Destination Moon • 2025 • episode "S1E1" • Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: Is There Life Beyond Earth?

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Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock begins her search for extraterrestrial life with an exploration of our nearest neighbour, and her favourite space rock, the moon.

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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: Is There Life Beyond Earth? • 2025 • 3 episodes •

Destination Moon
59:00
Destination Moon

Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock begins her search for extraterrestrial life with an exploration of our nearest neighbour, and her favourite space rock, the moon.

2025 • Astronomy

Searching the Solar System
59:00
Searching the Solar System

Space scientist Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock continues her search for alien life with a grand tour of our solar system. Could any other planets or moons out there be habitable?

2025 • Astronomy

To the Stars and Beyond
59:00
To the Stars and Beyond

Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, with the help of the world’s most powerful telescope, ventures through the Milky Way and into the universe beyond, on the hunt for alien worlds.

2025 • Astronomy

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