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
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Issue 140
All About Space UK
100 WONDERS of the UNIVERSE
OUR COSMOS IS FULL OF AMAZING SIGHTS, FROM EXOTIC EXOPLANETS TO STUNNING GALAXIES
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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
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All About Space UK
ASTROSHOTS OF THE MONTH
ASTROPHOTOS
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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
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All About Space UK
DEEP SKY CHALLENGE - THE LION'S GALAXIES
The evenings of early spring are full of deep-sky objects
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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
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
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 |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Early galaxies lack cold hydrogen glow
A missing radio signal narrows down theories about infant galaxies
1 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Expansion leads to increased tension
JWST observations seem to confirm cosmology's biggest conundrum
2 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Japan heads to the Moon
Hakuto-R, a commercial lunar lander from Japanese company iSpace, launched on 11 December and entered lunar orbit three days later.
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February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Looking back: The Sky at Night
18 February 1976,
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February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
First date with a DSLR
Taking nightscapes and Star trails with a DSLR camera Is a great way to get started In astrophotography. Stuart Atkinson gives his best tips for beginners
7 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
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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
Favourable southwest lunar libration
BEST TIME TO SEE: 9-16 February
1 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
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.
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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
THE SKY GUIDE CHALLENGE
Can you beat Sirius's glare to identify its faint companion the Pup Star?
2 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
DEEP-SKY TOUR
We'll start in Orion's Sword where M42, the Orion Nebula, takes pride of place. Magnificent through any instrument, smaller scopes give a lovely overview of this fourth-magnitude nebula, easily revealing the bright kidney-shaped 'core' within which the tightly packed stars of the Trapezium Cluster are embedded.
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February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Does the Universe expand faster than light?
Govert Schilling continues to explain cosmology's confusing concepts In part 2 of our series
2 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
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
O&A WITH A PLANETARY SCIENTIST
The materials that form the building blocks of life on Earth have been found in distant planet-forming discs that are the same size as the Solar System
3 min |