BBC Sky at Night Magazine
O&A WITH A FILAMENT FINDER
Researchers looking at the centre of our Galaxy have discovered a first: long, slim filaments made not of dust but gas, and forged by powerful shockwaves
2 min |
July 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
One of largest space structures to date discovered
The giant ball of hydrogen, named Eos, has been found on Earth's doorstep
1 min |
July 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Diffraction spikes
Stars don't actually have spikes, but that's how we see them thanks to bending light
3 min |
July 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
JWST finds frozen water in a young star system
Long-awaited discovery finds crystalline water-ice in star's debris disc
1 min |
July 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Mystery of Jupiter's luminous aurorae solved
High-energy particles trigger ultra-bright dancing lights in Jupiter's atmosphere
1 min |
July 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Signs point to Planet 9
We may have found the first direct evidence of a ninth major planet in the Solar System
2 min |
July 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Make a stunning skyscape
Combine the night sky and landscape to brilliant effect
3 min |
July 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
the Tracking stars
Ancient skywatchers of the Four Corners
7 min |
July 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Who really invented the telescope?
No, it wasn't Galileo. Govert Schilling untangles the tale of astronomy's greatest creation, and recounts what happened next
7 min |
July 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Sky-Watcher Heliostar 76Ha telescope
Holding out for a first-rate solar scope at an affordable price? The wait may be over
3 min |
July 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
How to photograph NLCs for science
Noctilucent clouds are fleeting and mysterious - if you catch them, your data can be useful
3 min |
July 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Could you dig all the way through the planet?
Learn the science behind digging a giant hole.
3 min |
June 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Controlling the weather
Is technology being used to change the weather, or is it science fiction?
3 min |
June 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Fabien Cousteau
Meet the ocean explorer who plans to build a futuristic base under the sea.
3 min |
June 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
NEXT STOP: THE FUTURE
All aboard as JD Savage takes the fast track through 200 years of train travel.
5 min |
June 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Gladiators fought big cats for entertainment
Scientists have found the first physical evidence in Europe that Roman gladiators fought lions.
1 min |
June 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Al decodes animal chat
Computers are giving us the power to understand creature communication.
2 min |
June 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
HEADSCRATCHERS
Hi, I'm Pete, and I love science and the natural world. I work with the Royal Institution (Ri) in London, where you can find exciting, hands-on science events for young people.
3 min |
June 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
The race is on between robots and humans
Twenty-one robots competed against human runners in the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing, China in April.
1 min |
June 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Life on another planet?
Scientists have found molecules (groups of atoms) that could point to life on another planet.
1 min |
June 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Sloth toothache cured by dentists
Dental experts have cured a two-toed sloth's toothache through a procedure called an apicectomy (say ap-ee-sek-toe-mee).
1 min |
June 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Growing baby corals
Meet the UK scientists giving breeding corals a helping hand.
1 min |
June 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
First UK baby born from transplanted womb
For the first time in the UK, a baby has been born from a transplanted uterus. When part of a person's body is not working properly, it can sometimes be replaced with the same part from another person.
1 min |
June 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
SECRETS OF THE SEAS
Take a deep dive beneath the waves as Melissa Hobson reveals the incredible animals that live in our seas.
5 min |
June 2025
How It Works UK
Elusive colossal squid finally caught on camera
The colossal squid has finally been caught on camera, an entire century after it was first discovered.
1 min |
Issue 203
How It Works UK
GREEK TEMPLE CONSTRUCTION
How ancient architects erected some of the world's most famous places of worship
2 min |
Issue 203
How It Works UK
TOUR GUIDE TO MARS
Pack your spacesuit and get ready to tick off the must-see sights of the Red Planet
3 min |
Issue 203
How It Works UK
AMAZING SELF SAILING BOATS
From a modern-day Mayflower to flying water taxis, autonomous vessels are taking their crews farther than ever across the world's waterways
2 min |
Issue 203
How It Works UK
BUILDING A SUPERSCRAPER
Stretching into the sky, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is by far the tallest human-made structure ever built, and its design will enable us to build even higher
2 min |
Issue 203
How It Works UK
HOW WAVE POOLS WORK
What technology is used to sculpt the perfect wave?
3 min |