BBC Science Focus
NEANDERTHAL GOURMETS REGULARLY FEASTED ON ROASTED CRAB
The discovery of cooked crab shells in a Lisbon cave is further evidence that the early hominids had a sophisticated culture
1 min |
March 2023
BBC Science Focus
Meta Quest Pro: a VR headset for an unknown customer
The Meta Quest Pro is powerful and full of features, but, as Alex Hughes discovers, unless you’re already a full believer in the metaverse, it’s probably not for you
4 min |
March 2023
BBC Science Focus
THE AMAZON
THE WORLD'S BIGGEST, MOST BEAUTIFUL, AND MOST BIODIVERSE RAINFOREST
6 min |
March 2023
BBC Science Focus
RARE GREEN COMET SEEN RACING THROUGH THE SKY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 50,000 YEARS
The comet, C/2022 E3 (ZTF), last Neanderthals passed by when walked the Earth
1 min |
March 2023
All About Space UK
FOCUS ON - THE FIRST GALAXIES MAY HAVE FORMED MUCH EARLIER THAN WE THOUGHT
The finding has been revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope
2 min |
Issue 140
All About Space UK
FUTURE TECH: DEEP-ORBIT OBSERVATORY
We can use the Sun as a giant lens, but wed need to send a telescope far into the Solar System
3 min |
Issue 140
All About Space UK
FOCUS ON - WEBB SCORES ITS FIRST ROCKY PLANET CONFIRMATION
Hopefully the first of many more detections to come
3 min |
Issue 140
All About Space UK
RUN A MESSIER MARATHON
This March there are galaxies, nebulae and star clusters galore – see how many you can spot in All About Space’s spring deep-sky challenge
7 min |
Issue 140
All About Space UK
IN THE SHOPS: DEEP-SKY TELESCOPES
“It’s a superb-value proposition for those on a budget”
3 min |
Issue 140
All About Space UK
Alex Teachey "I expect it to be a habitable exomoon”
Sifting through data from NASAs Kepler, astronomers believe that we could have picked up the first signal of an alien moon. Co-discoverer and astronomer Alex Teachey reveals if we should be getting our hopes up
7 min |
Issue 140
All About Space UK
DEEP SKY CHALLENGE - THE LION'S GALAXIES
The evenings of early spring are full of deep-sky objects
2 min |
Issue 140
All About Space UK
LEGO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
Join the astronauts in orbit with this excellent model
4 min |
Issue 140
All About Space UK
HEROES OF SPACE - ALEXEI LEONOV
The first man to walk in space
2 min |
Issue 140
All About Space UK
ASTROSHOTS OF THE MONTH
ASTROPHOTOS
1 min |
Issue 140
All About Space UK
THE HISTORY OF SPACESUITS: THE 60-YEAR EVOLUTION OF SPACE SURVIVAL TECH
These miniature spacecraft have allowed us to operate in space for over half a century
9 min |
Issue 140
All About Space UK
FOCUS ON - WORK BEGINS ON NASA'S ASTEROID-HUNTING TELESCOPE
The infrared space telescope will search for potentially threatening near-Earth objects
2 min |
Issue 140
All About Space UK
TEN NASA INVENTIONS IN YOUR HOME
Bound by its motto – ‘for the benefit of all’ – since its formation NASA has had an obligation to foster and transfer its technological and scientific breakthroughs to the public and commercial spheres
8 min |
Issue 140
All About Space UK
100 WONDERS of the UNIVERSE
OUR COSMOS IS FULL OF AMAZING SIGHTS, FROM EXOTIC EXOPLANETS TO STUNNING GALAXIES
10+ min |
Issue 140
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Astronomy Photographer of the Year
Supported by Liberty Specialty Markets, The world-class competition returns in 2023, seeking the best astronomy image of the past year
1 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Fra Mauro
Fra Mauro is a quintessential example of a walled plain. Measuring 96km in diameter and 800m in depth, its ancient form can be located east of 300km Mare Cognitum, the sea that has become known’.
2 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Jupiter
Jupiter is rapidly losing ground to the evening twilight, appearing 29° above the southwest horizon under deep twilight conditions at the start of the month, but reaching only 12° above the western horizon by the time we reach the end of the month.
3 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Build a zero-magnification finder
Make an illuminated aiming device you can use on any telescope
3 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
OBSERVING VARIABLE STARS
Pete Lawrence is your guide to viewing variable stars so you can record their changes in brightness
5 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
COMETS AND ASTEROIDS
Fingers crossed for comet C/2022 E3 ZTF reaching naked-eye visibility this month
1 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
STAR OF THE MONTH
Muscida, the nose of the Great Bear, Ursa Major
1 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Chelyabinsk 10 years on
In 2013 Ezzy Pearson visited the site of a massive meteor explosion. A decade later she looks back at what we learned from the event
6 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Venusian encounters
BEST TIME TO SEE: From 15 February, after sunset
1 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF
BEST TIME TO SEE: 8-23 February
2 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Previously unknown minerals identified in meteorite
The discovery could help geologists to uncover conditions deep inside growing planets
1 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Concern grows over bright satellites
Astronomers have called for more protections of our night sky
2 min |