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.

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BLOWING TITANIUM BUBBLES • Traces of the stable element provide a clue as to how some massive old stars go supernova

BULLETIN • The latest astronomy and space news, written

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INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT • In May’s The Sky at Night, Sian Prosser, the Royal Astronomical Society’s librarian and archivist, showed Maggie how astronomers across the ages have mapped out the stars

Looking back: The Sky at Night • 16 June 1984

INTERACTIVE • Emails – Letters – Tweets – Facebook – Instagram – Kit questions

A kite as high as the Moon

PHILIP’S • This month’s top prize: four Philip’s titles

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

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WHAT’S ON • We pick the best live and virtual astronomy events and resources this month

FIELD OF VIEW • Alexandra Hart reflects on the different forecasts for observing Solar Cycle 25

Predicting the Sun’s SOLAR CYCLE • With the Sun slowly awakening from a recent minimum, Stephanie Yardley investigates the process of forecasting solar activity

What is space weather and why does it matter? • The activity of the Sun, 150 million km away, can have a big impact on Earth

Extreme solar events • While the Sun is constantly active, certain events stand out for their ferocity

Parliament’s plan to preserve DARK SKIES • A group of MPs from across the political spectrum is aiming to strengthen the law around excess lighting. Jamie Carter looks at its recommendations to reduce night blight

20 YEARS OF WMAP • One mission to map the background radiation of our Universe revolutionised cosmology. Two decades later, Ezzy Pearson looks at what we learned from this revolutionary mission

What is the cosmic microwave background? • The CMB is the earliest light to have been created in the Universe

The Hubble Tension • The expansion rate of our Universe still remains controversial

A PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE • Observe the spectacle from the UK on 10 June

JUNE HIGHLIGHTS • Your guide to the night sky this month

NEED TO KNOW • The terms and symbols used in The Sky Guide

THE BIG THREE • The three top sights to observe or image this month

THE PLANETS • Our celestial neighbourhood in June

THE NIGHT SKY – JUNE • Explore the celestial sphere with our Northern Hemisphere all-sky chart

MOONWATCH • June’s top lunar feature to observe

COMETS AND ASTEROIDS • Asteroid 30 Urania reaches opposition in Ophiuchus, the Serpent-bearer

STAR OF THE MONTH • Anatares, marking the heart of Scorpius

BINOCULAR TOUR • Our wide-field destinations include open cluster M39 and the North America Nebula

THE SKY GUIDE CHALLENGE • How many of Saturn’s moons can you record in a month?

DEEP-SKY TOUR • Explore the celestial gems in the border region between Serpens Caput, Virgo and Libra

AT A GLANCE • How the Sky Guide events will appear in June

A beginner’s guide to PLANETARY IMAGING • The worlds of the Solar System make rewarding targets for first-time...