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
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
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
FIELD OF VIEW
Let there be less light
2 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 Science Focus
The UK's new online age verification system has an unintended consequence
Psychologist Dr Sam Carr reveals how the new age checks are making us stop and think before accessing porn, and why our brains could thank us for it
5 min |
September 2025
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
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
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
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
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
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 Science Focus
Eating eggs every day could lower your cholesterol
For years, eggs have been seen as a cholesterol culprit - but new research Suggests that reputation may be undeserved
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
Cats get dementia too. And it could help us find a treatment
New research has found that felines develop dementia in a similar way to us, opening the door to further research
4 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
I KEEP HAVING NIGHTMARES. SHOULD I BE WORRIED?
Most of us have the odd bad dream. But if you're regularly waking in a cold sweat, you might be wondering: is it just stress, or something more serious?
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
COULD A VIRUS CHANGE MY DNA?
It already has. Our personal genomes (the genetic information of an organism) are littered with the remnants of viruses that infected our ancestors.
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
WHY IS MARS RED?
One of the most recognisable features of Mars is its red colour. Even the naked eye can clearly discern the Red Planet's ruddy hue. Humans have wondered where this red colour comes from for centuries, perhaps millennia.
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
A massive earthquake may be brewing beneath North America
No one knows when it will strike... but everyone agrees it will be a huge rupture
2 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
ASTRONOMY FROM THE FAR SIDE
THERE'S ONLY ONE PLACE TO GO IF WE WANT TO CATCH SIGHT OF THE COSMIC DAWN
7 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
ART FOR HEART'S SAKE
Practising art - or just looking at it - can improve your health. Here's why we shouldn't brush off the benefits
2 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
An underground tomb might be hiding next to the Giza pyramids
It could be a hidden doorway, but experts aren't sure
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
Documentary reveals the science behind turtle mother calls
In the new BBC documentary Parenthood, baby turtles see sunlight for the first time and crawl towards their singing mothers
2 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
EDITOR'S PICKS...
This month's smartest tech
3 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
HOW MUCH OF THE OCEAN IS JUST WHALE PEE?
It's not true that the seas are salty because of whale pee, although a single fin whale can produce as much as 250 gallons of urine a day.
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
Do pheromones control human attraction?
Could invisible chemical signals sway our behaviour, or who we're attracted to - all without us knowing?
4 min |
September 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Last chance for Titan transits
It'll be 13 years before Titan crosses Saturn again. Here's how to grab shots of it now
3 min |
October 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
THE SKY GUIDE CHALLENGE
Make a composite that reveals how the Moon's diameter changes over a lunar cycle
2 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
Some dog breeds are more at risk of overeating
Scientists can finally explain why certain breeds, such as labradors and retrievers, are more at risk of becoming loveable loaves
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
SHOCK THERAPY
Can a wearable neuromodulation device that delivers small electric shocks banish anxiety?
4 min |