BBC Sky at Night Magazine

09/12/2024

Get all the week’s stargazing highlights delivered directly to your ears in our weekly Star Diary podcast - out now!

The weekly astronomy podcast from the makers of BBC Sky at Night Magazine.

08/12/2024

NASA delays missions to put humans back on the Moon. Heat shield problems stall Artemis II and III

Concerns over the Orion spacecraft's heat shield led NASA to delay Artemis II until April 2026 and Artemis III until mid 2027.

08/12/2024

Could we terraform Mars? Study says tiny human-made particles may help make the Red Planet habitable

Nanorods may help terraform Mars by functioning as greenhouse insulation for the Red planet, making it warmer and wetter for habitation.

08/12/2024

The Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak on 13/14 December. ☄️✨

Find out how to see the shower as well as all the latest stargazing highlights, in this week’s Star Diary podcast, from the makers of BBC Sky at Night Magazine.

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08/12/2024

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08/12/2024

Astronomers have captured the first ever close-up image of a star beyond our Galaxy

Astronomers captured the first close-up image of a star beyond our Galaxy. WOH G64 is 160,000 lightyears away in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

08/12/2024

Get this week's stargazing highlights in our Star Diary podcasts – out now!
– The Geminid's meteor shower reaches its peak
– Io makes a shadow transit past the Great Red Spot
– Mercury returns to the dawn sky

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08/12/2024

Image and video shows Guitar Nebula with flaming filament 12 trillion miles long shooting into space

Image of the Guitar Nebula, pulsar and 12 trillion mile-long filament extending from a pulsar, captured by Chandra and Hubble

08/12/2024

Is this a googly eye in space? No, it's a solar eclipse on Mars captured by one of NASA's rovers

An image and video showing Mars's moon Phobos passing in front of the Sun. This transit - or eclipse - was seen by NASA's Perseverance rover.

07/12/2024

When ships were steered by starlight. How ancient mariners used the stars as their own GPS

A history of celestial navigation - how sailors used the stars in the night sky to navigate their ships while at sea.

07/12/2024

From shooting stars to cosmic rays and gravity. This is how space affects Earth and life on our planet

Earth has a complex relationship with space, a bond between the two. Here are some ways the Universe affects Earth and life on our planet.

07/12/2024

This star suddenly became 100 times brighter than the Sun, and astronomers think they may have worked out why

What's causing star FU Orionis to undergo extreme increases in brightness? Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope may have the answer.

07/12/2024

The December solstice is on the way. What is it, and what does it have to do with Earth's orbit around the Sun?

What is the December solstice, when is the shortest day and what does it have to do with Earth's orbit around the Sun?

07/12/2024

Mercury reaches greatest eastern elongation on 24 March, making it a great time to look at Mercury's phases.

Find out how in this week's episode of the Star Diary podcast 🎧

The weekly astronomy podcast from the makers of BBC Sky at Night Magazine.

07/12/2024

See Jupiter at its best this weekend

Jupiter reaches opposition on 7 December 2024, shining at mag. –2.7 located against the stars of Ta**us the Bull and visible all night long.

07/12/2024

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06/12/2024

What to see in the night sky this month

What's in the night sky tonight? Find out which planets, stars, Moon phases and meteor showers you can see this month.