The Search for Life
Episode 9 · 2005-08-06
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
The search for life elsewhere in our Universe has long been the Holy Grail for astronomers. Planets around distant stars have recently been discovered and we now realise that solar systems like our own could be widespread. So is life on Earth unique? With missions to Mars, Saturn's moon Titan and Jupiter's moon Europa, we could be nearing an answer. No definitive traces of life have been found elsewhere, but astronomers are probing ever deeper on our nearest planetary neighbours and across our Universe for the signitures of life. Patrick Moore discusses the issue with Professor Monica Gardy and Professor Simon Conway Morris.Chris Lintott spends a night meteor-watching with Dr John Mason, Martin Mobberly and Martin Andrews. Every year the Earth passes through dusty tail remnants of the comet Swift-Tuttle. These enter Earth's atmosphere-forming meteor showers called the perseids, this year they are at their maximum in mid-August.
Season 49 episodes
1. Lord of the Rings2005-01-03
2. Unveiling Titan2005-02-07
3. Strangers in the Night2005-03-07
4. Star Party2005-04-04
5. Eye on the Universe2005-05-02
6. The Shocking Sun2005-06-06
7. Deep Impact2005-07-04
8. Fallout From Deep Impact2005-07-10
9. The Search for Life2005-08-06
10. A Journey through Space and Time2005-08-06
11. Mapping The Universe2005-09-04
12. The Planets2005-10-02
13. Mars and the Ring of Fire2005-11-07
14. Celestial Zoo2005-12-04
