Drive me to the Moon

Artist Oliver Jeffers on creating the Our Place In Space sculpture trail

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INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT

On the July episode of The Sky at Night, Marina Hui takes the reigns as director for the first time, transforming the show into 'The Sky at Day'

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APY Masterclass - Capturing Venus and the Moon

Lighting Venus's crescent and the lunar limb evenly is no small feat

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Q&A WITH A MOON RECYCLER

With frequent lunar missions on the horizon, focus is turning toward the sustainable use and reuse of the materials that will be left on the surface

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Curiosity, 10 years exploring Mars

NASA's car-sized Red Planet rover has set new standards in planetary exploration

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An astronomer at the BOTTOM OF THE WORLD

Georgina Dransfield has just returned from months at the South Pole, working to expand our understanding of exoplanets - and dreaming of a pair of jeans

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12 ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY PITFALLS (and how to avoid them)

Expert astrophotographer Will Gater runs through the common mistakes even experienced photographers make and how to ensure your next imaging session is free of them

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Tiangong the Chinese Space Station

China is taking its place among the heavens as it puts the finishing touches to its first long-term space station

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From possible planets to STRANGE NEW WORLDS

With 5,000 exoplanets now confirmed and another 5,000 waiting to follow suit, Ezzy Pearson takes a look at how a deluge of tantalising data is revealing intriguing new worlds every day

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A parade of PLANETARY NEBULAE

Stuart Atkinson seeks out six of the loveliest examples of these deep-sky objects for you to track down in the late-summer skies.

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