All About Space UK
A HUNGRY BLACK HOLE 'SWITCHES ON' AS ASTRONOMERS WATCH IN SURPRISE
J221951 is one of the most extreme examples yet
3 min |
Issue 146
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Lights in the darkness Photographing the aurora
Wilderness photographer Valtteri Hirvonen - who spends nearly half the year in darkness in his native Finland - reveals how he found new inspiration in the Northern Lights
5 min |
September 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The rock hunter RETURNS
As OSIRIS-REx becomes the latest spacecraft to bring back samples from another world, Ezzy Pearson examines how these missions help reveal our Solar System's history
8 min |
September 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Star-hopping
Steve Tonkin explains an easy technique to navigate your way around the night sky
3 min |
September 2023
All About Space UK
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MILKY WAY
The Milky Way is our home galaxy – a vast star factory with a monstrous black hole at its heart. Join our tour of the cosmic pinwheel that’s home to every star we can see in the night sky
10+ min |
Issue 146
All About Space UK
MARS HELICOPTER PHONES HOME AFTER A 63-DAY SILENCE
Rugged terrain had kept Ingenuity from communicating with its robotic partner, the Perseverance rover
1 min |
Issue 146
All About Space UK
SIX OF THE BEST SPACE PRANKS
It turns out that the sky isn’t the limit when it comes to a good old-fashioned practical joke
4 min |
Issue 146
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Highlights of the autumn skies
From returning favourites to unmissable one-off events, Katrin Raynor picks out the best night-sky sights coming up in the months ahead
5 min |
September 2023
All About Space UK
COSMIC 'SANDWICH' THEORY COULD EXPLAIN HOW SMALLER PLANETS ARE FORMED
Sandwiched planet formation may arise as the result of gas and dust being squeezed between large planets
3 min |
Issue 146
All About Space UK
MOON TOUR - COPERNICUS
Get up close to the ‘Monarch of the Moon’
3 min |
Issue 146
BBC Science Focus
How does the fitness app on my phone know how many steps I've taken, especially if it's in my bag?
Your phone uses GPS to track distance travelled. But try disabling it and you'll notice that fitness apps will still give you step counts.
1 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
Blood and bone
The human body is a wealth of parts and connections the skeleton, 86 billion 206 bones in neurons in the brain, roughly 25 quadrillion potential neural pathway routes... and yet there are just 20 arteries carrying your entire blood supply.
1 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
Who needs wings?
This little critter with the cheeky grin is a Mizoram parachute gecko, Gekko mizoramensis, a previously unknown species of gliding gecko from the tropical forests of northern India.
1 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
SPACE: A RADIATION 'ECHO' FROM A SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE IS SPREADING ACROSS THE GALAXY
The sleeping cosmological giant woke up around 200 years ago and devoured everything in the vicinity, releasing intense amounts of radiation in the process
1 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
ENERGY: THE COSTS OF SWITCHING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY WILL HIT THE SUPER-WEALTHY HARDEST
A new study says a future fuelled by sustainable energy is possible, if the top 10 per cent are prepared to accept some losses
1 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
COSMOLOGY: GRAVITATIONAL RIPPLES COULD HELP CRACK THE UNIVERSE'S SECRETS
New findings provide evidence of a background hum’ produced by low-frequency gravitational waves rippling across spacetime
2 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
BIOLOGY: WORMS CAUGHT HITCHING RIDES ON BEES BY USING ELECTRIC FIELDS
As well as hitchhiking, the nematode worms also form conga lines
1 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
MEDICINE: SCIENTISTS TO TEST 'POO TRANSPLANT' PILLS IN GROUND-BREAKING GUT HEALTH TRIAL
Your number twos could be the number-one defence against liver disease
1 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
MEDICINE: SCIENTISTS DISCOVER WHY SPACE TRAVEL WEAKENS ASTRONAUTS' IMMUNE SYSTEMS
Astronauts routinely break out in rashes or get ill while aboard the International Space Station. Now we know why
1 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
NEUROSCIENCE: AI USES BRAINWAVES TO PERFECT YOUR PERSONALISED PLAYLIST
Your mood and energy levels may reveal your preferred musical genres to streaming services
1 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
YOU'RE HARDWIRED TO TRUST CONFIDENT VOICES... EVEN WHEN THEY'RE WRONG
Human evolution has led to us naturally believing statements that are delivered in a more assured manner
3 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
MEWING: CAN THE TIKTOK TREND GIVE YOU THE JAWLINE OF A MODEL?
Its supporters claim a simple tongue exercise can not only reshape your jaw and help you sleep, but can even improve your teeth. Here's what the experts say...
3 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
OLDER DADS: ARE YOU EVER TOO OLD TO BECOME A FATHER?
What are the risks and rewards, to you and your children, of becoming a father late in life?
3 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
SIGNS OF LIFE: COULD A SUPERNOVA BE A SIGNAL?
Astronomers think aliens could use supernova explosions to inform us of their presence
3 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
AI art's hidden echo chamber is about to implode
Artificial intelligence creates millions of images a day, flooding the internet. But what happens when it starts to train on its own data?
4 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
SHOULD I EAT DESSERT WITH BREAKFAST TO HELP ME DIET?
It's hard to say whether devouring a dessert at breakfast actually helps with weight loss. The most reported research comes from a team led by endocrinologist Prof Daniela Jakubowicz at Tel Aviv University in Israel. In 2012, her team published a study of 193 people on a calorie-controlled diet who consumed either a low-carbohydrate breakfast or one with high protein and high carbohydrate, including a sweet treat such as a piece of cake or a doughnut.
2 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
WHY DOES MY DOG GIVE ME SIDE EYE?
Dog side eye, aka 'the shady gaze', is the subject of many seemingly humorous memes. But this canine characteristic is often more loaded than the videos suggest.
1 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
DEAR DOCTOR: HOW DO I STOP HICCUPING? WHAT WILL ACTUALLY WORK?
Hiccups, those sudden and sometimes annoying contractions of the diaphragm, can be a perplexing phenomenon. During a hiccup your diaphragm contracts and, immediately after this, the top of your windpipe (your glottis) closes, making the typical 'hic' sound.
2 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
WHY DO I GO RED WHEN I'M EMBARRASSED OR HAVE BEEN DRINKING?
Blushing, or turning red in the face, is a fascinating physiological response that occurs in certain situations, such as embarrassment or alcohol consumption.
1 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
BEFORE WE HAD LONG COVID, WAS THERE LONG SARS?
The SARS epidemic of 2002-2004, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), affected over 8,000 people globally.
1 min |