The Sky at Night
Season 49 Episode 7 - Deep Impact
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Documentary, News
NASA are sending a probe into the comet 9P/ Tempel-1, early on the morning of 4 July 2005. This is a unique event, from which they hope to find out how comets are made. Are they balls of ice and mud, the harbourers of life's components, or just solid rocks of sterile cosmic debris? The Deep Impact programme hopes to provide the answers, but this destructive act is not without its critics. The Sky at Night explores the pros and cons of hitting a comet.
Episodes in Season 49
1
Lord of the Rings
2
Unveiling Titan
3
Strangers in the Night
4
Star Party
5
Eye on the Universe
6
The Shocking Sun
7
Deep Impact
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8
Fallout From Deep Impact
9
The Search for Life
10
A Journey through Space and Time
11
Mapping The Universe
12
The Planets
13
Mars and the Ring of Fire
14
