Some big news: We’ve been making a new season. It’s about Nasa’s Hubble Space Telescope. If you haven’t already, follow or subscribe, so you will get the full trailer automatically. That will be published next week.

Maggie Aderin will tell the story of how the telescope that transformed our understanding of the universe, almost ended in disaster.

13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble launches on 5 October 2026.

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