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Mapping the universe is a colossal challenge! Did you know skills like visualisation & big-picture thinking are commonly reported by dyslexics? Meet people using these traits to explore the stars on this month's Sky at Night. 🌌 Tonight at 11:30pm on BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer
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Shhhh... don't tell anyone, but the #BBCTheSkyatNight team have infiltrated @GCHQ! 🕵🏿‍♀️ Watch Maggie's interview with a real-life spy, now on @BBCiPlayer.
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Is there life on #Enceladus? Saturn's icy moon 🪐 has a sub-surface ocean & plumes of water jetting into space! Out-of-the-box thinking often associated with #dyslexia is helping answer this question. Watch #BBCTheSkyatNight, tonight at 10pm on BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer
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Maggie Aderin is a space scientist. She’s also dyslexic. And she’s not alone… 🚀Join her as she meets fellow astronomers to discover how dyslexia shapes the way they think, work, and explore the universe, on Monday 12th October on BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer
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What’s the coldest place in the cosmos? The answer – during this experiment, when atoms are cooled to almost absolute zero🌨️! Catch the latest episode of #BBCTheSkyatNight @BBCiPlayer, to find out how this chilly tech unlocks the secrets of the quantum universe #Engineering
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Neutrinos - the closest thing to nothing you can imagine. Tune in to #BBCTheSkyatNight tonight at 10pm on BBC4 and @BBCiPlayer to meet the team in France detecting these 'ghost’ particles with a gigantic underwater 🌊 telescope – a cubic km in size! @km3net #Engineering
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Who knew this @NASA telescope started out as a spying tool for the CIA?! The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope could now bring us closer to finding life on other planets 🛸. Catch the next episode of #BBCTheSkyAtNight, Mon 14th Sept 10pm on BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer #Telescope #Engineering
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What's even weirder than a black hole? There are so many fantastic theories about these galactic monsters & white holes are just one of them. Learn more about the strange world of #BlackHoles with @ProfBrianCox on #BBCTheSkyAtNight, available now on @BBCiPlayer 🕳️🌌 #Cosmology
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Remember your rebellious phase? Well, the #Cosmos had one too! Watch this month's episode of #BBCTheSkyAtNight to discover how new #Astronomical objects are upending ideas of how #Stars, #Galaxies and #BlackHoles form. Tonight, 11:30pm, BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer #Cosmology #Astrophysics
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An eclipse and a meteor shower in the same month?! 💫 If you're new to stargazing, now is the time to start 🌌 Guest presenter Dr Becky Smethurst is here with her easy guide on this month's #BBCTheSkyAtNight 🪐. Tonight, 10pm, BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer #Saturn #Perseids #Eclipse
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Why does @ProfBrianCox like black holes so much? Learn about the weird and wonderful world of #BlackHoles with @ProfBrianCox on #BBCTheSkyAtNight, Mon 10th Aug 10pm on BBC4 + @BBCiPlayer 🕳️🌌
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What is it that fascinates us about ⚫️ #BlackHoles? Join @ProfBrianCox on this month's episode of #BBCTheSkyAtNight to find out why he's spent a lifetime thinking, talking, and writing about them. 10/08, 10pm on BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer #SpaceScience #Cosmology #Astrophysics
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How can table salt help us find #Alien 👽 life on the icy #moons of #Jupiter and #Saturn 🪐? Tune in to #BBCSkyatNight, tonight at 10pm on #BBC4 and iPlayer to find out all about it. #SpaceScience #Extraterrestrials #SolarSystem
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Sometimes it's the simple things... Join us on the next episode of #BBCSkyatNight to learn how testing a century old hypothesis has brought us closer to finding #Aliens 👽 in our #SolarSystem. #Tonight at 10pm, on #BBC4 & @iPlayer. #SpaceScience #Extraterrestrials
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#Aliens 👽 on #Mars! Well, maybe. A long time ago. Tune into #BBCSkyatNight to discover how the search for life on the Red #Planet might come down to rocks, right here in our backyard. 10pm, 13/07, #BBC4 & @iPlayer. #SpaceScience #Extraterrestrials
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A large enough #SolarStorm could cost lives and trillions of dollars. The @BBCSkyatnight meet the team watching our backs with their eyes on the #skies. Now on @BBCiPlayer ☀️#SpaceScience #SpaceWeather @MetOffice @ESA @NASA @RoyalAstroSoc @imperialcollege @metoffice @SophiaHerod
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New #SpaceMissions are underway to help us better forecast dangerous #SpaceWeather. Join Chris and the @BBCSkyatnight team to discover one of the most daring - #ESAVigil 🛰️ Now on @BBCiPlayer. #SpaceScience @ESA @imperialcollege @RoyalAstroSoc @imperialcollege @metoffice
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Billions of tonnes of plasma racing towards Earth. It sounds like sci‑fi - but it’s just #SpaceWeather. Learn about the #scientists trying to protect us all at 10pm tonight on @BBCSkyatnight, #BBC4 and @BBCiPlayer. @ESA @NASA @RoyalAstroSoc @imperialcollege @metoffice
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The #weather has turned for the worse this week, but rain isn't as bad as it gets! Join #BBCSkyAtNight as we explore a very different kind of forecast. Watch our episode on #SpaceWeather, 10pm, tonight on BBC4 and @BBCiPlayer. @ESA @NASA @RoyalAstroSoc @imperialcollege @metoffice
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On the latest episode of #BBCTheSkyAtNight we visited @jodrellbank, home of the iconic Lovell #RadioTelescope 📡 But this can work in tandem with other telescopes. Learn how scientists are using these networks to better image space debris & asteroids ☄️ on @BBCiPlayer now! #Space
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