BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Freeware EXPLORED
There's a wealth of free astronomical software available online to enhance your observations. Pete Lawrence looks at some of the best on offer
8 min |
June 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Balmy nights of brilliant sights
Astronomer Will Gater picks out the celestial targets that will keep both observers and imagers enchanted on clear, June nights
8 min |
June 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Imaging NLCs on your smartphone
Coax your phone's camera into low-light mode and catch ethereal noctilucent clouds
3 min |
June 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
THE BIG THREE
The top sights to observe or image this month
4 min |
June 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Spend a month with the Moon
Scott Levine follows Earth's natural satellite and jumps off to spot nearby targets
3 min |
June 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
What's it like to be a PROFESSIONAL ASTRONOMER?
Understanding the cosmos takes the work of thousands of people. Ezzy Pearson spoke to astronomers across the world to look at the many different roles that go into observing our Universe
9 min |
June 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
WideSky 80 f/6.25 ED refractor
An all-round telescope that works well for visual astronomy and astrophotography
4 min |
June 2022
BBC Science Focus
YOU CAN'T BEAT BEETROOT
How this humble, purple vegetable can improve the health of your heart
2 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
Sleepiness in Alzheimer's patients is caused by damage to neurons that help them stay awake
The finding treatments could lead to new for those with the disease to help them stay alert
1 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
THE DAY THE DINOSAURS DIED
New BBC documentary, Dinosaurs: The Final Day, presented by Sir David Attenborough, digs into a fossil site that may have recorded the moment an asteroid wiped out almost all life on Earth. Holly Spanner met with Robert DePalma, one of the palaeontologists at the site, to find out more about the significance of this discovery...
8 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
A WHOLE NEW WHORL
MANY OF US HAVE SEEN SEASHELLS ON THE BEACH AND MARVELLED AT THEIR COLOURS, AND PATTERNS OF CURVES AND RIDGES. BUT SEASHELLS ARE FAR MORE THAN JUST PRETTY OBJECTS, AND THEIR INTRICATE STRUCTURES CAN HELP US LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INHABITANTS THAT ONCE DWELLED INSIDE THEM
6 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
DOES YOUR DOG REALLY LOVE YOU?
Sure, they wag their tails to greet us and are happy to snuggle up and watch TV in the evening, but are our beloved pooches actually experiencing the same love for us as we feel for them?
9 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
COVID-19 can have long-term impacts on the brain
According to a study on nonhuman primates, effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the brain include reduced oxygen flow, neuron damage and bleeding
1 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
Experts call for NHS to provide genetic tests to usher in era of personalised medicine
We must move away from the current "one drug and one dose fits all" model to make treatments safer and more effective
1 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
Huge DNA study reveals new clues about cancer-causing mutations
The findings could lead to better diagnosis and treatments for cancer
1 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
Ideas we like...
Products review
3 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
LAB-GROWN MEAT
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT A FUTURE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE YOUR STEAK AND EAT IT…
9 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
NASA to test giant slingshot designed to fling satellites into orbit
NASA has teamed up with private spaceflight company SpinLaunch to trial a unique system designed to send satellites into space using a slingshot-like launcher. The system works by attaching a rocket payload onto one end of a giant spinning arm powered by electric motors, accelerating it to high speeds and then flinging it out into space.
1 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
How to Build the Future of Social Media
At the Polarization Lab in North Carolina, multidisciplinary researchers – including social scientists, statisticians and computer scientists – are breaking apart the social media status quo to rebuild it, one peer-reviewed brick at a time
5 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
W Boson: Is About to Break Physics?
The mass of the W boson, a subatomic particle, appears to be wrong. What could this mean for the Standard Model of particle physics?
3 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Rosalind Franklin rover suspended
The consequences of big political shifts on Earth have reached as far as Mars
2 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Our experts review the latest kit - FIRST LIGHT
Starbase 80 refractor and mount package - A user-friendly system with an achromatic telescope and portable altaz mount
5 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Q&A WITH A PLANETARY RESEARCH SCIENTIST
Research into whether Venus had liquid oceans in its past is giving more insight into how Earth has so far avoided a runaway greenhouse effect
3 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Learning about LAYERS
Expert astrophotographer Will Gater provides a beginner's guide to the power of layers-based image editing
8 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Artemis I rocket reaches launch pad
Rocket bound for the Moon set for launch rehearsal
1 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
Georgina Dransfield visited Antarctica to search for exoplanets and filmed her time there for the April episode of The Sky at Night
4 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
From particles to parsecs
Toby Friend considers how the development of astronomy and cosmology on the largest of scales, and particle physics on the very smallest; has often been intertwined
9 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
In search of the Belt of Venus
Katrin Raynor-Evans looks at what causes the beautiful atmospheric phenomenon that occurs in the sky opposite a sunset or sunrise
1 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Field of View - Poetry in Lunar Motion
Poetry in lunar motion Caroline Burrows spends a month making poetic observations of the Moon
2 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Pioneers of Dark Matter
The term 'dark matter' was coined a century ago this month. Govert Schilling selects seven scientists who shed light on astronomy's biggest mystery
8 min |