iPlayer Radio What's New?
Speaker icon LISTEN
Show more Show less
ON NOW : The Newsroom
26/05/2013

The Newsroom The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

Science In Action

Image for Space in 2013

Listen now 18 mins

Listen in pop-out player

Space in 2013

Duration:
18 minutes
First broadcast:
Thursday 03 January 2013

Roland Pease is joined by BBC space correspondent Jonathan Amos and astronomer Marek Kukula, of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, to look back at the astronomical high points of 2012 and gaze forward into space for the coming year. On the agenda are two comets in 2013 and the further adventures of the Curiosity Rover on Mars. The Martian mission's principal scientist John Grotzinger drops into the discussion to tell us what lies in store for Curiosity in the coming 12 months.

(Photo: NASA's Curiosity Rover captures Mars / Credit: Getty Images)

Free downloads

  1. Image for Science Hour

    Science Hour

    Science news and highlights of the week. The Science Hour is a weekly digest of BBC World Service's...

  2. Image for Science in Action

    Science in Action

    New developments in science and science news from around the world, weekly from BBC World Service.

BBC © 2013 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.