We sat down with Jim Wild, Professor of Space Physics at Lancaster University, to find out about space weather and the Sun's far-reaching influence on the planets of the Solar System.

How will solar activity will affect missions to the Moon and Mars?

Did the Apollo astronauts have a lucky escape?

And does Hollywood ever get it right?

This podcast was recorded at the Bluedot Festival 2022, Jodrell Bank Observatory, UK.

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Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune continue their planetary parade, while a comet, 107P Wilson Harrington, also makes an appearance as we tell you all the best things for stargazers to see this week.

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Neptune, the Pleiades and asteroid that used to be a comet are all visible in this week's night sky.

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The full moon offers a great 'stargazing' opportunity this week, with asteroid Vesta also making an appearance.

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This week, we take a look at the full Moon – which is a supermoon this month – as it tracks its way across the night sky.

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A parade of planets, Earthshine and a stellar occultation, as we run down what you can see in the night sky this week.

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Could there be life beyond Earth? Microbial life existing elsewhere in the Universe seems likely, but what about an intelligent civilisation? How are scientists searching for them, and what would it mean for planet Earth if we made contact with an alien species? In this episode, the SETI Institute’s Franck Marchis talks astrobiology, exoplanets and what he really thinks about UFOs.

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Presenter of The Sky at Night, Maggie Aderin Pocock, talks us through her career and her lifelong obsession with the Moon

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Supermoons, stargazing with Antares and a planetary parade in this week's episode, where we tell you the best things in the night sky this week.

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