Science
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Noctilucent clouds on the rise
Night-shining clouds have fascinated skywatchers for almost 140 years. Rob Banino finds out what they tell us about our changing atmosphere
8 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
What happened BEFORE the Big Bang?
Govert Schilling answers your questions on cosmology’s most confusing concepts
3 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The FIRST WOMEN of space
Ezzy Pearson reveals how Valentina Tereshkova and Sally Ride blazed the trail for womankind
9 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Our DISAPPEARING dark skies
Shaoni Bhattacharya looks at what is - and isn't - being done to help ensure everyone can see the stars
7 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The trip of my dreams
Scout Simon Shemetilo won a VIP visit to a rocket launch from Cape Canaveral
2 min |
May 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
In April's Sky at Night, chemist Mark Sephton revealed how we'll look for signs of Martian life in samples collected by Perseverance
4 min |
May 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Blowing bubbles in the early Universe
Do infant galaxies work together to clear the hydrogen around them?
2 min |
May 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
DART was bang on target
The asteroid-deflecting DART mission worked with incredible accuracy
2 min |
May 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
DEEP-SKY TOUR
Everybody knows the Plough, but can you find all six Messier objects in the surrounding field?
3 min |
May 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
How we know that Earth isn't flat
Astronomers have known that Earth is a globe for thousands of years
3 min |
May 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The story of SKYLAB
Fifty years on from its launch, Jane Green takes a look back at the troubles and triumphs of the USA's trailblazing space station
7 min |
May 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Darkness on the moors
In search of true darkness and skies that sparkle, Jamie Carter visits Yorkshire, home of the UK's newest International Dark Sky Reserves
6 min |
May 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
How can we see the afterglow of th Big Bang?
Govert Schilling of cosmology's continues to explain some most confusing concepts
3 min |
May 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The riddle of the HYPERGIANTS
New research is uncovering the weird workings of the largest stars in the Universe
6 min |
May 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The riddle of the HYPERGIANTS
New research is uncovering the weird workings of the largest stars in the Universe
4 min |
May 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Capturing Milky Way THE MAGNIFICENT
Get ready for the return of late summer nights under the stars as Will Gater presents a beginners’ guide to photographing our ever-changing home Galaxy
6 min |
May 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Imaging with MULTI-BAND FILTERS
Over the last few years there has been an explosion of multi-band filters for astrophotographers.
8 min |
April 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
FIELD OF VIEW
The very, very early Space Race
2 min |
April 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
In just a generation, humanity has gone from knowing of a handful of planets - those in our Solar System - to confirming the existence of over 5,000.
3 min |
April 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Q&A WITH A BLACK HOLE PHYSICIST
The Event Horizon Telescope continues to test Einstein's general relativity predictions under the most extreme conditions
3 min |
April 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Speed up your workflow
Save time by automating common processing steps like boosting contrast and reducing noise
3 min |
April 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Experiments with Venus
Try out these activities while the Evening Star is shining bright in our skies
3 min |
April 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Build a Bahtinov mask
Make an astrophotography focusing aid to fit any telescope
3 min |
April 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Master the art of averted vision
If you're new to stargazing, a faint object like C/2022 E3 ZTF, the comet that had us all excited earlier this year, isn't the best target for a first look through a telescope - the chances are you won't see a thing.
3 min |
April 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The new Space Age
With 70 nations, space-mad billionaires and eager private companies all vying for a stake - but no laws or rules -space today is verging on a free-for-all.
8 min |
April 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Does the Universe have an edge?
It's one of the most perplexing questions in cosmology: does our Universe have an edge?
3 min |
April 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Mercury returns to twilight
The inner wanderer graces our evening skies once again this month.
8 min |
April 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
JUICE TAKES FLIGHT
Set to launch this month, the European-led JUICE spacecraft will explore the frozen worlds orbiting the gas giant Jupiter.
9 min |
April 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Astronomy Photographer of the Year
Supported by Liberty Specialty Markets, The world-class competition returns in 2023, seeking the best astronomy image of the past year
1 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
O&A WITH A PLANETARY SCIENTIST
The materials that form the building blocks of life on Earth have been found in distant planet-forming discs that are the same size as the Solar System
3 min |