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BBC-Horizon: "Seeing Stars" to Feature Webb, VLT and more.

  • 15-08-2011 10:58am
    #1
    Turtwig
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    Set your boxes and reminders folks 21:00 tonight.:)
    Around the world, a new generation of astronomers are hunting for the most mysterious objects in the universe. Young stars, black holes, even other forms of life.
    They have created a dazzling new set of super-telescopes that promise to rewrite the story of the heavens.
    This film follows the men and women who are pushing the limits of science and engineering in some of the most extreme environments on earth. But most strikingly of all, no-one really knows what they will find out there.


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  • #2
    emo72
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    taped it. watched it. great show. particularly liked the idea of the neutrino scope at the bottom of the ocean. and then bam! its facing through the earth! ooh didnt see that coming.


  • #3
    Ardent
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    The telescope on top of the Boeing was mad stuff! Watching this programme gave you a feeling that we are entering a golden age of astronomical discovery, what with all the technological advances of recent times. Was good viewing, cheers!


  • #4
    shizz
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    uuuuuuuuugh raging I missed this. Anywhere I can watch it online? Or is it showing again?


  • #5
    Rubecula
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    The Webb space telescope looks awsome, if they do carry on funding it. BUT they will need to ensure they get it right first time as there is no way they can do a repair to it if it is wrong (a la Hubble)

    I can hardly wait to see the results from that big baby.


  • #6
    shizz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,506 ✭✭✭shizz


    For any of you who missed it and live in the UK... :(http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b013pnv4/Horizon_20112012_Seeing_Stars/


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