Season 20
13 episodes
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A passionate astronomer battles personal demons while uncovering cosmic mysteries, revealing the profound connection between the universe and human emotion.
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The planet Mars is brilliantly visible in the sky at the moment. It has always been regarded as the one planet beyond earth upon which life might exist, and in 1976 we could find out at last.
Everyone has heard of the Pole Star - but how many people can find it, or know its importance? From his observatory at Selsey, Patrick Moore talks about this huge, remote sun which has served to guide navigators for so many centuries.
What is a Black Hole? Nobody can yet be sure; it may be the final state of a very massive star which has collapsed, surrounding itself with a ' forbidden zone' from which not even light can escape. Patrick investigates this mystery.
The rings, easily visible with a small telescope, are now better displayed than they will be for some years to come. Patrick talks about Saturn and describes what the spacecraft Pioneer 11 may tell us when it by-passes the planet in 1979.
Patrick Moore and Dr. Ron Maddison of Keele University discuss some of these lesser-known effects of the Sun on the Earth.
Astronomy programme.