Science
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
JWST begins its SCIENCE JOURNEY
As we gaze astonished at the James Webb Space Telescope’s first science images, Colin Stuart takes a look at the questions it will answer over its decade-long voyage of astronomical discovery
7 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
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
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY CAPTURE
Take the perfect astrophoto with our step-by-step guide
3 min |
September 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY PROCESSING
Expert processing tips to enhance your astrophotos
3 min |
September 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
DIY ASTRONOMY
Practical astronomy projects for every level of expertise
3 min |
September 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
EXPLAINER - The fundamentals of astronomy for beginners
Ezzy Pearson celebrates the 30th anniversary of the first Black woman flying in space
4 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
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
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
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 Sky at Night Magazine
THE DARK HEART of our Galaxy
Jane Green looks into how eight telescopes came together to capture the shadow of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way
5 min |
July 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Where are all the aliens? ROSWELL AT 75
Nick Pope looks at back at the most famous UFO story of all, and why more people are reporting strange sights in the sky
10 min |
July 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
VENUS in a new light
Has the Parker Solar Probe solved the mystery of the Ashen Light? Paul G. Abel assesses the evidence
2 min |
July 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Removing stars from a deep-sky nebula target
Use a Photoshop plug-in to eliminate stars in an image of the Statue of Liberty Nebula
3 min |
July 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Photograph the Milky Way
Image the misty glow of our home Galaxy as it crosses the sky during the summer months
3 min |
July 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
How to build a webcamscope
Construct a simple and cost-effective imaging device for capturing bright targets
3 min |
July 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Close up on THE SUN
Together, Solar Orbiter and the Parker Solar Probe are giving us our closest ever look at the Sun. With both now in their science phases, Ezzy Pearson updates us on what we've already learned and what's still to come
7 min |
July 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Meteorites, messengers from other planets
Stuart Atkinson takes a look at five of the most famous 'celebrity meteorites'
3 min |
July 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
From city lights to deep space
In this second part of a series that looks at urban stargazing through four seasons, Rod Mollise reveals the wonders you can discover in the summer night sky...
7 min |
July 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ 5.1-inch Newtonian reflector
A manual telescope that can be easily aligned via an adaptor and free smartphone app
5 min |
July 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Seeing the Solar System's future
Recent observations offer clues about whether the planets will survive our Sun's far-off fate of swelling out into the Solar System as a red giant. Colin Stuart investigates
6 min |
June 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Drones used to hunt for meteorites
Using drones could improve ve our odds of finding 'fresh' meteorites
2 min |