BBC Sky at Night

Sky at Night magazine is your practical guide to astronomy. Each issue features the world’s biggest and best night sky guide complete with star charts, observing tutorials and in-depth equipment reviews to ensure that amateur astronomers never miss those must-see events.

Welcome • Get set for an exciting year of stargazing adventures!

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EUCLID ON THE BLOCK • Scientists are delighted by the first crisp, clear images from ESA's new space telescope

Colliding dead stars create kilonova • Huge stellar explosion forged some of the rarest elements in the Universe

Record-breaking black hole discovered • As the earliest black hole seen in X-rays, it could reveal how these mammoths grow so large

Chip off the old Moon? • An asteroid on an unusual orbit may once have been part of the Moon

Hunting down Jurassic worlds

NEWS IN BRIEF

NEWS IN BRIEF

Frank Borman dies, aged 95 • The former astronaut commanded the first mission to Lunar orbit

Lucy discovers its first – and second – asteroid

Close-in planets may make stars violently lash out • Exoplanets could draw out flares from their star if they get close enough

Online astronomer finds star crash site • The nebula could be the remains of an important kind of supernova

INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT • On The Sky at Night in 2022, George Dransfield shared her Antarctic astronomy adventure. She tells us how her research has gone since then

Looking back: The Sky at Night • 27 January 1997

INTERACTIVE

Tour of beauty

ON FACEBOOK

SCOPE DOCTOR • Our equipment specialist cures your optical ailments and technical maladies

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WHAT'S ON

PICK OF THE MONTH

Astronomy as an antidote • Indie rock musician Jack Steadman reveals what the night sky means for him

Stargazing in 2024 the year ahead • Pete Lawrence takes a look at the astronomical events you won't want to miss in the next 12 months

Winter sets the scene

Comets great and small • There are several visitors from deep space this year, but will we get a showstopper?

A laid back Spring

The Great North American Eclipse • Though totality isn't visible from the UK, you can still catch a glimpse of a sunset partial eclipse in the west

Summer excitement builds

Placement of the planets • For planetary observers, 2024 is a tale of two halves

Autumn spectacles

SPACE IN 2024 • From the Moon to Mars, Ezzy Pearson looks ahead to what space missions and science innovations the new year has in store

Roving the Moon • Two rovers are set to reveal a whole new side of the Moon in 2024

The skies above Mars • The missions will explore the skies and moons above the Red Planet

Vera Rubin • The observatory will take its first look at the sky

Europa Clipper • This NASA mission will delve beneath the surface of Jupiter's mysterious moon

Artemis II returns humans to the Moon • The crew will be the first humans to reach the vicinity of the Moon in over 50 years

The Sky Guide • JANUARY 2024

JANUARY HIGHLIGHTS • Your guide to the night sky this month

NEED TO KNOW

DON'T MISS A celebration of clair-obscur effects • THE BIG THREE The top sights to observe or image this month

Comet 144P / Kushida

Quadrantid meteors

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