Science
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Capture NLCs with a smartphone
Make this the summer that you nail a shot of beautiful night-shining clouds
3 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
ZWO Seestar S30 Pro smart telescope
ZWO Seestar S30 Pro smart telescope
4 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The speed of light
The Universe has a speed limit - and it underpins everything we know about it. We explain the speed of light and its far-reaching implications for astronomy
2 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
COMETS AND ASTEROIDS
Can you spot dim, barely moving Pluto?
1 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
THE SKY GUIDE CHALLENGE
What's the youngest Moon you can photograph? Try our ‘impossible’ challenge
2 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Q&A WITH A SCIENCE COMMUNICATOR
As we find more planets in the habitable zones around other suns, we ask Neil deGrasse Tyson what would happen if we did meet intelligent alien life
3 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Make an all-sky camera
How to set up an always-watching system to catch fleeting sky events
3 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The Universe doesn't need a multiverse
The Universe doesn't need a multiverse The idea that there are many universes seems to solve our most stubborn cosmic mysteries. But, argues Brian Clegg, it's no substitute for hard evidence
2 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Planets of mystery
Uranus and Neptune – visited just once, 40 years ago – are the least-known planets in our Solar System. Now 21st-century science has revealed they may not even be the ‘ice giants’ we thought. Joseph Phelan investigates
6 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
THE BIG THREE
The top sights to observe or image this month
4 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
China eyes Moon with new launch
Latest mission includes a year-long stay in orbit and dozens of scientific experiments
1 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
Our Sun isn’t always benign: space weather poses real risks to our technology and infrastructure. George Dransfield explores the hazards of living next door to a star
3 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
From Skylab to Starlink- A space junk crisis
As humanity prepares to return to the Moon, there's a growing problem threatening to trap us here on Earth: human-made debris in orbit. Ben Evans explores the risks of uncontrolled space junk
6 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Askar 71F flatfield apo quadruplet astrograph
Clean stars, minimal fuss and good value, all in one travel-friendly package
4 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
NASA reveals new Artemis III mission blueprint
Earth-orbit test flight will rehearse docking and landing technologies
1 min |
July 2026
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How small can a planet be and still host life?
Study pinpoints which rocky worlds could hang on to a life-supporting atmosphere
2 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
JWST maps cosmic web in unprecedented detail
Survey traces the Universe's structure back to just one billion years after the Big Bang
1 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
JWST reveals blazing heart of nearby spiral galaxy
A dramatic infrared view of Messier 77 exposes a fiercely active galactic core
1 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Planet formation models face fresh challenge
The Galaxy's most abundant planets are strangely rare around its most common stars
1 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
NASA Mars rover's drill gets stuck in a rock
The problem briefly stopped Curiosity collecting samples in Gale Crater
1 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Hidden wonders of the LMC - part 1
How to reveal delicate nebulae without blowing out the stars
2 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The changing face of the MAN IN THE MOON
Many of us know the Moon's familiar ‘face’; but across the world and through history, people have seen something very different, explains Katrin Raynor
3 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
New electric thruster tested for trips to Mars
Lithium-fed plasma engine reaches 25 times the power of NASA's best electric thruster
1 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
What life will really be like on MARS
A new NASA-backed study has revealed the realities of humanity's first crewed missions to Mars. As Jamie Carter discovers, it starts with simply surviving the day...
6 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
STAR OF THE MONTH
Find stars within stars in Omicron Cygni
1 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Our planet's hidden impact scars
Our Moon is covered in craters, yet on Earth there are relatively few. Mark Burchell explains why that is and where you can still find the evidence of our planet's violent past
6 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Tiny outer Solar System object may have an atmosphere
The icy body shouldn't be capable of holding on to gas at all - so why is it there?
1 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
MOONWAICH
July's top lunar feature to observe
2 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Why our Galaxy keeps forgetting its past
New research shows how rapidly the Milky Way erases traces of collisions
2 min |
July 2026
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
New lasers boost power of giant telescopes
European Southern Observatory reveals how fake stars can sharpen a blurry view
1 min |