BBC Science Focus
Birthday wishes
This is the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. It's the closest star-forming region to Earth - around 390 light-years away - and in stellar nursery terms, it's a rather small, quiet region.
1 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN
Earth is blanketed by a swarm of human-made debris hurtling around at speeds of up to 8km per second - about five times the speed of a bullet. The UK's Earth & Space Sustainability Initiative hopes to catch these fast-moving projectiles and clean up the nasty, and potentially lethal, mess our cosmic littering habit has caused
7 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
THE POWER OF HABIT
Our lives are filled with habitual behaviours, both good and bad, but how do they form and how can we build better ones?
10 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
Should you underestimate the power of the Force?
It's an energy that lets you control people's minds and.... make things float. So where do midi-chlorians fit in?
2 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
SKIN CANCER: CASES ARE RISING. WHAT CAN WE DO?
Annual cases are expected to reach 2.7 million by 2040
3 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BANG SINGULARITY?
The Big Bang marks the beginning of the Universe, right? The physicists brave enough to look beyond it aren't so sure
3 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
DON'T KICK THE ROBOT
If something's got no feelings, you can't hurt it, right? So where's the harm?
3 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
Artificial intelligence discovers drugs to fight ageing
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh use machine learning algorithm to identify drugs with potential new applications in minutes
3 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
HAY FEVER: IS IT REALLY GETTING WORSE?
Hay fever sufferers say their allergies are getting worse... and climate change could be to blame
3 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
Five of the best BBQs for the summer
There are hundreds of BBQs on the market, all boasting their own impressive features. But which is the best? The BBC Science Focus team picks their faves...
3 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
Ideas we like...
Our pick of the month's smartest tech
2 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
MEDICINE : ANT HONEY USED IN INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN MEDICINE COULD INSPIRE POWERFUL NEW ANTIBIOTICS
It's a first for Western science, but Indigenous Australians have been using the honeypot ant medicinally for thousands of years
2 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
ASTRONOMY : EERIE 'SONG' OF TWINKLING STARS DRIVES UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR NUCLEAR CORES
Taking a musical approach helps scientists determine how much a star should shine
2 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
BIOLOGY : MOTHERS ARE FORCED TO FIGHT A NUTRIENT WAR WITH THEIR UNBORN BABIES
A study on mice enabled scientists to discover that children inherit 'greedy genes' from fathers
1 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
GREAT EARED NIGHTJAR
Lock up your goats, it's the great eared nightjar; a big-mouthed, teat-wrangling, milk-gobbler of a bird that will desiccate your bleaters and leave them blind.
2 min |
August 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Make a Solar System diorama
An easy, fun craft project to learn about our neighbouring planets
3 min |
September 2023
All About Space UK
WILL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CHANGE ASTRONOMY?
With computers growing smarter than ever, training them how to spot and categorise astronomical objects could lead to a plethora of breakthroughs
7 min |
Issue 146
All About Space UK
MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE - WHY DOES JUPITER CHANGE COLOUR?
For years, scientists have tried to work out why Jupiter’s bands frequently move and change colour. Now they believe they’ve found the answer
7 min |
Issue 146
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
10 targets to get you started in astrophotography
From star trails to your first planets, Tom Kerss shares 10 inspiring projects to kick off your night photography journey
7 min |
September 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Capturing a first: the Spin Nebula
Amateur astronomers work collaboratively to produce first high-resolution image of little-known nebula He 2-11
1 min |
September 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
When it comes to lighting, less is more
Patricia Yanez on designing considerate lighting for a luxury Red Sea resort
2 min |
September 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Early Universe seen running slow
Cosmic clocks appear to run slower soon after the Big Bang, just as Einstein predicted
2 min |
September 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Mastering flats
Adding DSLR flat frames to your workflow to improve your deep-sky images
3 min |
September 2023
All About Space UK
WHAT CAN WE DO WITH A CAPTURED ASTEROID?
Asteroids could provide us with rare resources
2 min |
Issue 146
All About Space UK
NEPTUNE
The isolated azure ice giant remains a relative mystery
4 min |
Issue 146
All About Space UK
CELESTRON STARSENSE EXPLORER DX 102AZ
Innovative technology provides the simplest and quickest solution yet to finding objects to observe, and this instrument will be very popular with beginners
7 min |
Issue 146
All About Space UK
Neil deGrasse Tyson - "It would be cool if we were some simulation"
The host of StarTalk has become one of the world's best known astrophysicists, popularising space and science for millions
7 min |
Issue 146
All About Space UK
CLIMATES CHANGE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Alongside Earth, our planetary neighbourhood is changing. But not for the better…
8 min |
Issue 146
All About Space UK
OBJECT HOTTER THAN THE SUN FOUND ORBITING A DISTANT STAR AT BREAKNECK SPEED
A weird celestial object that’s blurring the line between planet and star has been uncovered
2 min |
Issue 146
All About Space UK
TIME APPEARED TO MOVE FIVE TIMES SLOWER IN THE FIRST BILLION YEARS AFTER THE BIG BANG
Time dilation, brought about by the relativistic expansion of space, has resulted in the observed slowing of ‘clocks’ in the early universe
3 min |