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The speed of light enchants the sky. It adds another story to the night. Curiosity, whether scientific or artistic, adds T dimensions to the world we walk through.
One of the objectives of The Infinite Monkey Cage, the radio series I have presented with Brian Cox for 14 years, is to excite as well as to inform. We don't just want people leaving an episode with more 'facts', we want them to depart with a new excitement and emboldened fascination. I have always felt this about The Sky at Night, too: the most important concern of each episode is to encourage you to spend more time looking upwards and outwards, beyond our atmosphere and back in time.
This story is from the December 2023 edition of BBC Sky at Night Magazine.
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