The Sky at Night Season 9

The Sky at Night Season 9 has built a real following among viewers who want documentaries that actually inform. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. With 14 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Rigorous in a way documentary storytelling does not always commit to. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, The Sky at Night Season 9 is worth clearing space for. The Sky at Night Season 9 resists the urge to oversimplify a subject that deserves better. Season 9 of The Sky at Night includes 13 episodes. It aired from January 1965 to December 1965. Episodes include "Unwelcome Atmosphere", "Up in a Balloon", "Lava or Dust?". It was aired in 1965. What elevates The Sky at Night Season 9 above most documentary work is a refusal to settle for the easy version of the story. The consistency throughout is what elevates it — not every moment is the best, but none of them are a reason to stop watching.

For viewers who want their entertainment to leave them with something, The Sky at Night Season 9 delivers on both counts. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. The access the production gets is remarkable, and the storytelling does full justice to it. Worth watching in order, from the beginning.

🎬 The Sky at Night Season 9 — Episode Guide

Unwelcome Atmosphere

1965-01-15

Patrick Moore discusses the atmospheres of the other planets in the solar system, how much is known of them, what more is likely to be found out about them in the near future, and whether one day man will be able to survive them.

Up in a Balloon

1965-02-12

The advantages, drawbacks, and achievements of using balloons to take astronomical instruments above the earth's atmosphere are discussed by Patrick Moore and Kenneth Fea of the Space Research Group, University College, London.

Lava or Dust?

1965-03-12

Patrick Moore discusses what information the photographs taken by Ranger 8 may give on the controversial question of the nature of the moon's surface.

Ancient Lore

1965-04-02

Patrick Moore examines the ancient mythology of the stars and some of the ways in which they have been said to influence man's destiny on earth.

Naked Eye Astronomy

1965-04-30

Patrick Moore and Henry Brinton discuss how much useful observation can be done without using optical instruments.

How Long is a Day?

1965-06-04

Recent studies suggest that the day on Mercury may be two months long. Patrick Moore discusses how this affects our ideas of conditions on Mercury, and how its length of day compares with that of other planets.

Space Weather

1965-06-25

Space was once thought to be empty, but recent planetary probes - such as Mariner IV now approaching Mars - have shown that it is anything but so. There is plenty of weather in space, though it is not the same as weather on earth. Kenneth Fea discusses these new findings with Patrick Moore.

Communicating with Other Worlds

1965-07-23

In the 100th edition of Sky at Night, Patrick Moore considers one of the most intriguing problems of modern astronomy: could conditions for life as we know it exist outside the solar system, would it be possible to establish communication with other worlds, and if we did what would be the result?

Mars in Shot

1965-08-20

Patrick Moore discusses the information sent back by Mariner IV and what new ideas it gives us about the planet Mars.

E10

Re-thinking the Universe

1965-09-17

Patrick Moore reports on Quasars. These recently discovered objects, immensely distant sources of vast amounts of energy, are causing astronomers to reconsider their previous ideas of the nature of the Universe.

E11

Ninety-Eight Inches

1965-10-08

Patrick Moore looks at the new Isaac Newton telescope which will be the largest in Europe. What will it achieve?

E12

The Unsteady Universe

1965-11-05

In the past few months views about the nature and origin of the Universe have been changing considerably. Patrick Moore discusses some of the current thinking on this vast subject.

E13

The Extra Planet

1965-12-03

Recent Russian studies have suggested that there may be another major planet in the solar system. Patrick Moore discusses the evidence for the existence of a world even more distant than Pluto.

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