Science
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
How to photograph the Geminids
Dramatic meteor photos aren't just down to luck. We show you how to bag one
3 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
10 Christmas crackers for your new telescope
So Santa brought you a telescope - what now? Stuart Atkinson sprinkles some cosmic sparkle, with 10 sights to see over one fabulous festive night - from glorious galaxies and planets to glittering star clusters
7 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
10 years of reusable rockets
Ben Evans charts the rise of multi-flight spacecraft, the tech revolution that's transforming our access to space
6 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
SKILLS FOR STARGAZERS
Take great photos of the Milky Way
3 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Smart scopes: from backyard to big science
Home-based stargazers are helping scientists crack some of the Universe's big mysteries - and you can join them. Charlotte Daniels shows us how
6 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
FIELD OF VIEW
Forget Instagram – embrace the moment
2 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Q&A WITH A PLANETARY LIFE EXPERT
Saturn's icy moon Enceladus boasts water, heat and organics. Now scientists have discovered it has complex chemistry too. Could it prove to be habitable?
3 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
When The Sky at Night joined Curious Cases for a special episode, George Dransfield was there to answer your burning questions. Here she dives deeper into her favourite
3 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Students fix JWST's blurry vision
PhD researchers restore the telescope's ultra-precise imaging - without a spacewalk
1 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
On a Mission
This is an inspiring tribute to the trailblazing women who shaped NASA's human spaceflight programmes.
1 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY PROCESSING
Make your dark nebulae shots shine
3 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
QHY miniCAM8 monochrome camera bundle
Versatile, novice-friendly and well-priced – but loose connections let it down
2 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Sky-Watcher StarQuest DX130P Newtonian reflector set
A quality set for beginners, delivering heaps of value for the price
3 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Why do stars twinkle?
Find out how starlight that's steady in space seems to sparkle from Earth
2 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Did asteroids bring life to Earth?
Nick Spall examines the evidence that life on Earth came from outer space – and how close science is to proving it
6 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
31/ATLAS: captured from other worlds
Mars orbiters repurposed to photograph elusive interstellar visitor
2 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Moon's split personality solved
Ancient heat imbalance may explain our Moon's two-faced appearance
2 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Vaonis Vespera Pro smart telescope
Swift, effortless and seriously capable - this scope makes every session count
4 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
25 years of life in orbit
Humans have now continuously occupied the International Space Station for a quarter century. Ben Evans celebrates the milestone and asks what's next
4 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
How dark is your sky?
Discover the Bortle scale, a simple way to judge night-sky quality wherever you are
4 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Comet 24P dives into the Beehive
A faint comet sneaks across M44 under moonlight this month. Can you catch it?
3 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Space conspiracies EXPOSED
Armed with hard science, Alastair Gunn takes apart 10 of the most popular and persistent space conspiracy theories
6 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
JWST discovers new Moon orbiting Uranus
At just 10 kilometres wide, this is the smallest satellite yet found around the ice giant
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Bresser PushTo AR-80/400 smart telescope with tripod
This bargain app-assisted starter set takes you from box to stars in minutes
4 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
NASA finds new evidence for life on Mars
Biosignatures of potential ancient microbial life found in dry riverbed
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Finding peace in deeptime
Daily worries getting you down? Think about the scale of the Universe, says Mark Westmoquette - the Big Picture will make those anxieties so much smaller
2 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Match your setup to your seeing
Optimise your gear to get sharper astrophotos whatever your sky conditions
3 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Q&A WITH AN INTERSTELLAR OBJECT INVESTIGATOR
A seven-billion-year-old object has just entered our Solar System. We ask what comet 3I/ATLAS is doing here - and what it reveals about our Galaxy's past
3 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Day-long space explosion baffles astronomers
The massive gamma-ray burst lasted 1,000 times longer than any seen before
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Ancient poem reveals historic supernova
A medieval Arabic verse offers new clues to explosion's date and position
2 min |