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BBC Sky at Night Magazine - October 2025

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In this issue

COSMIC MASTERPIECES
Revealed: The winners of the world’s biggest astrophoto competition

RIPPLING SPACETIME: 10 YEARS OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES

WORLD’S DARKEST SKIES:STARGAZING IN THE ATACAMA

FOUND! THE UNIVERSE’S MISSING MATTER

THE SCI-FI STELLAR NAVIGATION THAT JUST BECAME REAL

A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT THE NEW NOVASTAR EYEPIECES

Possible planet found at Alpha Centauri A

If true, it would be the closest exoplanet ever found in a habitable zone

2 mins

Titan's lakes could form protocells

Study shows conditions are right to create vesicles, key structures in the origin of life

1 mins

Earliest black hole discovered

The supermassive black hole dates from just 500 million years after the Big Bang

2 mins

JWST decodes the chaos behind paint-splash nebula

A companion star may be sculpting tangled NGC 6072, a rare multipolar planetary nebula

1 mins

Betelgeuse's companion star confirmed

Century-old mystery solved with direct detection of a binary to the famous variable star

1 mins

Bridge of stray stars revealed

Dark Energy Camera image of galaxy cluster Abell 3667 brings cosmic history into focus

1 mins

How to find a speck in space

New Horizons proves stellar parallax can locate a probe in the vastness, using the light of just two stars

4 mins

INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT

September's Sky at Night episode tackled the Hubble constant. George Dransfield considers how some of the cornerstones of science aren't as rock-solid as we thought

3 mins

FIELD OF VIEW

Let there be less light

2 mins

FIRST CONTACT

Seven missions that gave us our first real look at alien worlds

6 mins

Astronomy Photographer of the Year

BBC Sky at Night Magazine is thrilled to reveal the 2025 winners in the globe's premier astrophotography contest

5 mins

THE SKY GUIDE CHALLENGE

Make a composite that reveals how the Moon's diameter changes over a lunar cycle

2 mins

Stargazing in the Atacama Desert

Becca Marsh tours Chile's high Atacama Desert - home to some of the darkest skies and most advanced astronomical observatories on the planet - and discovers a stargazing destination like no other

7 mins

Ripples in time

A decade of gravitational wave detections In 2015, a new field of astronomy opened with the very first observation made beyond the electromagnetic spectrum. Elizabeth Todd looks at the milestone and what it meant

8 mins

Get to know lunar rays

A full Moon might bleach the sky and thwart your stargazing, but it's the best time to catch the magnificent lunar rays

3 mins

Create a striking moonrise composite

Here's how to showcase the Moon's graceful ascent from the horizon

2 mins

Create a striking moonrise composite

Here's how to showcase the Moon's graceful ascent from the horizon

3 mins

Last chance for Titan transits

It'll be 13 years before Titan crosses Saturn again. Here's how to grab shots of it now

3 mins

Turn mono Sun shots into fiery colour

A simple, free technique to take your solar images from greyscale to gold

3 mins

NOVAStar long eye relief planetary eyepieces

Striking views at a pocket-friendly price point? Seeing is believing...

4 mins

Q&A WITH A FAST RADIO BURST EXPERT

A significant amount of the Universe's matter from the Big Bang is missing. Now scientists believe they've found it hiding between galaxies

3 mins

Read all Stories from BBC Sky at Night Magazine

BBC Sky at Night Magazine Description:

Publisher: Our-Media-Ltd

Category: Science

Language: English

Frequency: Monthly

Complementing the much-loved BBC television programme, Sky at Night Magazine is your practical guide to astronomy. Each issue features columns by renowned experts such as Sir Patrick Moore as well as in-depth cosmological features, practical observing tutorials, comprehensive equipment reviews, astrophotography master classes and much, much more. And with easy-to follow star charts and expert advice on how to get the most out of the observing month, Sky at Night Magazine is essential reading for both the novice and experienced astronomer.