BBC Sky at Night Magazine - 22 Apr 2025
ARE WE ALONE?
THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENGY: 50 YEARS OF EXPLORATION
CHINA’S MISSION TO BRING ASTEROID SAMPLES TO EARTH
THE ANIMALS WHOSE LIVES RELY ON THE NIGHT SKY
PORTABLE PLATFORM: NEW SKY-WATCHER MOUNT TESTED
THE REAL ZODIAC: THE STARS BEHIND THE STAR SIGNS
HOW ALIENS WILL DETECT OUR TECH FROM SPACE
Are we the only example of life among all those suns?
Sky at Night – lots of ways to enjoy the night sky…
Become an Insider
Tianwen-2: Unravelling the secrets of asteroids
50 years of the European Space Agency
Are we alone?
The stars behind the star signs
Skills for stargazers: how to polar align your mount
How animals use the stars
Sky-Watcher Wave 100i mount and tripod
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Explainer: Stephen Hawking
The Sky Guide challenge
Q&A: an aurora scientist
Altair 678C colour USB3 astronomy camera
Inside The Sky at Night
Comets and asteroids
May’s all-sky chart
Star of the month
May at a glance
Deep-sky tour
Binocular tour
The big three
Eye on the sky
Cutting edge
Field of view
Moonwatch
The planets
Processing
Interactive
Highlights
Capture
Bulletin
Gallery
Books
Gear
MAY HIGHLIGHTS
This month’s contributors
The Virtual Planetarium
A FLEETING GLIMPSE
Here today, gone tomorrow ▷
Killer supernovae devastated life on Earth – twice
Comment
Saturn gains 128 new moons
NASA fires chief scientist
Study uncovers why the Red Planet is red
Earth welcomes ‘stranded’ space duo
March sees Moon double-landing
The star that won’t stop exploding
Mars’s mystery moon
Would aliens find Earth?
Blowing up the Crab Nebula
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
Looking back: The Sky at Night
Secrets of the Red Planet
Chasing asteroids
Debris dangers
Tweet
Rising stars
SOCIETY IN FOCUS
Sunscreen travels
Blood Moon ballad
Instagram
Stargazing without stars
Unravelling the secrets of asteroids
Unravelling the secrets of asteroids
China’s planetary ambitions
Seven major asteroid missions
“Tianwen-2 will have a significant challenge as the asteroid Kamo‘oalewa rotates once every 27 minutes”
50 years of the European Space Agency
50 years of the European Space Agency
ESA’s future missions
ESA in numbers
Sea turtles
Moths
How animals use the stars
Bats
Indigo buntings
Bull ants
European eels
Dung beetles
Harbour seals
MARS IN THE BEEHIVE
DAYTIME ASTRONOMY
STRANGE GALAXIES
About the writers
Red light friendly
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16-PAGE CENTRE PULLOUT
Also on view this month…
MAY HIGHLIGHTS
Mars crosses the Beehive
Vesta at opposition
Eta Aquariids
The planets in May
Venus
JUPITER’S MOONS: MAY
Jupiter
Mercury Uranus
Saturn
Mars
Neptune
THE NIGHT SKY – MAY
THE NIGHT SKY – MAY
Grimaldi
Heze, a Virgo star that’s moving south
Use a small scope to track minor planet 9 Metis
BINOCULAR TOUR
THE SKY GUIDE CHALLENGE
DEEP-SKY TOUR
Are we ALONE?
Penny Boston
Bonnie Buratti
Lisa Kaltenegger Frank Marchis
Lisa Kaltenegger Frank Marchis
The stars behind the star signs
Stephen Hawking
A brief history of education
SKILLS FOR STARGAZERS
What you’ll need
Step by step
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY CAPTURE
Step by step
PROCESSING ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY
3 QUICK TIPS
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▽ Planetary parade
△ NGC 2359, Thor’s Helmet
Montes Caucasus and Apenninus
Milky Way over Utah
▽ Star trails
△Come tC /2023 A 3 T such ins ha n–ATLAS
△ Vela supernova remnant
◁ Milky Way over Ennedi
◁ Rotation of Jupiter
ENTER YOUR IMAGE
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HOW WE RATE
Sky-Watcher Wave 100i mount and tripod
VITAL STATS
Dual saddles
Bubble level and latitude scale
Carbon-fibre tripod
Input ports
Strong, silent type
Carry case
Altair 678C colour USB3 astronomy camera
High resolution, low amp glow
VITAL STATS
Passive cooling
Connectivity
1.25-inch nosepiece
1.25-inch filter thread
Removable UV/IR filter
KIT TO ADD
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THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
DEEP–SKY OBJECTS
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