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An discussion on astronomy with Professor Robert Kirshner of Harvard University

A discussion on astronomy with Professor Robert Kirshner of Harvard University. The former NASA astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman and MIT professor of aerospace engineering.presents a series of programmes. In the first he explains why having telescopes in space is helping our exploration of the heavens, the most famous being the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

Space

The eclipses, spacecraft and astronauts changing our view of the Universe

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

A pair of scientific sleuths answer your perplexing questions. Ask them anything!

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