Science
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 |
June 2023
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 |