All About Space UK
MOON TOUR CASSINI CRATER
Use summer's clear nights to find a lunar crater named in honour of one of astronomy's most respected planetary observers
3 min |
Issue 143
All About Space UK
THIS MONTH'S PLANETS
Venus once again takes pride of place in the summer evening skies for observers
4 min |
Issue 143
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Black hole jet origin seen for first time
New observations hint at causes of powerful jets
1 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Double quasar shines brightly
The pair are close to merging into a single giant black hole
1 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
One step forward for Artemis...
The Moon mission’s latest triumph has been followed by a potential new setback
2 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Dark skies champion Bob Mizon passes away
Dark-sky campaigner Bob Mizon, who spent many years fighting to protect the night from light pollution, passed away on 19 April.
1 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Fighting for the dark side
Battles over a neighbour's floodlight led Stephen Kirkman to propose a new law
2 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
On last month's episode of The Sky at Night, Mary McIntyre explained how basic home CCTV cameras can play a big part in meteor science
3 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Build your own EQ camera mount
This month's project is a manual equatorial mount that is enjoyable to use and helps to develop your knowledge of the night sky.
3 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Solstices and equinoxes
Katrin Raynor explains how we get our seasons from Earth's orbit around the Sun
3 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Fuss-free tools to process your DSLR astro images
Using freeware to stack, extract the background, calibrate colour and more
3 min |
June 2023
All About Space UK
IS THE UNIVERSE DUE ANOTHER BIG BANG?
New theories and observations are shedding fresh light on the very beginnings of the cosmos, and the formation of the first stars and galaxies. But they're also revealing new and unexpected mysteries
10+ min |
Issue 143
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Record the motion of NLCs
Capture the movement, structure and colours of summer's night-shining clouds
3 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Our DISAPPEARING dark skies
Shaoni Bhattacharya looks at what is - and isn't - being done to help ensure everyone can see the stars
7 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Noctilucent clouds on the rise
Night-shining clouds have fascinated skywatchers for almost 140 years. Rob Banino finds out what they tell us about our changing atmosphere
8 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The FIRST WOMEN of space
Ezzy Pearson reveals how Valentina Tereshkova and Sally Ride blazed the trail for womankind
9 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Unistellar eVscope eQuinox 2
Powerful, light pollution-busting smart scope for painless one-click imaging
3 min |
June 2023
All About Space UK
INSTANT EXPERT HOW ARE COMETS CLASSIFIED?
There are more than 5,000 known 'dirty snowballs' knocking about the Solar System, all of which fit into a selection of categories
3 min |
Issue 143
All About Space UK
SCANDALS THAT SHOOK SPACE EXPLORATION
Stealing, sabotage and safety concerns - from the silly to the serious, here are some of the wrongdoings that rocked the world of space
9 min |
Issue 143
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The brightest radiation flash on record
Gamma-ray burst declared a 1-in-10,000-year event
2 min |
June 2023
All About Space UK
MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE WHAT CAUSES THE SPOKES IN SATURN'S RINGS?
Smudges around the gas giant have begun to appear again. Scientists have plenty of time to study them, but will they finally work out what's happening?
8 min |
Issue 143
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
What happened BEFORE the Big Bang?
Govert Schilling answers your questions on cosmology’s most confusing concepts
3 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Who invented the southern constellations?
Ian Ridpath uncovers how it took 150 years of exploration to fill the skies of the Southern Hemisphere with 26 new constellations.
8 min |
June 2023
All About Space UK
FOCUS ON RELATIVISTIC JETS BUBBLING IN THE TEACUP GALAXY
Even low-power jets can help shape a galaxy, it just depends where they're headed
1 min |
Issue 143
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
QHYCCD QHY5111462C colour camera
Impressively premium sensor sophistication in a pocket-sized package
3 min |
June 2023
All About Space UK
FUTURE TECH SPACE FARMING
Future astronauts will need to grow their own plants in artificial environments if they are to survive missions far from Earth
3 min |
Issue 143
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Q&A WITH A GALAXY HUNTER
Researchers have been shocked to discover 'Universe breakers' in JWST images, massive galaxies that existed way before current theories predicted
3 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Sneezes and wheezes of the Butterfly
New imagery shows the nebula puffing 'like a fire-breathing dragon'
2 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Super-Earths wreak havoc
Simulations show the common planet type would cause chaos in our Solar System
2 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
JUICE begins its journey
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) from the European Space Agency is on its way, following a successful launch at 12:14 UTC on 14 April from French Guiana.
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