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2025-02-23

  Mercury returns to the evening skies (24 February to 2 March 2025)

After a long absence Mercury returns to our evening skies, shining brightly in the twilight. To make sure to catch is return, listen to the latest episode of Star Diary, theĀ podcastĀ from the makers of Sky at Night Magazine. Transcript Ā  Subscribe to BB... 		  BBC Sky at Night Magazine author
2025-02-16

  Catch Saturn before it leaves our skies (17 to 23 February 2025)

Saturn is about to disappear behind the Sun. Ensure you catch it before it leaves by listening to the latest episode of Star Diary, theĀ podcastĀ from the makers of Sky at Night Magazine. Transcript Chasing the ISS Ā  Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazin... 		  BBC Sky at Night Magazine author
2025-02-14

  Webb uses space-bending gravity trick to discover distant stars

Massive objects in space warp spacetime to the extent that they can act like cosmic magnifying glasses, allowing astronomers to get a better view of the deep cosmos. This technique, known as gravitational lensing, has been used by the James Webb Space ... 		  BBC Sky at Night Magazine author
2025-02-09

  The Full Moon shines next to bright star, Regulus (10 to 16 February 2025)

The Snow Moon lights up the night sky this week, accompanied by one of the brightest stars in the sky, Regulus. To find out how you can see them for yourself, as well as all the latest stargazing highlights, tune in to the latest episode of Star Diary,... 		  BBC Sky at Night Magazine author
2025-02-02

  Jupiter lies close to the Moon (3 to 9 February 2025)

All of the planets (except Mercury) are up in the night sky at the moment, as the Moon passes close to the bright planet Jupiter. To find out how you can see them for yourself, as well as all the latest stargazing highlights, tune in to the latest epis... 		  BBC Sky at Night Magazine author
2025-01-26

  The planets continue their parade across the sky (27 January to 2 February 2025)

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are all shining bright in the evening sky. To find out how you can see them for yourself, as well as all the latest stargazing highlights, tune in to the latest episode of Star Diary, theĀ podcastĀ from the makers of Sky a... 		  BBC Sky at Night Magazine author
2025-01-19

  Jupiterā€™s shadow transit runs late (20 to 26 January 2025)

Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter, will pass across the planetā€™s face, but it will take another four hours for its shadow to follow suit. To find out why and how you can see the sight for yourself, as well as all the latest stargazing highlights, t... 		  BBC Sky at Night Magazine author
2025-01-13

  First zoomed-in image of a star beyond our galaxy

Astronomers have, for the first time ever, captured a close-up image of a star beyond our home Galaxy. WOH G64 is located 160,000 lightyears away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. Astronomer Jacco van Loon re... 		  BBC Sky at Night Magazine author
2025-01-12

  The Full moon meets with Mars (13 to 19 December 2025)

The bright Wolf Moon meets up with red Mars just days before the planet reaches opposition ā€“ when it lies directly opposite the Sun from Earth. Find out how you can see the spectacle as well as all the latest stargazing highlights in the latest episode... 		  BBC Sky at Night Magazine author
2025-01-05

  Mars makes its closest approach to Earth since 2022 (6 to 12 January 2025)

As the Red Planet is currently at its closest point to Earth for over two years, this week is a fantastic time to look at our neighbour planet.Ā  Ā  To find out how you can see the event, as well as the weekā€™s other stargazing highlights, listen to the l... 		  BBC Sky at Night Magazine author