Science
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Hide and seek! A massive star hides in the centre of nebula Sh2-46
The blue-white star, caught on camera by the VLT Survey Telescope, may have formed in the nearby Eagle Nebula
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July 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
One of largest space structures to date discovered
The giant ball of hydrogen, named Eos, has been found on Earth's doorstep
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July 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Q&A WITH A DWARF GALAXY HUNTER
The Euclid space telescope has only just begun its six-year-long mission to map the night sky, but it's already revealed a treasure trove of new galaxies
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
SKILLS FOR STARGAZERS
Get the best from your astro camera
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Space myths BUSTED
From frozen astronauts to rampaging black holes, Alastair Gunn debunks 10 things you thought you knew about space
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
RVO Horizon 8-inch f/4 imaging Newtonian
Want to photograph large nebulae and galaxies? This big, fast scope is no slouch
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
ZWO Seestar S30 smart telescope
Sure to tempt beginners, the S50's tiny sibling is afforable, super-simple and great fun
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Out of this World and Into the Next
Where do we come from? Who are we? Where are we going? These are fundamental and profound questions that encompass the whole of human existence.
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Demystifying the Moon illusion
An apparently supersized Moon low on the horizon fools the eye... but not the camera
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
CUTTING EDGE
Mars's largest moon may have risen from the ashes of a previous satellite
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Trump takes aim at NASA funding
A draft proposal from the US presidential budget shows severe cuts to planetary science
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Zombie galaxies live again
Seemingly dead galaxies apparently burst back to life and form new stars
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY PROCESSING
Stop light pollution spoiling your shots
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Can You Get Music on the Moon?
This is the latest in a series from the author (Sheila Kanani) and illustrator (Liz Kay) behind Can You Get Rainbows in Space? and Can You Get Jellyfish in Space? With bright colours, energetic drawings and informal descriptions, it's likely to be as appealing to children as the previous books.
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Joys from the black stuff
Scientific research shows that time spent outside in the darkness with the stars is good for our mental health
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Goodnight Gaia!
After a decade of scientific operations, ESA's Gaia spacecraft has finally been retired
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Hunting killer asteroids
Earlier this year, an asteroid appeared to be on a collision course with Earth. Jenny Winder looks at how astronomers came to declare it a near- miss and how Earth can be defended from dangerous rocks from space
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Exomoons
Astronomers have found thousands of planets orbiting other stars. Now they're on the cusp of discovering their moons too
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Space weather Spaceflight's biggest danger
The Hayabusa mission was almost destroyed by one of the most hazardous events a spacecraft can experience – a solar storm.Hayley Smith looks back at the mission
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
With the May episode of The Sky at Night looking at all things Mars, presenter George Dransfield asks why so many people are drawn to the Red Planet
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The darkest skies on Earth
In search of pristine night skies and true darkness, author Paul Bogard travelled 5,000 miles to northern Chile. What he found amazed him
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Strongest hints yet of life outside the Solar System
JWST points to a possible biosignature on planet K2-18b, but astronomers urge caution
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Stonehenge and the Moon
Unlocking the secrets of lunar standstill
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Black hole wakes after decades-long nap
A giant black hole has suddenly come to life in a flurry of X-ray flashes
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
A weakening of the force
New data suggests that dark energy's pulling power is changing
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Blast off! Blue Origin springs into action with all-female crew
The 31st excursion of the New Shephard rocket takes a crew of former astronomers and celebrities on a brief spaceflight
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June 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
A unique view of Baily's beads
This award-winning eclipse sequence reveals the Moon's rugged peaks
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May 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The star that won't stop exploding
Every four years, the white dwarf detonates in one of the most violent ways ever seen
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May 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
NASA fires chief scientist
The move could signal a shift from science to exploration
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May 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
50 years of the European Space Agency
As Europe's organisation for space exploration marks five decades since its foundation in May 1975, Anita Chandran looks at key moments in its history
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