Patrick Moore explains the significance of a new telescope jointly planned by Cambridge University and the Harvard Observatory at Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is being set up in Chile.
Dr Robin Catchpole of the Royal Greenwich Observatory joins Patrick Moore to talk about supernova - the most tremendous outbursts known in nature involving the destruction of a massive star - from which astronomers can learn a great deal.
Patrick Moore discusses newly found bodies in orbit around the sun and asks whether the planetary system could be more extensive than previously believed.