🎧 New podcast episode 🎧 Our 2025 Christmas Lecturer, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, joins us on the podcast to explore the fascinating history of space imaging and her extensive experience in the scientific world. Listen here: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/ri-science-podcast/episodes/Tripping-the-light-fantastic-Space-science-and-200-years-of-the-CHRISTMAS-LECTURES---with-Dame-Dr-Maggie-Aderin-Pocock-e3bffsd/a-acb04ob | Royal Institution of Great Britain

The Royal Institution of Great Britain is about to film the 2025 CHRISTMAS LECTURES® – marking 200 years of inspiring future scientists – and we’re proud to support this iconic series! 🎄🔭✨ This year, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock will take audiences on a voyage deep into space, on an astronomical search for extraterrestrial life: from the earliest human fascination with the night sky to the groundbreaking technologies rewriting our understanding of the universe today. With astronauts, astronomers, a

What would the vacuum of space do to a pumpkin? 🎃 This year's Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI, will be out-of-this-world! 🪐 Join space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock this December for a whistle-stop tour of our Solar System, and beyond. Learn more about the series: rigb.org/christmas-lectures | Royal Institution of Great Britain