Science
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Looking at home from afar
Studying our cosmic neighbourhood from 'outside' is an eye-opener
2 min |
July 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Building Magrathea
Worlds that orbit two white dwarfs could be relatively common
2 min |
July 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Star swallows planet whole
Bloated star gives a dusty belch as it engulfs one of its orbiting planets
2 min |
July 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Q&A A WITH A GALAXY RESEARCHER
Quasars are hungry monsters at the heart of galaxies, but the origins of these powerful objects have long been a mystery
3 min |
July 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Boosting detail in nebula photos - a case study
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY PROCESSING | Expert processing tips to enhance your astrophotos | Combine RGB and narrowband data to give deep, rich images
3 min |
July 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Catch the Sun
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY CAPTURE | Take the perfect astrophoto with our step-by-step guide | How to safely capture the drama now that solar activity is picking up
3 min |
July 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Make a Sun, Moon and Earth model
DIY ASTRONOMY | Practical astronomy projects for every level of expertise | A simple, hands-on project to teach their surface features and orbits to beginners and youngsters
3 min |
July 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Nancy Grace Roman
Ezzy Pearson celebrates a scientist whose legacy can be felt across all astronomy
3 min |
July 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Euclid Shedding light on the dark Universe PRO
A new European space telescope launching this month will tackle the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, reports Govert Schilling
7 min |
July 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Stargazing in Utah the darkest state
Jamie Carter marvels at the night sky above Utah, a state packed with internationally-recognised dark-sky sites, iconic astrophoto locations and a long history of indigenous astronomy
6 min |
July 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Seeing THE SUN in white light
Pete Lawrence observations is your guide to making safe visual of our nearest star this summer
7 min |
July 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
A year with JWST
To celebrate JWST’s first year of operation, Jenny Winder takes a look at some of the landmark scientific discoveries it has made over the last 12 months
7 min |
July 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Q&A WITH A GALAXY HUNTER
Researchers have been shocked to discover 'Universe breakers' in JWST images, massive galaxies that existed way before current theories predicted
3 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
QHYCCD QHY5111462C colour camera
Impressively premium sensor sophistication in a pocket-sized package
3 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Fuss-free tools to process your DSLR astro images
Using freeware to stack, extract the background, calibrate colour and more
3 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Record the motion of NLCs
Capture the movement, structure and colours of summer's night-shining clouds
3 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Build your own EQ camera mount
This month's project is a manual equatorial mount that is enjoyable to use and helps to develop your knowledge of the night sky.
3 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Solstices and equinoxes
Katrin Raynor explains how we get our seasons from Earth's orbit around the Sun
3 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Fighting for the dark side
Battles over a neighbour's floodlight led Stephen Kirkman to propose a new law
2 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
On last month's episode of The Sky at Night, Mary McIntyre explained how basic home CCTV cameras can play a big part in meteor science
3 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Sneezes and wheezes of the Butterfly
New imagery shows the nebula puffing 'like a fire-breathing dragon'
2 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Super-Earths wreak havoc
Simulations show the common planet type would cause chaos in our Solar System
2 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Dark skies champion Bob Mizon passes away
Dark-sky campaigner Bob Mizon, who spent many years fighting to protect the night from light pollution, passed away on 19 April.
1 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Double quasar shines brightly
The pair are close to merging into a single giant black hole
1 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
JUICE begins its journey
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) from the European Space Agency is on its way, following a successful launch at 12:14 UTC on 14 April from French Guiana.
1 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Black hole jet origin seen for first time
New observations hint at causes of powerful jets
1 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
One step forward for Artemis...
The Moon mission’s latest triumph has been followed by a potential new setback
2 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The brightest radiation flash on record
Gamma-ray burst declared a 1-in-10,000-year event
2 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Unistellar eVscope eQuinox 2
Powerful, light pollution-busting smart scope for painless one-click imaging
3 min |
June 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Who invented the southern constellations?
Ian Ridpath uncovers how it took 150 years of exploration to fill the skies of the Southern Hemisphere with 26 new constellations.
8 min |