Looking like a bright red star, Mars can be seen clearly in the south-west sky after dark. Patrick Moore explores the myths and legends surrounding Mars and takes a voyage over its surface.
Jupiter is a brilliant object in the evening sky. The Sun's largest planet, even a small telescope shows details upon its disk. But now the Pioneer and Voyager spacecraft have provided new insight into Jupiter and its family of moons.
Cosmic rays are not rays at all, but high-speed particles from space which bombard the earth from all directions all the time. Patrick Moore is joined by one of the world's leading experts in this field: Professor Arnold Wolfendale.
Dr. Ian McHardy , of Southampton University, joins Patrick Moore to give the latest on BL Lacertae, the object found in the northern constellation of Lacerta, the Lizard.
Patrick explains what can be seen of Saturn, the ringed planet, now well in view during the hours of darkness, rather low in the southern sky. He also gives the latest results from the spacecraft which have studied Saturn from close range.
Patrick visits Baikonur, the site from which all the important Soviet space missions have been launched and until recently out of bounds to westerners. And talks to leading Soviet astronomer Prof Alexander Boyarchuk.
Polaris is probably the most famous star in the night sky. Patrick discusses not only its position but also its nature, pointing out that Polaris is far more luminous than the Sun.
A team of astronomers have found what seems to be the most luminous object in the universe, some 16,000 million light years away. Patrick Moore discusses the news with his guests.
Although the Hubble Space Telescope is sometimes regarded as a failure, it is making significant discoveries. Patrick Moore finds out about the early results.
Patrick Moore reports on the remarkable discovery of planet moving around a neutron star. He is joined by the astronomers Professor Andrew Lyne, Setnam Shemar and Matthew Bailes of Jodrell Bank.