All About Space UK
INSTANT EXPERT - HOW MANY TYPES OF SPACE STATION ARE THERE?
The ISS is the largest and best-known space station, but it is not the first or the last in space
2 min |
Issue 133
All About Space UK
Robert Woodrow Wilson - “Dicke put the phone down and said… ‘Boys, we’ve been scooped!’”
When radiation left over from the heat of the Big Bang was discovered by astronomers Robert Wilson and Arno Penzias in 1964, it caused a revolution in cosmology. All About Space catches up with the Nobel prizewinning Wilson to uncover just how much
7 min |
Issue 133
All About Space UK
GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATORY
This far-sighted next-generation telescope array may help answer some of the universe's biggest mysteries
3 min |
Issue 133
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY CAPTURE
Take the perfect astrophoto with our step-by-step guide
3 min |
September 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Glorious GLOBULARS
From fuzzy blobs to star cities, Paul Money takes us on a tour of 15 of the best globular clusters to observe in this season's night skies
8 min |
September 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Q&A WITH THE CEO OF INMARSAT - Melissa Brobby interviews Rajeev Suri
A landmark study has found that, in contrast to the Apollo generation, younger people are out of touch with the realities of the space industry
3 min |
September 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Prepare for the PLANET PARADE
Five planets and an asteroid will be putting on a show this month. Stuart Atkinson shows us where and when to catch the spectacle
6 min |
September 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Drive me to the Moon
Artist Oliver Jeffers on creating the Our Place In Space sculpture trail
3 min |
August 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
On the July episode of The Sky at Night, Marina Hui takes the reigns as director for the first time, transforming the show into 'The Sky at Day'
3 min |
August 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
APY Masterclass - Capturing Venus and the Moon
Lighting Venus's crescent and the lunar limb evenly is no small feat
3 min |
August 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Q&A WITH A MOON RECYCLER
With frequent lunar missions on the horizon, focus is turning toward the sustainable use and reuse of the materials that will be left on the surface
3 min |
August 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Curiosity, 10 years exploring Mars
NASA's car-sized Red Planet rover has set new standards in planetary exploration
3 min |
August 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
An astronomer at the BOTTOM OF THE WORLD
Georgina Dransfield has just returned from months at the South Pole, working to expand our understanding of exoplanets - and dreaming of a pair of jeans
8 min |
August 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
12 Astrophotography Pitfalls (and How to Avoid Them)
Expert astrophotographer Will Gater runs through the common mistakes even experienced photographers make and how to ensure your next imaging session is free of them
9 min |
August 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Tiangong the Chinese Space Station
China is taking its place among the heavens as it puts the finishing touches to its first long-term space station
1 min |
August 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
From possible planets to STRANGE NEW WORLDS
With 5,000 exoplanets now confirmed and another 5,000 waiting to follow suit, Ezzy Pearson takes a look at how a deluge of tantalising data is revealing intriguing new worlds every day
6 min |
August 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
A parade of PLANETARY NEBULAE
Stuart Atkinson seeks out six of the loveliest examples of these deep-sky objects for you to track down in the late-summer skies.
6 min |
August 2022
BBC Science Focus
A MULTITUDE OF MULTIVERSES
The word ‘universe’ once described everything that exists. But as our horizons have expanded, many scientists have begun to consider what’s beyond our own cosmos, and whether there may be many other universes lurking tantalisingly out of sight by
10+ min |
Summer 2022
BBC Science Focus
WORKING FROM HOME VS THE WORKPLACE: A SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS
More than two years ago, many of us started working from home at least some of the time. So now the novelty has worn off, are hybrid workers more productive and happier than those working full-time in an office?
10 min |
Summer 2022
BBC Science Focus
Ideas we like...
Our pick of the month's smartest tech
2 min |
Summer 2022
BBC Science Focus
HOW DOES ECHOLOCATION WORK?
With its built-in sonar, honed through millions of years of evolution, the bat is the undisputed poster child of echolocation. This furry, flying critter shouts into the void, and then listens to the echoes that bounce back from objects in the darkness.
1 min |
Summer 2022
BBC Science Focus
JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE SHOWS US THE UNIVERSE IN A NEW LIGHT
These images will kick-start a new era in space exploration
5 min |
Summer 2022
BBC Science Focus
DYSLEXIA ISN'T A DISORDER, IT'S ESSENTIAL TO HOW OUR SPECIES ADAPTS, SAY RESEARCHERS
People with dyslexia have brains that are geared towards exploring the unknown, a trait that's been crucial to the survival and success of humans
2 min |
Summer 2022
BBC Science Focus
WHY WE LOVE SOME ROBOTS AND HATE OTHERS
Not all artificial intelligence is equal: just ask Clippy, Microsoft's much reviled virtual assistant
3 min |
Summer 2022
BBC Science Focus
SUNCREAM: HOW DO I CHOOSE THE BEST ONE?
A report from Which? found that several 'mineral' suncreams don't provide adequate protection
4 min |
Summer 2022
BBC Science Focus
MARS: COULD MARTIAN ROL SAMPLES CONTAMINATE OUR PLANET WITH MICROBES?
NASA and ESA plan to bring back samples from the Red Planet within the next two decades
3 min |
Summer 2022
BBC Science Focus
CRIME: NEW ALGORITHM PREDICTS WHEN AND WHERE A CRIME WILL HAPPEN BEFORE IT TAKES PLACE
The Al model was tested across eight cities in the US and predicts future crimes with 80 to 90 per cent accuracy, without falling foul of bias
4 min |
Summer 2022
BBC Science Focus
FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO ROCK
Think of a rock. It’s angular, grey and on the ground, right? Wrong. Rocks come in a staggering variety of shapes and colours, which help us decipher the stories of their geological lives. Here are just a few of the fantastic rock formations found on this planet…
6 min |
Summer 2022
All About Space UK
DARK THE FORCE TEARING SPACE APART ENERGY
It's the most mystifying phenomenon in the universe, but we're hot on its trail
9 min |
Issue 132
All About Space UK
WOBBLY SPACE JETS MAY AFFECT ALIEN LIFE
Binary star protoplanets could form differently due to infalling material
3 min |