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Seeing Stars Episodes

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    The Aurora

    First broadcast in 2000. The Aurora is caused by solar activity

  2. Interview with Astronaut Jeff Hoffman

    First broadcast in 2000. The astronaut on the prospect of landing on Mars

  3. Probe at Jupiter

    First broadcast in 2000. Latest discoveries from the Galileo mission

  4. Millennial Moon

    First broadcast in 2000. Total eclipse of the Moon - discussion with Robin Scagell

  5. X-ray of the Universe

    First broadcast in 1999. Chandra, a telescope to monitor X-rays coming from space

  6. Transit of Mercury

    First broadcast in 1999. The importance of a transit of Mercury

  7. Martian Dust that Falls to Earth

    First broadcast in 1999. The material from Mars that falls to the Earth

  8. The Weather on Mars

    First broadcast in 1999. Mars Climate Orbiter measures the Martian climate and atmosphere

  9. The Last Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century

    First broadcast in 1999. How to view and photograph partial and total solar eclipses

  10. Impact on Earth?

    First broadcast in 1999. How big a threat to Earth are asteroids and comets?

  11. A Tour of Venus

    First broadcast in 1999. A tour of Venus

  12. Choosing Telescopes

    First broadcast in 1999. Advice on buying a telescope

  13. Unmanned Missions to Mars

    First broadcast in 1999. The invasion of probes to Mars

  14. The Amateur who Finds Planets

    First broadcast in 1999. Amateur astronomer Kevin Apps on discovering new planets

  15. A Tour of Pluto

    First broadcast in 1999. Everything you wanted to know about Pluto

  16. What Happened to the Supernova?

    First broadcast in 1999. The supernova that wasn't seen in medieval times

  17. The Fate of the Sun

    First broadcast in 1998. What will happen to the Sun when it's life comes to an end?

  18. SOHO Satellite

    First broadcast in 1998. The satellite mission set to discover more about solar storms

  19. Mars Probes

    First broadcast in 1998. Update on the Mars Pathfinder mission

  20. Galileo Space Probe

    First broadcast in 1998. The Galileo space probe's discovery about Jupiter and its moons

  21. The Meteorites of Arizona

    First broadcast in 1998. The discovery of 2500 meteorite pieces in an Arizona goldfield

  22. Giant Solar Reflectors

    First broadcast in 1998. How giant solar reflectors could illuminate the Earth

  23. Infrared Space Observatory Satellite

    First broadcast in 1998. The findings of the Infrared Space Observatory satellite

  24. What's Water Doing on Earth?

    First broadcast in 1998. What is water is doing on Earth and elsewhere in space?

  25. A Good Look at the Moon

    First broadcast in 1998. A close-up look at the moon

  26. Pluto

    First broadcast in 1998. What do we know about Pluto?

  27. Eclipses

    First broadcast in 1998. How eclipses help us to understand the sun

  28. Vanishing Planets

    First broadcast in 1997. Occultation is when the moon passes in front of Saturn

  29. Mission to Saturn

    First broadcast in 1997. Examining the Cassini Soltice mission to Saturn and its moons

  30. Congress of the International Astronomical Union

    First broadcast in 1997. Professor Okuda talks about the history of astronomy in Japan

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