February 14, 2016
On January 20 2016, two American astronomers made an extraordinary claim - they had found evidence for a ninth planet in our solar...Read more
March 13, 2016
For 50 years we have been sending probes to gather close-up images of the other planets and moons of the solar system. The Sky at ...Read more
April 10, 2016
Chris Lintott and Maggie Aderin-Pocock present a look at black holes, featuring an exclusive interview with Stephen Hawking. The p...Read more
May 8, 2016
May 9 2016 sees one of the astronomical highlights of the year - a transit of Mercury across the sun, the best opportunity to obse...Read more
June 12, 2016
Chris Lintott and Maggie Aderin-Pocock report on a plan to train as many telescopes as possible on the Whirlpool Galaxy. This star...Read more
July 10, 2016
A look behind the scenes of Nasa's project to study Jupiter. As the spacecraft Juno enters Jupiter's orbit, the programme explores...Read more
September 11, 2016
Chris Lintott and Maggie Aderin-Pocock report on the recent discovery of a planet with similar qualities to Earth orbiting Proxima...Read more
October 2, 2016
Chris Lintott and Maggie Aderin-Pocock report on the Rosetta spacecraft as it prepares to crash into the surface of comet 67P Chur...Read more
November 13, 2016
The Sky at Night team investigates the ongoing hunt for life on Mars. It is one of the great scientific questions of our time, but...Read more
December 11, 2016
Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Chris Lintott present a look back at some of the biggest stories in space science of 2016, and see how th...Read more