Science
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
FIELD OF VIEW
The very, very early Space Race
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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 |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY PROCESSING
Reduce star trailing in your astro images, An easy processing tip to remedy stretched and unsharp stars
3 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Bring out the colours of stars
From reds to yellows to blues, here's how to reveal the subtle tones of stars in your images
2 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Build a zero-magnification finder
Make an illuminated aiming device you can use on any telescope
3 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The Columbia Space Shuttle disaster
Twenty years on, Amy Arthur looks back at fateful flight STS-107
3 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The man who put the Sun at the CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE
This month marks 550 years since the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus. Emily Winterburn explores his life and legacy
4 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
OBSERVING VARIABLE STARS
Pete Lawrence is your guide to viewing variable stars so you can record their changes in brightness
5 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Expansion and gravity
Though the Universe is expanding, gravity helps keep it together
1 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Does the Universe expand faster than light?
Govert Schilling continues to explain cosmology's confusing concepts In part 2 of our series
2 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
DEEP-SKY TOUR
We'll start in Orion's Sword where M42, the Orion Nebula, takes pride of place. Magnificent through any instrument, smaller scopes give a lovely overview of this fourth-magnitude nebula, easily revealing the bright kidney-shaped 'core' within which the tightly packed stars of the Trapezium Cluster are embedded.
2 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
THE SKY GUIDE CHALLENGE
Can you beat Sirius's glare to identify its faint companion the Pup Star?
2 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
BINOCULAR TOUR With Steve Tonkin
This month we're off to a dog show, finding the best in class in Canis Major
2 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
STAR OF THE MONTH
Muscida, the nose of the Great Bear, Ursa Major
1 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
COMETS AND ASTEROIDS
Fingers crossed for comet C/2022 E3 ZTF reaching naked-eye visibility this month
1 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Fra Mauro
Fra Mauro is a quintessential example of a walled plain. Measuring 96km in diameter and 800m in depth, its ancient form can be located east of 300km Mare Cognitum, the sea that has become known’.
2 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Jupiter
Jupiter is rapidly losing ground to the evening twilight, appearing 29° above the southwest horizon under deep twilight conditions at the start of the month, but reaching only 12° above the western horizon by the time we reach the end of the month.
3 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Favourable southwest lunar libration
BEST TIME TO SEE: 9-16 February
1 min |
February 2023
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Venusian encounters
BEST TIME TO SEE: From 15 February, after sunset
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