Science
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
October's Sky at Night episode examined what it takes to become an astronaut. But why, wonders George Dransfield, is the opportunity still not available to everyone?
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November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Air clings to small planets after all
Small, rocky worlds once thought bare may have habitable atmospheres
2 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
'Universe breakers' could be black hole stars
Unexplained little red dots may be an entirely new precursor to black holes
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
An introduction to StarTools
Reveal detail and reduce noise with this easy-to-use toolkit
3 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Forget Betelgeuse: there's a new supernova in town
V Sagittae may soon erupt in a nova that lights up the sky - even in daylight
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Humans to orbit Moon again after 53 years
NASA eyes February launch date for first crewed lunar fly-by since Apollo
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Is the Universe uniform?
One of astronomy's most fundamental assumptions may be wrong. Colin Stuart investigates whether our belief that the Universe looks the same everywhere holds up to scrutiny
6 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Smart stargazing A beginner's guide
Curious about smart telescopes? Jamie Carter has the low-down on the app-powered tech that's making deep-space imaging easier than ever
6 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The hunt for alien tech
Can scientists tune in to Radio Alien? Govert Schilling investigates the cosmic clues that might reveal intelligent life through its technology
7 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Mysterious lumps found inside Mars
InSight Lander reveals the Red Planet's interior in amazing detail
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
THE SKY GUIDE CHALLENGE
Can you spot Uranus with your naked eye? This 'stepping star' technique will help
2 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Turn mono Sun shots into fiery colour
A simple, free technique to take your solar images from greyscale to gold
3 min |
October 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Create a striking moonrise composite
Here's how to showcase the Moon's graceful ascent from the horizon
3 min |
October 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
NOVAStar long eye relief planetary eyepieces
Striking views at a pocket-friendly price point? Seeing is believing...
4 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 Sky at Night Magazine
Create a striking moonrise composite
Here's how to showcase the Moon's graceful ascent from the horizon
2 min |
October 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Q&A WITH A FAST RADIO BURST EXPERT
A significant amount of the Universe's matter from the Big Bang is missing. Now scientists believe they've found it hiding between galaxies
3 min |
October 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
Ripples in time
A decade of gravitational wave detections In 2015, a new field of astronomy opened with the very first observation made beyond the electromagnetic spectrum. Elizabeth Todd looks at the milestone and what it meant
8 min |
October 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
FIRST CONTACT
Seven missions that gave us our first real look at alien worlds
6 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
Get to know lunar rays
A full Moon might bleach the sky and thwart your stargazing, but it's the best time to catch the magnificent lunar rays
3 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
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 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 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
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
FIELD OF VIEW
Let there be less light
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