Science
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
How to find a speck in space
New Horizons proves stellar parallax can locate a probe in the vastness, using the light of just two stars
4 min |
October 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
FIRST CONTACT
Seven missions that gave us our first real look at alien worlds
6 min |
October 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Possible planet found at Alpha Centauri A
If true, it would be the closest exoplanet ever found in a habitable zone
2 min |
October 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Get to know lunar rays
A full Moon might bleach the sky and thwart your stargazing, but it's the best time to catch the magnificent lunar rays
3 min |
October 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
JWST decodes the chaos behind paint-splash nebula
A companion star may be sculpting tangled NGC 6072, a rare multipolar planetary nebula
1 min |
October 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
September's Sky at Night episode tackled the Hubble constant. George Dransfield considers how some of the cornerstones of science aren't as rock-solid as we thought
3 min |
October 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Bridge of stray stars revealed
Dark Energy Camera image of galaxy cluster Abell 3667 brings cosmic history into focus
1 min |
October 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Stargazing in the Atacama Desert
Becca Marsh tours Chile's high Atacama Desert - home to some of the darkest skies and most advanced astronomical observatories on the planet - and discovers a stargazing destination like no other
7 min |
October 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Titan's lakes could form protocells
Study shows conditions are right to create vesicles, key structures in the origin of life
1 min |
October 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Earliest black hole discovered
The supermassive black hole dates from just 500 million years after the Big Bang
2 min |
October 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
FIELD OF VIEW
Let there be less light
2 min |
October 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Betelgeuse's companion star confirmed
Century-old mystery solved with direct detection of a binary to the famous variable star
1 min |
October 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Astronomy Photographer of the Year
BBC Sky at Night Magazine is thrilled to reveal the 2025 winners in the globe's premier astrophotography contest
5 min |
October 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
JUNO: The mission that rewrote the story of Jupiter
As NASA's Juno mission nears its end, Nicky Jenner explores the secrets it has uncovered about the Solar System's largest and most enigmatic world
8 min |
September 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
SKILLS FOR STARGAZERS
How to guide your gear with PHD2: Guiding can make or break your long exposures. Here's how to master it
2 min |
September 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Q&A WITH AN ASTROPHYSICIST
Light pollution is a growing threat worldwide. Now astronomers are battling an industrial project in Chile that could compromise some of Earth's darkest skies
2 min |
September 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Stella Mira 86mm ED f/7 quadruplet refractor
Pin-sharp stars, rock-solid build and easy imaging - we're impressed
4 min |
September 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
GEAR
Charlotte Daniels rounds up the latest astronomical accessories
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
One sky - then, now and forever
The starry sky is the one unchanged view we share with our ancestors, says Mark Westmoquette. It's our link to every soul who ever paused to wonder
2 min |
September 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY PROCESSING: Fix contrast extremes in your Moon shots
Use tone mapping to tame brightness and reclaim lost detail
3 min |
September 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Earth may be at the centre of a huge void
New theory could explain why the Universe expands faster in our region of space
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Starburst galaxy outshines Milky Way
JWST image of galaxy Messier 82 reveals a flurry of star formation
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
August's episode of The Sky at Night celebrates the work of Jocelyn Bell Burnell. George Dransfield explains why this pulsar pioneer is such a hero to her
3 min |
September 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Lone black holes may finally break cover
These hidden drifters could reveal themselves through a telltale flicker
2 min |
September 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Eclipse España One country, three years, three eclipses
The total solar eclipse in 2026 is Spain's first in over a century, kicking off a remarkable 18 months of Spanish Moon-shadow fever. Jamie Carter is your tour guide
5 min |
September 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The Astronomy Handbook: A Field Guide to the Night Sky
How do kids - or anyone, for that matter - get hooked on astronomy? Seeing the Moon's craters through binoculars or spotting the 'W' of Cassiopeia for the first time can spark a lifelong interest.
1 min |
September 2025
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Mark McCaughrean
Interview with the author Mark McCaughrean
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Astronomers find Universe's missing matter
Cosmic radio signals reveal the shadow of material lost in intergalactic space
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The Moon: From Imagination to Exploration
Few celestial bodies have captured the human imagination quite like the Moon, and this book delivers a beautifully crafted tribute to Earth's nearest neighbour.
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The mystery of Messier 102
Deep within the popular Messier Catalogue of deep-sky objects lies an enigma. Mark Hardaker investigates the curious case of M102
3 min |