Season 7
12 episodes
23 min. per episode
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A passionate astronomer battles personal demons while uncovering cosmic mysteries, revealing the profound connection between the universe and human emotion.
Episodes
1963 promises to be an exciting year for astronomy and space exploration. Patrick Moore forecasts some of the possible highlights.
A Russian astronomer has suggested the 2 moons of Mars might be artificial space stations. Patrick discusses the peculiarities of the Red Planet's satellites and whether they might be used as staging points for future exploration of Mars.
Patrick Moore and Howard Miles Director of the Artificial Satellite Section of the British Astronomical Association discuss the American space probe Mariner II and its remarkable new findings about the planet Venus.
Patrick talks about the exploding star or nova in the constellation of Hercules which was recently discovered by an amateur astronomer in Sweden, and discusses the sequence of events which leads to these tremendous celestial catastrophes.
Patrick discusses with Anthony Michaelis how over the years many writers' fantasies, like Bishop Godwin's voyage to the Moon from 1657, are now becoming reality, and whether other theories of science fiction, may become fact.
Astronomy programme.