How It Works UK
SCIENTISTS SPOT A 'DARK NEBULA' BEING TORN APART BY INFANT STARS
A battle is raging between darkness and light in the constellation Circinus, and a new image from the National Science Foundation's Dark Energy Camera captures a key turning point in the cosmic campaign.
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Issue 203
How It Works UK
Severe drought helped bring about a ‘barbarian' invasion of Roman Britain
A severe three-year drought helped bring about a 'barbarian' invasion of Roman Britain in 367 CE, a new study finds. In that year, Roman troops stationed at Hadrian's Wall on the empire's northern frontier rebelled, and three different 'barbarian' groups invaded Roman Britain, with the Picts attacking northern Britain from Scotland, the Scoti invading western Britain from Ireland and the Saxons invading southern Britain from the European continent.
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Issue 203
How It Works UK
China's '2D' chip could soon be used to make silicon-free chips
Researchers in China say they have created a new silicon-free transistor that could significantly boost performance while reducing energy consumption.
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How It Works UK
Solar wind could be making water on the Moon
Constant gusts of particles from the Sun may be creating water molecules on the Moon, a new NASA-led experiment hints.
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How It Works UK
HOW SOY SAUCE IS MADE
This salty, traditional Chinese seasoning is the product of fermented crops
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How It Works UK
THE UNIVERSE MAY REVOLVE ONCE EVERY 500 BILLION YEARS
In 1929, Edwin Hubble published a paper demonstrating that the universe is expanding. It gave rise to the Hubble constant, the number that describes how fast the universe is expanding.
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How It Works UK
SCHOOL SCIENCE ESSENTIALS
Take a tour of a classroom laboratory and discover how your school's scientific instruments work
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Issue 203
How It Works UK
HOW ELECTRICITY GETS TO YOUR HOME
From power plant to plug socket, follow the journey electricity takes before it reaches our homes
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Issue 203
How It Works UK
Is Voyager 1 in interstellar space now?
Yes. After a 47-year journey out of the Solar System, Voyager 1 has left the heliosphere - the region dominated by particles flowing out from the Sun in the solar wind.
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Issue 203
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY PROCESSING
Stop light pollution spoiling your shots
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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
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
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
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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