ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY PROCESSING

Expert processing tips to enhance your astrophotos

DIY ASTRONOMY

Practical astronomy projects for every level of expertise

JWST begins its SCIENCE JOURNEY

As we gaze astonished at the James Webb Space Telescope’s first science images, Colin Stuart takes a look at the questions it will answer over its decade-long voyage of astronomical discovery

EXPLAINER - The fundamentals of astronomy for beginners

Ezzy Pearson celebrates the 30th anniversary of the first Black woman flying in space

DEEP SKY CHALLENGE - DIVING DEEP INTO THE SUMMER SKY

Find the ghostly remains of dead stars, glittering ancient star clusters and a spectacular distant galaxy

FOCUS ON - WEBB TELESCOPE TO GET BEST VIEW YET OF FAILED STARS AND ROGUE WORLDS

Not much is known about these tiny celestial bodies, which are hard to see

INSTANT EXPERT - HOW MANY TYPES OF SPACE STATION ARE THERE?

The ISS is the largest and best-known space station, but it is not the first or the last in space

Robert Woodrow Wilson - “Dicke put the phone down and said… ‘Boys, we’ve been scooped!’”

When radiation left over from the heat of the Big Bang was discovered by astronomers Robert Wilson and Arno Penzias in 1964, it caused a revolution in cosmology. All About Space catches up with the Nobel prizewinning Wilson to uncover just how much

GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATORY

This far-sighted next-generation telescope array may help answer some of the universe's biggest mysteries

ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY CAPTURE

Take the perfect astrophoto with our step-by-step guide

Glorious GLOBULARS

From fuzzy blobs to star cities, Paul Money takes us on a tour of 15 of the best globular clusters to observe in this season's night skies

Q&A WITH THE CEO OF INMARSAT - Melissa Brobby interviews Rajeev Suri

A landmark study has found that, in contrast to the Apollo generation, younger people are out of touch with the realities of the space industry

Prepare for the PLANET PARADE

Five planets and an asteroid will be putting on a show this month. Stuart Atkinson shows us where and when to catch the spectacle

Drive me to the Moon

Artist Oliver Jeffers on creating the Our Place In Space sculpture trail

INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT

On the July episode of The Sky at Night, Marina Hui takes the reigns as director for the first time, transforming the show into 'The Sky at Day'

APY Masterclass - Capturing Venus and the Moon

Lighting Venus's crescent and the lunar limb evenly is no small feat

Q&A WITH A MOON RECYCLER

With frequent lunar missions on the horizon, focus is turning toward the sustainable use and reuse of the materials that will be left on the surface

Curiosity, 10 years exploring Mars

NASA's car-sized Red Planet rover has set new standards in planetary exploration

An astronomer at the BOTTOM OF THE WORLD

Georgina Dransfield has just returned from months at the South Pole, working to expand our understanding of exoplanets - and dreaming of a pair of jeans

12 Astrophotography Pitfalls (and How to Avoid Them)

Expert astrophotographer Will Gater runs through the common mistakes even experienced photographers make and how to ensure your next imaging session is free of them

Tiangong the Chinese Space Station

China is taking its place among the heavens as it puts the finishing touches to its first long-term space station

From possible planets to STRANGE NEW WORLDS

With 5,000 exoplanets now confirmed and another 5,000 waiting to follow suit, Ezzy Pearson takes a look at how a deluge of tantalising data is revealing intriguing new worlds every day

A parade of PLANETARY NEBULAE

Stuart Atkinson seeks out six of the loveliest examples of these deep-sky objects for you to track down in the late-summer skies.

A MULTITUDE OF MULTIVERSES

The word ‘universe’ once described everything that exists. But as our horizons have expanded, many scientists have begun to consider what’s beyond our own cosmos, and whether there may be many other universes lurking tantalisingly out of sight by

WORKING FROM HOME VS THE WORKPLACE: A SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS

More than two years ago, many of us started working from home at least some of the time. So now the novelty has worn off, are hybrid workers more productive and happier than those working full-time in an office?

Ideas we like...

Our pick of the month's smartest tech

HOW DOES ECHOLOCATION WORK?

With its built-in sonar, honed through millions of years of evolution, the bat is the undisputed poster child of echolocation. This furry, flying critter shouts into the void, and then listens to the echoes that bounce back from objects in the darkness.

JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE SHOWS US THE UNIVERSE IN A NEW LIGHT

These images will kick-start a new era in space exploration

DYSLEXIA ISN'T A DISORDER, IT'S ESSENTIAL TO HOW OUR SPECIES ADAPTS, SAY RESEARCHERS

People with dyslexia have brains that are geared towards exploring the unknown, a trait that's been crucial to the survival and success of humans

WHY WE LOVE SOME ROBOTS AND HATE OTHERS

Not all artificial intelligence is equal: just ask Clippy, Microsoft's much reviled virtual assistant