The Sky at Night · SEASON 61
It Came From Outer Space
Episode 6 · 2017-08-13
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
In August, the most spectacular meteor shower of 2017 coincides with transmission: The Perseids! If it's clear, it'll be a great chance to see scores of bright shooting stars streaking across the night sky. As those shooting stars vaporise in the atmosphere, a small part of some of them will fall to earth as dust. This dust will contribute to a total of about 40,000 tonnes of space dust and debris that falls onto our planet every year. In this episode, Chris Lintott and Maggie Aderin-Pocock investigate this mysterious cosmic debris that comes from outer space.
Season 61 episodes
1. Guide to the Galaxy2017-01-08
2. Telescope Takeover2017-02-12
3. 60th Anniversary Special2017-04-23
4. Inside God's Observatory2017-06-11
5. Into the Dark Zone2017-07-09
6. It Came From Outer Space2017-08-13
7. Cassini - The Gamechanger2017-09-10
8. Return to the Moon?2017-10-08
9. In the Blink of an Eye2017-11-12
10. Wonders of the Night Sky2017-12-10
