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What does space smell like?
From rum to rotten eggs, Jonathan Powell turns his nose to heaven's scents
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
In the latest episode of The Sky at Night, Arik Kershenbaum considers whether it's inevitable that intelligent alien civilisations are out there
It's time that space had a female face
Equality for women will make a stronger space sector, says Gabriella Goddard
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
The Sky at Night TV show, past, present and future | June's episode of The Sky at Night looked at the booming UK spaceflight industry, but Andrew Lawrence warned of some of the consequences
Looking at home from afar
Studying our cosmic neighbourhood from 'outside' is an eye-opener
Building Magrathea
Worlds that orbit two white dwarfs could be relatively common
Star swallows planet whole
Bloated star gives a dusty belch as it engulfs one of its orbiting planets
Q&A A WITH A GALAXY RESEARCHER
Quasars are hungry monsters at the heart of galaxies, but the origins of these powerful objects have long been a mystery
Boosting detail in nebula photos - a case study
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY PROCESSING | Expert processing tips to enhance your astrophotos | Combine RGB and narrowband data to give deep, rich images
Catch the Sun
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY CAPTURE | Take the perfect astrophoto with our step-by-step guide | How to safely capture the drama now that solar activity is picking up
Make a Sun, Moon and Earth model
DIY ASTRONOMY | Practical astronomy projects for every level of expertise | A simple, hands-on project to teach their surface features and orbits to beginners and youngsters
Nancy Grace Roman
Ezzy Pearson celebrates a scientist whose legacy can be felt across all astronomy
Euclid Shedding light on the dark Universe PRO
A new European space telescope launching this month will tackle the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, reports Govert Schilling
Stargazing in Utah the darkest state
Jamie Carter marvels at the night sky above Utah, a state packed with internationally-recognised dark-sky sites, iconic astrophoto locations and a long history of indigenous astronomy
Seeing THE SUN in white light
Pete Lawrence observations is your guide to making safe visual of our nearest star this summer
A year with JWST
To celebrate JWST’s first year of operation, Jenny Winder takes a look at some of the landmark scientific discoveries it has made over the last 12 months
Q&A WITH A GALAXY HUNTER
Researchers have been shocked to discover 'Universe breakers' in JWST images, massive galaxies that existed way before current theories predicted
QHYCCD QHY5111462C colour camera
Impressively premium sensor sophistication in a pocket-sized package
Fuss-free tools to process your DSLR astro images
Using freeware to stack, extract the background, calibrate colour and more
Record the motion of NLCs
Capture the movement, structure and colours of summer's night-shining clouds
Build your own EQ camera mount
This month's project is a manual equatorial mount that is enjoyable to use and helps to develop your knowledge of the night sky.
Solstices and equinoxes
Katrin Raynor explains how we get our seasons from Earth's orbit around the Sun
Fighting for the dark side
Battles over a neighbour's floodlight led Stephen Kirkman to propose a new law
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
On last month's episode of The Sky at Night, Mary McIntyre explained how basic home CCTV cameras can play a big part in meteor science
Sneezes and wheezes of the Butterfly
New imagery shows the nebula puffing 'like a fire-breathing dragon'
Super-Earths wreak havoc
Simulations show the common planet type would cause chaos in our Solar System
Dark skies champion Bob Mizon passes away
Dark-sky campaigner Bob Mizon, who spent many years fighting to protect the night from light pollution, passed away on 19 April.
Double quasar shines brightly
The pair are close to merging into a single giant black hole
JUICE begins its journey
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) from the European Space Agency is on its way, following a successful launch at 12:14 UTC on 14 April from French Guiana.
Black hole jet origin seen for first time
New observations hint at causes of powerful jets