Gideon Bradshaw

The best perspective I've seen by a lightyear. Or two.

Thank you to everyone who has come on the journey these last few weeks. Final episode to the 'Strange Worlds' is on @BBCTwo tonight at 9pm or on @BBCiPlayer now where the rest of the series will remain for a time.

Shorter version of the launch here: instagram.com/reel/DBMQKIUI3…

If you've been enjoying Solar System on @BBCiPlayer or @BBCTwo then you might like @ProfBrianCox talking to Sam Howell who is working on NASA's Europa Clipper mission. AS THE ROCKET PREPARED TO LAUNCH! youtu.be/KD0UlV2f7bo

Sam appears in episode five of the series 'Ice Worlds' where he an Brian explain why Europa may be one of the most extraordinary habitats in the solar system. And how the Clipper mission will deepen our understanding of Jupiter's ice moon when it gets there in the 2030s.

The entire location team pulling out all the stops to design, plan, and execute the shot. Superb.

Reminder - another journey into space on @BBCTwo tonight at 9pm. Laura led an incredible team to the 'Dark Worlds' of the solar system where they found all kinds of surprises. She also got @ProfBrianCox doing a ptc whilst running a distance. @bbcstudios

So pleased that Anze and the BFs crew have been recognised for this. It really is a beautiful score built around a series of improvisations on bone flute and cello in a Slovenian cave... @bbcstudios for @netflix Streaming now!

@ARozmanComposer @Ashleygething72 @netflix @RustyMassive Anze - this has made my day! Hugely deserved for a beautiful score to our film. We must do it again ; )

Thank you Music+Sound Awards! This project was so dear to my heart @eonshore @Ashleygething72 @netflix @RustyMassive

@LukeMooreMusic Thanks Luke! Music by an amazing team at: bleedingfingersmusic.com

@eonshore Half an hour in and deeply enamoured and captivated by this already stunning and deeply fascinating piece of telly. Loving the comparison with locations closer to home too. Who did the soundtrack? Absolutely perfect blend to match the visuals/subject!

An amazing team of brilliant programme makers have put together a real treat of a series. Enjoy a trip around the Solar System on BBC2 and iPlayer from Monday.

I don't look at this timeline much these days, but noticed increased activity with people shouting stuff. I tracked the cause down to reactions to an article promoting my new Solar System series on the BBC website - nice that it has got attention - Monday, 9pm, BBC2 if you are asking ;-) It's fun I hope, and I do some experiments with eggs in the first episode. However, just to be clear: 1) I don't think it is 'probable' that we are the only advanced civilisation in the Milky Way. I have no way of assigning a probability to it. I can make an argument that complex life may be rare, and I think it's a good working hypothesis to assume this in the absence of other evidence, because it might make us value ourselves and our planet more. I certainly think there's a chance we may find simple life on Mars, Europa, Enceladus, Ganymede or even in possible sub-surface water on Pluto or elsewhere. I'm excited for the missions we have planned to explore these worlds. There are of course trillions of planets and moons in the Milky Way, and I'd be very surprised if they were all lifeless. But Civilisations - my guess is a handful at best. Beyond the Milky Way, in the trillions of galaxies in the observable Universe, surely there are other civilisations more advanced than us. 2) I do think that it is important for us to learn how to live and work in space - and the first steps beyond Earth orbit will be the Moon and Mars. HOWEVER (and I ALWAYS say this in interviews on this subject) there is a caveat! There is nowhere else we could go that would replace Earth, and therefore our number 1 priority must be to protect this planet. If we mess this one up, there is nowhere else we could live in large numbers - at least (in my view) for many centuries to come. It is a major error to assume that we can just up sticks and start again. In my lifetime, to paraphrase Carl Sagan, I can only hope we take our first steps into the Cosmic Ocean - the waters seem inviting. 3) I'd love to see Earth from orbit. But - as someone who was born close to Yorkshire - when asked if I'd like to go I always answer the same way. "Yes, if someone else is paying ...."

Fossil fuel...

To catch a falling star...

Wow. Currently making its way from southern sky northwards 🤞

🚨🛰️: NEW MERCURY PHOTOS JUST DROPPED! The magnificent ESA/JAXA mission @BepiColombo (which ultimately aims to get into orbit around Mercury) just made another extremely close flyby of the innermost planet. It’s an impact crater-filled paradise. Look at this weird world! 💥

@ARozmanComposer @fisherstevensbk @_michaelharte @Tinaguo @LeahzegerLz @BFCustomMusic So well deserved Anze and Camilo. As ever, fantastic work that really added to the enjoyment of the series. Bravo.

#FYC Beckham #Netflix Outstanding score for Documentary Series Thank you @fisherstevensbk John Battsek David Beckham @_michaelharte for having us on board! Music by Camilo Forero & Anže Rozman Thank you to our video musicians @Tinaguo @LeahzegerLz Louisa Byron @BFCustomMusic

Atmosphere

Slim pickins

Man, this one hits hard. Uni. Nevermind. Lots of firsts.