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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures is a education/science/factual topics series airing on UK television.
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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: Is There Life Beyond Earth?As the festive lecture series celebrates 200 years since they were first introduced by Michael Faraday in 1825, space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock explores the evidence for extraterrestrial life. She begins with a look at the Moon, the Earth's nearest neighbour and her favourite space rock, with European Space Agency astronauts Rosemary Coogan, John McFall and Meganne Cristian joining her to illustrate the challenges of human space travel and the reality of colonies on the Moon and beyond
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Monday 29 December
Maggie Aderin-Pocock explores the evidence for extraterrestrial life, beginning with a look at the Moon, the Earth's nearest neighbour and her favourite space rock
Maggie Aderin-Pocock searches for life in the rest of the Earth's solar system, tracing the evolution in human understanding of it before exploring its central powerhouse the Sun
Tuesday 30 December
Maggie Aderin-Pocock searches for life in the rest of the Earth's solar system, tracing the evolution in human understanding of it before exploring its central powerhouse the Sun
Maggie Aderin-Pocock goes on the hunt for alien worlds, taking her audience deep into the Milky Way galaxy and further out into the universe