Many projects on Earth have sought alien life in the Universe... but could aliens be looking for us? 🛸 Back in 2019, when the Arecibo radio telescope was still operational, Keith Cooper explained why intelligent life would have a hard time finding us through our radio signals. Watch the full talk here: youtube.com/watch?v=BV_DkQCNfu4 📺 To learn more about the search for extra-terrestrial life, don't miss the 2025 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI, 28-29-30 December on BBC Four and iPlayer.
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Many projects on Earth have sought alien life in the Universe... but could aliens be looking for us? 🛸 Back in 2019, when the Arecibo radio telescope was still operational, Keith Cooper explained why intelligent life would have a hard time finding us through our radio signals. Watch the full talk here: youtube.com/watch?v=BV_DkQCNfu4 📺 To learn more about the search for extra-terrestrial life, don't miss the 2025 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI, 28-29-30 December on BBC Four and iPlayer.
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🕯️ Christmas Lectures iconic object no. 4 – from various lectures in the 1800s, with Michael Faraday This is Michael Faraday's candle holder, used when delivering the popular lecture series "A Chemical History of a Candle" in the mid-1800s, which helped audiences step into the world of science through a familiar household object. The lectures were later published as a book, in which Faraday wrote: "There is not a law under which any part of this universe is governed which does not come into pla
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The secret's out! 🚀 The 2025 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI, will be presented by Dr Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, and will be about outer space and all the scientific wonders beyond planet Earth. We can't wait until December! Find out more: rigb.org/christmas-lectures | Royal Institution of Great Britain
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The secret's out! 🚀 The 2025 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI, will be presented by Dr Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, and will be about outer space and all the scientific wonders beyond planet Earth. We can't wait until December! Find out more: rigb.org/christmas-lectures | Royal Institution of Great Britain
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How to watch the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures online and on TV
How to watch the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures online and on TV
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Spacesuits like this one are uncomfortable, but they keep astronauts safe in the most dangerous parts of their mission. 🧑‍🚀 Helen Sharman, the first British person in space, talks us through some of the features of her Sokol spacesuit. This year, the Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI, will be out of this world. 🪐 Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock will take us on an extraordinary journey through our Solar System and beyond. Find out more about the series coming this December: rigb.org/ch
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