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WHAT HAPPENS IF WE EVER DETECT A SIGNAL FROM EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE?
Practical astronomy projects for every level of expertise DIY ASTRONOMY
Create a 24-hour polar star trail photo
The fundamentals of astronomy for beginners EXPLAINER
Félicette, the cat that flew to space
Astronomy X Photographer of the Year
BBC Sky at Night Magazine is proud to reveal the 2022 winners of the world's biggest astrophotography contest.
Betelgeuse's spectacular blow-out
A mass ejection larger than the Moon caused the star's dimming in 2019
Artemis I takes aim at the Moon
Efforts to get the test mission off the ground hit last-minute snags
MARS SEASON HAS ARRIVED
With Mars at opposition this December - and a rare lunar occultation expected too - now's the time to start observing and tracking its changing features, writes Paul G Abel
THE CARTWHEEL IN SPACE
Another stunning image from the largest space telescope ever launched shows just what this new observatory can do
ARTEMIS BEGINS
As Artemis I takes the first step in NASA's plan to return humans to the Moon, Shaoni Bhattacharya talks to the people behind the wider series of missions
Expert processing tips to enhance your astrophotos ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY PROCESSING
Subtract stars to get more from deep-sky data
The Sky at Night TV show, past, present and future INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
In September's episode of The Sky at Night, Jen Gupta looked at how ever more stunning astronomical photos have revolutionised our understanding of the cosmos
Our experts examine the hottest new research CUTTING EDGE
Tide lines show Moon's move
The amateur astronomer's forum FIELD OF VIEW
Cashing in on the cosmos
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY
A huge solar prominence
DE-EXTINCTION GENETICISTS AIM TO RESURRECT THE TASMANIAN TIGER
The marsupial, also known as a thylacine, could be brought back from extinction within the next decade
MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE - WHY DO ASTRONAUTS EXPERIENCE MUSCLE LOSS?
Discover how sending worms into space is helping unlock ways for humans to spend longer beyond Earth
10 SPACECRAFT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
The past, present and future of the world’s greatest spacecraft, from the early pioneers to the modern marvels
HOW TO BUILD A GALAXY
The making of these billion-star structures has been puzzling astronomers for decades. All About Space puts together the pieces for building a galaxy
20 UNIVERSE MYTHS ABUSTED
Think you know all about space? Here are 20 myths about the universe that need debunking
CELESTRON POWERSEEKER 127EQ
This impressive telescope’s aperture and equatorial mount make it tempting to beginner astronomers
MOON PROFILE - EUROPA
One of the Solar System’s famous ocean worlds is an exciting prospect for further exploration
VENUS SULPHIDE MYSTERY MAY HAVE BEEN SOLVED
Computational methods can help us understand exotic chemical processes in planetary atmospheres
SUPERNOVA WRECKAGE BLASTS OUT COSMIC RAYS
Astronomers tracked cosmic rays to objects that launch particles with energy ten times greater than the Large Hadron Collider
JOHN M. GRUNSFELD
The valiant journeys of Hubble’s keeper
SPACE VOLCANOES
From Venus to Mars and the moons around far-flung planets, volcanoes have helped shape the bodies of our Solar System
Simon Morden - “If life is simply a question of the right environment, then yes, Mars had life”
Planetary scientist and award-winning sciencefiction writer Dr Simon Morden talks to All About Space about his obsession with Mars and his latest science-fact book on the Red Planet
Colliding black holes could clock the universe’s expansion rate
Scientists may have found a way of using the collisions of black holes to measure the rate at which the universe is expanding. The violent mergers of black holes launch ripples in space-time called gravitational waves, and a new technique measures changes in these signals that occur as they experience the universe’s expansion.
BIOLOGY: MICROBES FOUND IN VOLCANIC ENVIRONMENTS COULD HELP REVEAL MORE ABOUT LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
Researchers studying bacteria in Hawaii's lava caves have discovered intricate communities working together in hostile surroundings
DISCOVERIES
How famine and disease drove the evolution of lactose tolerance in Europe.
DARK MATTER: IS IT TIME WE GAVE UP LOOKING FOR IT?
After decades of looking for dark matter and coming up short, some researchers say we should take the possibility of a new theory of gravity more seriously