apollo-Soyuz at 50! It’s been a half century since this incredible project. The first international space mission.
Season 1 Episode 82
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In 1975, an incredible and unlikely partnership resulted in the docking of a NASA Apollo capsule and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in Ear…
1 year, 1 month ago
#81 After centuries of Earth’s rotation slowing down, it’s now speeding up and making the days shorter. But you’d never notice.
Season 1 Episode 81
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Earth’s days had been getting longer since observations began. Every century, the length of the day would increase by about two milli…
1 year, 2 months ago
#80 Plants on the Moon. An Australian team of biologists and engineers are really sending a mini greenhouse to the Moon.
Season 1 Episode 80
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An Australian team of botanists and engineers are working on a project that might make or break the future of long term, long distanc…
1 year, 3 months ago
#79 Launched in 1972 for Venus, Kosmos 482 failed to escape Earth orbit — and finally returned in May 2025, after 53 years in space
Season 1 Episode 79
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Kosmos 482, was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, but a technical glitch meant it never made it past Earth …
1 year, 4 months ago
#78 The Andromeda Galaxy is a cosmic neighbour that’s going to collide with our Milky Way Galaxy. Should we panic?
Season 1 Episode 78
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No need to panic. Yet! We’ll be fine for the next 4 or 5 billion years, but Andromeda is heading our way. The Andromeda Galaxy was th…
1 year, 5 months ago