BBC Sky at Night

INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT

The Sky at Night TV show, past, present and future

On 16 October 2021 the launch window for NASA’s Lucy mission opens. It will study Jupiter’s poorly understood Trojan asteroids. These space rocks are remnants of the Solar System’s formation, and will provide astronomers with a valuable insight into how our planetary system formed – like archaeologists piecing

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