BBC Sky at Night Magazine

03/01/2026

Ready to take the next step in astro imaging? Advance your astrophotography skills with a new telescope 🔭 Check out our guide ➡ https://bit.ly/3ZiCIuw

01/01/2026

Is an aurora cruise right for you? 🛳️

With solar activity set to be at its peak over the next few years, now is the perfect time to take in the dazzling northern lights. One increasingly popular way to do so is with an aurora cruise.

Now is one of the best times to see the aurora in over a decade, and cruise companies make catching the northern lights easier than ever

31/12/2025

You’ve got the camera and the telescope, but how do you combine them? We show you how in our expert guide ➡ https://bit.ly/3Xnj261

27/12/2025

Ready to dive into astrophotography? Our guide has all the tips you need to capture the night sky like a pro 🌌📷 https://bit.ly/3zcazL6

24/12/2025

Want to photograph the cosmos but don't have the right gear? Explore our astrophotography camera guide to find the perfect camera and start shooting today! 🌌📷 https://bit.ly/3MIxikU

21/12/2025

Time runs faster on Mars. Here's why that could cause huge problems for future space missions

Clocks on Mars tick faster than on Earth by nearly half a millisecond a day. Implications for missions to the Red Planet could be significant.

20/12/2025

This strange butterfly-shaped cloud in space is what our Sun may look like in 5 billion years

A view of the Butterfly Nebula by the Gemini South telescope reveals the beauty of a dying star shedding its layers out into space.

20/12/2025

Astronomers have directly imaged a planet beyond our Solar System that's orbiting not one star, but two.

Astronomers have directly imaged a planet beyond our Solar System – an exoplanet – that's orbiting not one star, but two.

20/12/2025

This is what 3I/ATLAS looks like in x-ray light. Interstellar comet glows as its gases smash into solar wind

The European Space Agency’s X-ray space observatory XMM-Newton observed 3I/ATLAS on 3 December 2025 for around 20 hours.