Stargazing Live Episode 3

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the final episode of the first season of the incredible three part series hosted Stargazing Live with Brian Cox and Dara Ó Briain.

In this third instalment Brian talks to the astronauts on board the International Space Station, and the team talk to a European astronaut. Mark gives amateur stargazers a chance to watch the Quadrantid Meteor Shower, Liz looks at the night skies from beautiful Hawaii and shows us some of the telescopes.

Stargazing Live Episode 2

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the second episode of the incredible three part BBC series hosted Stargazing Live by Brian Cox and Dara Ó Briain.

The aim of this series was to bring the Universe closer to our home.

In this episode, Liz shows us images of the sun, Brian explains how we know where every planet will be at a certain time, and Liz talks about blackouts from Coronal mass ejections (CMEs). We are also shown images of the Andromeda Galaxy, our nearest neighbour.

Stargazing Live - Episode 1

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the first episode of a BBC series devoted to Astronomy which aired in January 2011 - Stargazing Live.

Stargazing Live is a British live television program  on astronomy that was first broadcast for three evenings on BBC Two between 3 and 5 January 2011, with a second series broadcast between 16 and 18 January 2012, a third series between 8 and 10 January 2013, a fourth series between 7 and 9 January 2014, a fifth series from March 18 and March 20, 2015, and now between January 12 and January 15, 2016. The series is primarily presented by scientist Brian Cox and comedian and amateur astronomer Dara Ó Briain with support from TV presenter and biochemist Liz Bonnin and astronomer Mark Thompson. It is broadcast from Jodrell Bank Observatory[ and has featured live links from scientific facilities in Hawaii, South Africa, Norway and NASA.

The series is primarily presented by scientist Brian Cox and comedian and amateur astronomer Dara Ó Briain with support from TV presenter and biochemist Liz Bonnin and astronomer Mark Thompson. It is broadcast from Jodrell Bank Observatory[ and has featured live links from scientific facilities in Hawaii, South Africa, Norway and NASA.