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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COSMIC CRADLE • JWST explores NGC 346, a colossal star-forming cluster that's shedding new light on a planet-making mystery

Gaia satellite sees its last stars • ESA's craft made the first 3D map of our Galaxy and tracked billions of stars

Moon study sheds light on Earth's water • Researchers pinpoint which meteorites delivered our oceans

Patches in the Northern Lights explained • Improved camera tech reveals strange new structures in the aurora

Many of Universe's black holes are hiding • Study says at least a third of all giant black holes may be obscured by rings of dust

BepiColombo snaps Mercury fly-by close-up • The spacecraft is on track to enter orbit around the planet

Bumper time for private spaceflight • A slew of lunar landers and new rockets set out for the stars, with mixed results

Pluto and its moon formed with a gentle kiss • Investigators say encounter may have melted dwarf planet's frozen heart

Starship explosion rains down debris • SpaceX's seventh test launch ends in an eye-catching failure

Rings are not a rarity • Worlds with rings are spread across the outskirts of our Solar System

Ultraviolet Universe gets a new horizon • NASA's New Horizons spacecraft reveals a hidden side to the cosmos

INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT • Back in 2023, James Nightingale spoke to The Sky at Night about discovering one of the biggest black holes ever found. Now he tells us how the search for more has been going

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Measuring up the Universe • Space doesn't just astound us, says Jonathan Powell. It's the mother of invention

Perseverance: the story so far • As the Mars rover begins a new era of discovery beyond Jezero Crater, Stuart Atkinson takes a look back at the robot explorer's triumphs to date

How to return a sample from Mars • The question of how we'll retrieve Perseverance's cache remains unanswered

Where next for Perseverance? • The rover's new Northern Rim campaign should bring exciting scientific riches

Beyond the airlock: 60 years of spacewalks • What's it like to float in the lethal vacuum of space? Ben Evans tells the story of those who've stepped out of the airlock in the last six decades

What to wear to step among the stars • From short-lived suits to wearable tech, a spacewalker's wardrobe is always changing

Tips from spacewalker Kathy Sullivan • The USA's first woman to undertake an EVA shares advice for would-be spacewalkers

How to see the ISS • Learn how to track the International Space Station as it makes its journey across the night sky

How the station got there • It took 12 years to put the massive space laboratory together

The Sky Guide • MARCH 2025

MARCH 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 top sights to observe or image this month

THE PLANETS • Our celestial neighbourhood in March

The planets in March • The phase and relative sizes of the planets this month. Each planet is shown with south at...