Star Diary

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The astronomy podcast from the makers of BBC Sky at Night Magazine.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    The mystery of comet 3I/ATLAS

    Hidden gem

    Star Diary interviews University of Edinburgh researcher Ciela Opiton about observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with the James Webb Space Telescope, ALMA, and the Very Large Telescope.

    Sep 6, 2026·24m·1 clip
  2. 2

    The Harvest Moon and the autumn equinox

    Hidden gem

    Star Diary's September Virtual Planetarium with Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel maps the month's planets, including Mars building toward its February 2027 opposition and Jupiter approaching its December 2026 equinox.

    Aug 30, 2026·32m·2 clips
  3. 3

    The Evening Star is back

    Star Diary’s April 2026 Virtual Planetarium tracks Venus’s return to the evening sky and Mars’s poor morning visibility.

    Mar 29, 2026·29m·2 clips
  4. 4

    Exploring the radio Universe

    Hidden gem

    Emma Chapman explains how radio wavelengths reveal cosmic features that optical, infrared, and X-ray observations cannot show.

    Mar 16, 2026·32m·2 clips
  5. 5

    Spring stargazing is here

    Pete Lawrence completes a 10-hour Jupiter rotation observation in minus-four-degree conditions.

    Mar 2, 2026·31m·2 clips
  6. 6

    Revealing the secrets of Mercury

    Feb 9, 2026·31m
  7. 7

    Jupiter dominates the night sky in February 2026

    Jan 30, 2026·29m
  8. 8

    Listening to black holes colliding

    Jan 12, 2026·23m
  9. 9

    New Year, new stargazing – January 2026

    Jan 6, 2026·29m
  10. 10

    3D-mapping an alien world

    Dec 15, 2025·22m
  11. 11

    Christmas stargazing 2025

    Nov 28, 2025·27m
  12. 12

    Have scientists solved Webb’s ‘impossible’ black holes?

    Nov 14, 2025·21m
  13. 13

    See the Moon and planets under truly dark skies

    Oct 31, 2025·31m
  14. 14

    Can a planet have a planet?

    Oct 14, 2025·18m
  15. 15

    See gas giants Jupiter and Saturn at their best

    Sep 29, 2025·32m
  16. 16

    Can YOU help astronomers find exploding stars?

    Sep 14, 2025·21m
  17. 17

    See the blood Moon rise

    Aug 28, 2025·35m
  18. 18

    How the Rubin Observatory will study the Universe

    Aug 14, 2025·27m
  19. 19

    See Venus and Jupiter’s close approach

    Jul 30, 2025·32m
  20. 20

    Will our Galaxy collide with its neighbour?

    Jul 10, 2025·17m
  21. 21

    Saturn and Venus are morning jewels

    Jun 26, 2025·31m
  22. 22

    The birth of the Universe

    Jun 19, 2025·24m
  23. 23

    Venus is a Morning Star and Mars meets the Lion's heart

    May 29, 2025·31m
  24. 24

    Earth, aliens and astronomy

    May 15, 2025·24m
  25. 25

    The Flower Moon rises in full bloom

    May 10, 2025·21m
  26. 26

    The Eta Aquarid meteor shower lights up the sky

    May 3, 2025·21m
  27. 27

    Mars passes through the Beehive

    Apr 26, 2025·19m
  28. 28

    Venus reaches its greatest brightness near the Moon (21 to 27 April)

    Apr 19, 2025·22m
  29. 29

    Strange signals from the 'Eye of God'

    Apr 17, 2025·32m
  30. 30

    Two sparkling diamonds glisten in the night sky (14 to 20 April)

    Apr 12, 2025·19m
  31. 31

    An asteroid passes through a Hamburger (Galaxy) (7 to 13 April 2025)

    Apr 5, 2025·21m
  32. 32

    The Moon blots out the Pleiades (31 March to 6 April 2025)

    Mar 30, 2025·19m
  33. 33

    Partial solar eclipse visible across the UK (24 to 30 March 2025)

    Mar 23, 2025·22m
  34. 34

    Searching for life on alien planets

    Mar 21, 2025·28m
  35. 35

    The Moon passes the heart of the Scorpion (17 to 23 March 2025)

    Mar 16, 2025·19m
  36. 36

    Can you see the Blood Moon? (10 to 16 March 2025)

    Mar 9, 2025·19m
  37. 37

    Mars meets up with the Moon (3 to 9 March 2025)

    Mar 2, 2025·21m
  38. 38

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

    Feb 23, 2025·19m
  39. 39

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

    Feb 16, 2025·19m
  40. 40

    Webb uses space-bending gravity trick to discover distant stars

    Feb 14, 2025·28m
  41. 41

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

    Feb 9, 2025·22m
  42. 42

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

    Feb 2, 2025·22m
  43. 43

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

    Jan 26, 2025·19m
  44. 44

    Jupiter’s shadow transit runs late (20 to 26 January 2025)

    Jan 19, 2025·22m
  45. 45

    First zoomed-in image of a star beyond our galaxy

    Jan 13, 2025·23m
  46. 46

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

    Jan 12, 2025·19m
  47. 47

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

    Jan 5, 2025·17m
  48. 48

    Quadrantid meteor shower is gifted a moonless night (30 December to 5 January)

    Dec 29, 2024·23m
  49. 49

    A Cosmic Christmas Tree (23 to 29 December 2024)

    Dec 22, 2024·22m
  50. 50

    How did life emerge on Earth?

    Dec 16, 2024·16m
  51. 51

    Mars disappears behind the Moon (16 to 22 December 2022)

    Dec 15, 2024·17m
  52. 52

    Geminids meteor shower reaches its peak (9 to 15 December 2024)

    Dec 8, 2024·21m
  53. 53

    Jupiter makes its closest approach to Earth (2 to 8 December 2024)

    Dec 1, 2024·20m
  54. 54

    Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Mars all shine brightly (25 November to 1 December 2024)

    Nov 24, 2024·20m
  55. 55

    Leonid meteor shower reaches its peak (18 to 24 November 2024)

    Nov 17, 2024·19m
  56. 56

    The mission to make solar eclipses

    Nov 15, 2024·22m
  57. 57

    Catch the last supermoon of the year, the Beaver Moon (11 to 17 November 2024)

    Nov 10, 2024·20m
  58. 58

    Firework galaxies light up the sky (4 to 10 November 2024)

    Nov 3, 2024·21m
  59. 59

    Aurora special Ep 4: Photographing the aurora

    Oct 30, 2024·26m
  60. 60

    Marvel at the Milky Way (28 October to 3 November 2024)

    Oct 27, 2024·21m
  61. 61

    Catch Tsuchinshan-ATLAS before it fades from view (21-27 October 2024)

    Oct 20, 2024·19m
  62. 62

    Aurora special Ep 3: The Solar Cycle

    Oct 17, 2024·26m
  63. 63

    Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS makes its closest approach to Earth (14 to 20 October 2024)

    Oct 13, 2024·21m
  64. 64

    Keeping an eye on Comet Tsuchinshan (7 to 13 October 2024)

    Oct 6, 2024·20m
  65. 65

    Star Diary: Saturn the planet, or Saturn the nebula? (30 September to 6 October 2024)

    Sep 29, 2024·18m
  66. 66

    Aurora special Ep 2: The science of the aurora

    Sep 29, 2024·30m
  67. 67

    Star Diary: Catch sight of Saturn’s moon Titan (23 to 29 September 2024)

    Sep 22, 2024·16m
  68. 68

    Star Diary: A supermoon eclipse (16 to 22 September 2024)

    Sep 15, 2024·19m
  69. 69

    Aurora special Ep 1: How to hunt the aurora

    Sep 11, 2024·33m
  70. 70

    Star Diary: Spotting faces in the Moon (9 to 15 September 2024)

    Sep 8, 2024·21m
  71. 71

    Star Diary: See a starry waterfall in the night sky (2 to 8 September 2024)

    Sep 1, 2024·20m
  72. 72

    Star Diary: Mars, Jupiter and the Moon partner up in the night sky (26 August to 1 September 2024)

    Aug 24, 2024·22m
  73. 73

    Star Diary: The Super Blue Moon rises (19 to 25 August 2024)

    Aug 18, 2024·24m
  74. 74

    Star Diary: The Perseids meteor shower peaks (12 to 18 August 2024)

    Aug 11, 2024·24m
  75. 75

    A history of flying saucers

    Aug 9, 2024·30m
  76. 76

    Star Diary: Saturn rises high in the sky (5 to 11 August 2024)

    Aug 4, 2024·19m
  77. 77

    New Horizons at the edge of the Solar System

    Jul 31, 2024·43m
  78. 78

    Star Diary: Saturn’s moon casts its shadow across the planet (29 July to 4 August 2024)

    Jul 28, 2024·19m
  79. 79

    Star Diary: Taurus the Bull gains another eye (22 to 28 July 2024)

    Jul 21, 2024·18m
  80. 80

    Star Diary: Mars passes the Pleiades (15 to 21 July 2024)

    Jul 14, 2024·21m
  81. 81

    Star Diary: Can you find Barry Manilow in the Moon? (8 to 14 July 2024)

    Jul 7, 2024·28m
  82. 82

    Star Diary: Jupiter’s moons form a triangle (1 to 7 July 2024)

    Jun 30, 2024·26m
  83. 83

    Star Diary: When will ‘new’ star, T Coronae Borealis appear? (24 to 30 June 2024)

    Jun 23, 2024·26m
  84. 84

    Star Diary: The Moon and Ceres take a tour through the Teapot (17 to 23 June 2024)

    Jun 16, 2024·22m
  85. 85

    How black holes changed everything

    Jun 13, 2024·27m
  86. 86

    Star Diary: See the Lake of Death on the Moon (10 to 16 June 2024)

    Jun 9, 2024·15m
  87. 87

    Star Diary: Two comets streak across the sky (3 to 9 June 2024)

    Jun 2, 2024·17m
  88. 88

    Star Diary: Nightshining clouds return to the twilight sky (27 May - 2 June 2024)

    May 26, 2024·16m
  89. 89

    The rock that fell to Earth

    May 23, 2024·29m
  90. 90

    Star Diary: Have you ever seen a hamburger in the sky? (20 to 26 May 2024)

    May 19, 2024·21m
  91. 91

    Star Diary: The Milky Way puts on a show (13 to 19 May 2024)

    May 12, 2024·24m
  92. 92

    Star Diary: See the crescent Moon pass the Pleiades (6 to 12 May 2024)

    May 4, 2024·22m
  93. 93

    Star Diary: The Moon lies in The Teapot (29 April to 5 May 2024)

    Apr 27, 2024·22m
  94. 94

    Star Diary: The Lyrid Meteor shower reaches its peak (22 to 28 April 2024)

    Apr 20, 2024·21m
  95. 95

    Water found around a distant star

    Apr 18, 2024·24m
  96. 96

    Star Diary: Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks reaches its brightest (15 to 21 April 2024)

    Apr 13, 2024·15m
  97. 97

    Star Diary: The Great American Eclipse arrives (8 to 14 April)

    Apr 6, 2024·28m
  98. 98

    Star Diary: Comet shine during the new Moon (1 to 7 April)

    Mar 31, 2024·13m
  99. 99

    Star Diary: The Comet and the Coathanger (25 to 31 March)

    Mar 24, 2024·20m
  100. 100

    Why do people believe in UFOs?

    Mar 22, 2024·27m
  101. 101

    Star Diary 18 to 24 March 2024

    Mar 17, 2024·13m
  102. 102

    Star Diary 11 to 17 March 2024

    Mar 10, 2024·21m
  103. 103

    Star Diary 4 to 10 March 2024

    Mar 3, 2024·22m
  104. 104

    Star Diary 26 February to 3 March 2024

    Feb 25, 2024·23m
  105. 105

    Star Diary 19 to 25 February 2024

    Feb 18, 2024·16m
  106. 106

    How x-rays unlock the secrets of the Universe

    Feb 16, 2024·26m
  107. 107

    Star Diary 12 to 18 February 2024

    Feb 11, 2024·20m
  108. 108

    Star Diary 5 to 11 February 2024

    Feb 4, 2024·15m
  109. 109

    Star Diary 29 January to 4 February 2024

    Jan 28, 2024·18m
  110. 110

    Star Diary 22 to 28 January 2024

    Jan 21, 2024·13m
  111. 111

    How Asteroid Bennu could unlock the secrets of the Solar System

    Jan 19, 2024·21m
  112. 112

    Star Diary 15 to 21 January 2024

    Jan 14, 2024·21m
  113. 113

    Star Diary 8 to 14 January 2024

    Jan 7, 2024·17m
  114. 114

    Star Diary 1 to 7 January 2024

    Dec 31, 2023·20m
  115. 115

    Star Diary, 25 to 31 December 2023

    Dec 24, 2023·12m
  116. 116

    Star Diary, 18 to 24 December 2023

    Dec 17, 2023·12m
  117. 117

    Star Diary, 11 to 17 December 2023

    Dec 10, 2023·12m
  118. 118

    Star Diary, 4 to 10 December 2023

    Dec 3, 2023·14m
  119. 119

    Moonshot success, with astronaut Mike Massimino

    Dec 1, 2023·42m
  120. 120

    Star Diary, 27 November to 3 December 2023

    Nov 26, 2023·14m
  121. 121

    Star Diary, 20 to 26 November 2023

    Nov 19, 2023·11m
  122. 122

    Star Diary, 13 to 19 November 2023

    Nov 12, 2023·28m
  123. 123

    Star Diary, 6 to 12 November 2023

    Nov 5, 2023·20m
  124. 124

    Star Diary, 30 October to 5 November 2023

    Oct 28, 2023·18m
  125. 125

    Star Diary, 23 to 29 October 2023

    Oct 21, 2023·15m
  126. 126

    Interview: The Search for Alien Life

    Oct 19, 2023·37m
  127. 127

    Star Diary, 16 to 22 October 2023

    Oct 14, 2023·21m
  128. 128

    How can we see the heat of the Big Bang?

    Oct 10, 2023·17m
  129. 129

    Star Diary, 9 to 15 October 2023

    Oct 7, 2023·14m
  130. 130

    Star Diary, 2 to 8 October 2023

    Sep 30, 2023·18m
  131. 131

    Star Diary, 25 September to 1 October 2023

    Sep 23, 2023·16m
  132. 132

    Star Diary: 18 to 24 September 2023

    Sep 16, 2023·20m
  133. 133

    Exploring a magnetic Solar System

    Sep 14, 2023·27m
  134. 134

    Star Diary, 11 to 17 September 2023

    Sep 9, 2023·18m
  135. 135

    Star Diary, 4 to 10 September 2023

    Sep 2, 2023·14m
  136. 136

    Star Dairy, 28 August to 3 September , 2023

    Aug 26, 2023·13m
  137. 137

    Star Dairy, 21 to 27 August, 2023

    Aug 19, 2023·18m
  138. 138

    Star Diary, 14 to 20 August

    Aug 12, 2023·16m
  139. 139

    Star Diary, 7 to 13 August

    Aug 5, 2023·16m
  140. 140

    Star Diary, 31 July to 6 August

    Jul 29, 2023·16m
  141. 141

    Hunting down strange signals with humans and machines.

    Jul 25, 2023·14m
  142. 142

    Star Diary, 24 to 30 July

    Jul 22, 2023·16m
  143. 143

    Interview: Spaceflight entrepreneur Mishaal Ashemimry

    Jul 20, 2023·24m
  144. 144

    Star Diary, 17 to 23 July

    Jul 15, 2023·15m
  145. 145

    Star Diary, 10 to 16 July, 2023

    Jul 8, 2023·14m
  146. 146

    Detecting spacetime ripples of supermassive black holes

    Jul 4, 2023·29m
  147. 147

    Star Diary, 3rd to 9th of July, 2023

    Jul 1, 2023·16m
  148. 148

    Star Diary, 26 June to 2 July, 2023

    Jun 24, 2023·18m
  149. 149

    Star Diary, 19 to 25 June, 2023

    Jun 17, 2023·14m
  150. 150

    The search for Earth 2.0

    Jun 15, 2023·35m
  151. 151

    Star Diary, 11 to 18 June, 2023

    Jun 10, 2023·16m
  152. 152

    Star Diary, 5 to 11 June, 2023

    Jun 3, 2023·16m
  153. 153

    Star Diary, 29 May to 4 June, 2023

    May 27, 2023·14m
  154. 154

    Star Diary, 22 to 28 May, 2023

    May 22, 2023·17m
  155. 155

    Interview: Space Shuttle astronaut Kathy Sullivan

    May 18, 2023·46m
  156. 156

    Star Diary, 15 to 23 May, 2023

    May 13, 2023·16m
  157. 157

    Star Diary, 8 to 14 May, 2023

    May 6, 2023·16m
  158. 158

    Star Diary, 1 to 7 May, 2023

    Apr 29, 2023·17m
  159. 159

    Star Diary, 24 to 30 April 2023

    Apr 22, 2023·20m
  160. 160

    Interview: Comet Madness

    Apr 20, 2023·32m
  161. 161

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 17 to 23 April

    Apr 15, 2023·15m
  162. 162

    Humans Of Space: Peter Visscher

    Apr 9, 2023·56m
  163. 163

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 10 to 16 April

    Apr 8, 2023·19m
  164. 164

    Interview: From pop star to Star City with Lance Bass

    Apr 2, 2023·19m
  165. 165

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 3 to 9 April

    Apr 1, 2023·12m
  166. 166

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 27 March to 2 April

    Mar 26, 2023·14m
  167. 167

    Humans Of Space: Aaron Yung

    Mar 26, 2023·54m
  168. 168

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 20 to 26 March

    Mar 19, 2023·12m
  169. 169

    Black holes and bending spacetime

    Mar 17, 2023·33m
  170. 170

    Humans Of Space: Nicole Stott

    Mar 13, 2023·52m
  171. 171

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 13 to 19 March, 2023

    Mar 12, 2023·11m
  172. 172

    Star Diary: What's in the night sky, 6th March to 12th March 2023

    Mar 5, 2023·11m
  173. 173

    Humans Of Space: Jeff Hoffman

    Feb 27, 2023·1h 5m
  174. 174

    Star Diary: What's in the night sky, 27 February to 5 March 2023

    Feb 26, 2023·14m
  175. 175

    Observing the 850-year-old aftermath of colliding stars

    Feb 24, 2023·49m
  176. 176

    Star Diary: What's in the night sky, 20 to 26 February 2023

    Feb 19, 2023·15m
  177. 177

    Humans Of Space: James L. Green

    Feb 13, 2023·55m
  178. 178

    Star Diary: What's in the night sky, 13 to 19 February 2023

    Feb 12, 2023·15m
  179. 179

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 6 to 12 February 2023

    Feb 5, 2023·11m
  180. 180

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 30 January to 5 February 2023

    Jan 29, 2023·16m
  181. 181

    Interview: Is interstellar travel possible?

    Jan 23, 2023·39m
  182. 182

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 23 to 29 January 2023

    Jan 22, 2023·18m
  183. 183

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 16 to 22 January 2023

    Jan 15, 2023·15m
  184. 184

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 9 to 15 January 2023

    Jan 8, 2023·15m
  185. 185

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 2 to 8 January, 2023

    Jan 1, 2023·17m
  186. 186

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 26 Dec '22 to 1 Jan '23

    Dec 25, 2022·18m
  187. 187

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 19 to 25 September 2022

    Dec 18, 2022·18m
  188. 188

    What would happen if we made contact with extra-terrestrial intelligence?

    Dec 17, 2022·39m
  189. 189

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 12 to 18 December 2022

    Dec 11, 2022·15m
  190. 190

    Interview: Apollo 17 student ambassador Dermot Gethings

    Dec 7, 2022·44m
  191. 191

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 5 to 11 December 2022

    Dec 4, 2022·20m
  192. 192

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 28 November to 4 December 2022

    Nov 27, 2022·15m
  193. 193

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 21 to 27 November 2022

    Nov 20, 2022·13m
  194. 194

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 14 to 20 November 2022

    Nov 13, 2022·16m
  195. 195

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 7 to 13 November 2022

    Nov 7, 2022·15m
  196. 196

    Amazing cosmic facts

    Nov 4, 2022·43m
  197. 197

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 31 October to 6 November2022

    Oct 30, 2022·15m
  198. 198

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 24 to 30 October 2022

    Oct 27, 2022·12m
  199. 199

    Piecing together the history of the Universe

    Oct 23, 2022·26m
  200. 200

    Webb Telescope and the secrets of the Solar System

    Oct 20, 2022·24m
  201. 201

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 17 to 23 October 2022

    Oct 16, 2022·13m
  202. 202

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 10 to 16 October 2022

    Oct 9, 2022·12m
  203. 203

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 3 to 9 October 2022

    Oct 2, 2022·16m
  204. 204

    Interview: A Brief History of Black Holes

    Sep 28, 2022·34m
  205. 205

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 26 September to 2 October 2022

    Sep 25, 2022·15m
  206. 206

    Interview: NASA's plan to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid

    Sep 23, 2022·25m
  207. 207

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 19 to 25 September 2022

    Sep 18, 2022·12m
  208. 208

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 12 to 18 September 2022

    Sep 11, 2022·14m
  209. 209

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 5 to 11 September, 2022

    Sep 4, 2022·16m
  210. 210

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 29 August to 4 September

    Aug 28, 2022·18m
  211. 211

    Interview: How JWST observes the Universe

    Aug 26, 2022·32m
  212. 212

    Interview: How JWST will observe exoplanets

    Aug 22, 2022·48m
  213. 213

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 22 to 28 August 2022

    Aug 21, 2022·14m
  214. 214

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 15 to 21 August 2022

    Aug 14, 2022·12m
  215. 215

    Interview: Observing the Solar System in x-ray

    Aug 10, 2022·37m
  216. 216

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 8 to 14 August

    Aug 7, 2022·14m
  217. 217

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 1st to 7th August

    Jul 31, 2022·14m
  218. 218

    Bluedot 2022 | Why study asteroids?

    Jul 29, 2022·24m
  219. 219

    Bluedot 2022 | A new era for human spaceflight?

    Jul 28, 2022·27m
  220. 220

    Bluedot 2022 | What is space weather?

    Jul 27, 2022·33m
  221. 221

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 25 to 31 July

    Jul 24, 2022·13m
  222. 222

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 18 to 24 July

    Jul 17, 2022·14m
  223. 223

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 11 to 17 July 2022

    Jul 10, 2022·13m
  224. 224

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 4 to 10 July

    Jul 3, 2022·10m
  225. 225

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 27 June to 3 July

    Jun 26, 2022·14m
  226. 226

    The search for extraterrestrial intelligence

    Jun 24, 2022·40m
  227. 227

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 20 to 26 June

    Jun 19, 2022·14m
  228. 228

    Space Women: Maggie Aderin-Pocock

    Jun 15, 2022·20m
  229. 229

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 13 to 19 June

    Jun 12, 2022·20m
  230. 230

    Star Diary: What's in the night sky from 6 to 12 June

    Jun 5, 2022·13m
  231. 231

    What is dark energy?

    May 27, 2022·38m
  232. 232

    Star Diary: What's in the night sky from 30 May to 5 June

    May 27, 2022·16m
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    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 23 to 29 May 2022

    May 22, 2022·14m
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    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 16 to 22 May 2022

    May 15, 2022·11m
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    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 9 to 15 May 2022

    May 8, 2022·14m
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    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 2 to 8 May 2022

    May 1, 2022·13m
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    Hubble, James Webb and life beyond Earth

    Apr 29, 2022·40m
  238. 238

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 25 April to 1 May 2022

    Apr 24, 2022·16m
  239. 239

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 18 to 24 April 2022

    Apr 18, 2022·14m
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    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 11 to 17 April 2022

    Apr 11, 2022·17m
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    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 4 to 10 April 2022

    Apr 4, 2022·16m
  242. 242

    What happens if someone dies in space?

    Apr 1, 2022·35m
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    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 28 March to 3 April 2022

    Mar 28, 2022·15m
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    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, March 2022

    Feb 28, 2022·25m
  245. 245

    Interview: The science of exploding stars

    Feb 22, 2022·40m
  246. 246

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, February 2022

    Jan 29, 2022·32m
  247. 247

    Astronomy events of the 21st Century

    Jan 19, 2022·32m
  248. 248

    Interview: Astrobiologist Nicol Caplin

    Dec 30, 2021·41m
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    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, January 2022

    Dec 23, 2021·25m
  250. 250

    Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope

    Dec 20, 2021·39m
  251. 251

    Interview: Astronaut Nicole Stott

    Dec 2, 2021·42m
  252. 252

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, December 2021

    Nov 25, 2021·31m
  253. 253

    Deflecting asteroids with NASA's DART mission

    Nov 18, 2021·22m
  254. 254

    Interview: How to see the Northern Lights

    Nov 8, 2021·37m
  255. 255

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, November 2021

    Oct 31, 2021·35m
  256. 256

    Interview: Astronaut Nora Al Matrooshi

    Oct 24, 2021·20m
  257. 257

    Remembering Rosetta

    Oct 21, 2021·28m
  258. 258

    Interview: Natalie Starkey talks space volcanoes

    Oct 7, 2021·38m
  259. 259

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, October 2021

    Sep 29, 2021·37m
  260. 260

    Interview: UK astronaut Tim Peake

    Sep 24, 2021·39m
  261. 261

    Perseverance: 200 sols on Mars

    Sep 17, 2021·42m
  262. 262

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, September 2021

    Aug 26, 2021·28m
  263. 263

    Interview: The largest radio telescope in the world

    Aug 19, 2021·39m
  264. 264

    Telescopes that changed astronomy

    Aug 12, 2021·47m
  265. 265

    Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, August 2021

    Jul 29, 2021·35m
  266. 266

    Interview: How to make a Universe from scratch

    Jul 23, 2021·34m
  267. 267

    Jupiter Special: a celebration of the gas giant

    Jul 19, 2021·30m
  268. 268

    Interview: Cosmic Collisions

    Jul 1, 2021·36m
  269. 269

    Star Diary: What's in the night sky, July 2021

    Jun 26, 2021·31m
  270. 270

    Apollo 15's 50th anniversary

    Jun 21, 2021·29m
  271. 271

    Interview: solar weather expert, Mathew Owens

    Jun 14, 2021·23m
  272. 272

    Interview: Emily Lakdawalla talks Mars exploration

    Jun 4, 2021·37m
  273. 273

    Star Diary: What's in the night sky, June 2021

    May 26, 2021·41m
  274. 274

    20 years of NASA's WMAP mission

    May 20, 2021·33m
  275. 275

    Interview: How to photograph a black hole

    May 15, 2021·36m
  276. 276

    Interview: Andy Weir, author of The Martian

    May 6, 2021·40m
  277. 277

    Star Diary: What's in the night sky, May 2021

    Apr 30, 2021·34m
  278. 278

    Interview: Genetic engineering for spaceflight

    Apr 28, 2021·32m
  279. 279

    The Disordered Cosmos

    Apr 25, 2021·40m
  280. 280

    How the Great Debate changed astronomy forever

    Apr 23, 2021·30m
  281. 281

    Interview: Light pollution from satellites

    Apr 19, 2021·29m
  282. 282

    Star Diary: What's in the night sky, April 2021

    Mar 31, 2021·37m
  283. 283

    Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space

    Mar 25, 2021·46m
  284. 284

    Interview: How to photograph an exoplanet

    Mar 22, 2021·27m
  285. 285

    How Uranus's rings were discovered

    Mar 13, 2021·31m
  286. 286

    Star Diary: What's in the night sky, March 2021

    Feb 27, 2021·32m
  287. 287

    Interview: How SPHEREx will track the history of the Universe

    Feb 23, 2021·32m
  288. 288

    OSIRIS-Rex and the Asteroid belt

    Feb 18, 2021·24m
  289. 289

    Interview: The Emirates Mars Mission with Hessa Al Matroushi

    Feb 8, 2021·16m
  290. 290

    Star Diary: What's in the night sky, February 2021

    Jan 30, 2021·30m
  291. 291

    2021: A new year for astronomy and spaceflight

    Jan 22, 2021·1h 9m
  292. 292

    Interview: Kellie Gerardi on the future of spaceflight

    Jan 19, 2021·34m
  293. 293

    2020's spaceflight and astronomy highlights

    Dec 17, 2020·1h 11m
  294. 294

    Interview: NASA astronaut Terry Virts

    Dec 12, 2020·42m
  295. 295

    A history of Palomar Observatory

    Dec 9, 2020·33m
  296. 296

    What next for New Horizons?

    Nov 20, 2020·43m
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    Is there life beyond Earth?

    Nov 17, 2020·40m
  298. 298

    What's a black hole? Interview with astrophysicist Janna Levin

    Nov 6, 2020·40m
  299. 299

    Interview: NASA astronaut Jeff Williams

    Oct 30, 2020·29m
  300. 300

    20 years of the International Space Station

    Oct 22, 2020·40m
  301. 301

    Interview: Getting The Right Stuff right

    Oct 9, 2020·24m
  302. 302

    Interview: Stuart Clark on the history of astronomy

    Oct 2, 2020·41m
  303. 303

    ASTHROS: the stratospheric balloon observatory

    Sep 25, 2020·30m
  304. 304

    Galaxies

    Sep 19, 2020·47m
  305. 305

    Interview: Life on Venus?

    Sep 18, 2020·21m
  306. 306

    Interview: Libby Jackson on the history of human spaceflight

    Sep 3, 2020·28m
  307. 307

    The life and death of stars

    Aug 13, 2020·32m
  308. 308

    Trident: a new mission to explore Neptune's moon Triton

    Aug 10, 2020·28m
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    The End of Everything: interview with US cosmologist Katie Mack

    Jul 25, 2020·40m
  310. 310

    The edge of the Solar System

    Jul 16, 2020·36m
  311. 311

    Cluster Special: marking 20 years of the European solar mission

    Jul 14, 2020·26m
  312. 312

    Deflecting asteroids with DART and Hera

    Jun 19, 2020·46m
  313. 313

    CHEOPS: Interview with exoplanet scientist Kate Isaak

    Jun 10, 2020·29m
  314. 314

    Venus special: farewell to the evening star

    May 21, 2020·38m
  315. 315

    WFIRST: a new era for exoplanet hunting

    May 16, 2020·22m
  316. 316

    Hubble at 30: how the space telescope changed astronomy forever

    Apr 23, 2020·56m
  317. 317

    Apollo 13 special: interview with Mission Control's Jerry Woodfill

    Apr 9, 2020·52m
  318. 318

    Apollo 13 special: how astronauts and Mission Control averted disaster

    Mar 25, 2020·50m
  319. 319

    Day Eight – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

    Mar 9, 2020·9m
  320. 320

    Day Seven – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

    Mar 8, 2020·8m
  321. 321

    Day Six – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

    Mar 7, 2020·8m
  322. 322

    Day Five – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

    Mar 6, 2020·7m
  323. 323

    Day Four – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

    Mar 5, 2020·7m
  324. 324

    Day Three – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

    Mar 4, 2020·8m
  325. 325

    Day Two – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

    Mar 3, 2020·7m
  326. 326

    Day One – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

    Mar 2, 2020·8m
  327. 327

    Trailer: Back Garden Astronomy Week special series

    Feb 28, 2020·4m
  328. 328

    Europe in space: the next decade

    Feb 20, 2020·50m
  329. 329

    The story of the BBC’s Horizon programme

    Feb 14, 2020·31m
  330. 330

    Pluto at 90: how Clyde Tombaugh discovered a new world

    Jan 25, 2020·46m
  331. 331

    The biggest stories of 2019 and top tips for stargazing beginners

    Dec 19, 2019·55m
  332. 332

    The biggest space missions launching in 2020

    Nov 21, 2019·56m
  333. 333

    A look at UCL Observatory's new 80cm Perren telescope

    Nov 11, 2019·36m
  334. 334

    Planetarium special

    Nov 1, 2019·34m
  335. 335

    Apollo 12, volcanic moons and cannibal galaxies

    Oct 16, 2019·42m
  336. 336

    Jim Al-Khalili, OSIRIS REx, IIAPY 2019, tardigrades on the Moon

    Sep 13, 2019·43m
  337. 337

    Chasing comets, Indian lunar ambitions, Juno at Jupiter

    Aug 19, 2019·34m
  338. 338

    Bluedot Festival 2019 special

    Jul 22, 2019·34m
  339. 339

    Apollo 11: 50th anniversary special

    Jul 15, 2019·44m
  340. 340

    Talking moonwalkers with Andrew Smith

    Jun 20, 2019·23m
  341. 341

    Touring the Solar System

    May 23, 2019·34m
  342. 342

    Black holes, asteroid bombs and the solar cycle

    Apr 18, 2019·33m
  343. 343

    Kielder Observatory Special

    Apr 15, 2019·27m
  344. 344

    Light pollution, Mars rovers and Jupiter's storms

    Mar 21, 2019·34m
  345. 345

    Planet 9 in doubt, a beautiful Beehive and an aurora adventure

    Feb 25, 2019·29m
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    New Horizons and event horizons

    Jan 23, 2019·36m
  347. 347

    Lunar eclipses, 2019’s space missions and green stars

    Dec 20, 2018·40m
  348. 348

    2018 in review and scientific observations of Mars

    Nov 21, 2018·38m
  349. 349

    Ice on the Moon, Apollo 7 and advice for new astronomers

    Sep 24, 2018·51m
  350. 350

    Bluedot Festival 2018 special

    Jul 27, 2018·38m
  351. 351

    NASA's Dawn mission, Holst’s Planets and water on Mars

    Jul 27, 2018·25m
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    Meteor showers and space rocks that fall to Earth

    Jul 23, 2018·26m
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    The Sun, a danger to life on Earth?

    Jun 22, 2018·37m
  354. 354

    The mission to map the Milky Way

    May 21, 2018·33m
  355. 355

    Sifting through Mars's sediment with a planetary geologist

    Apr 20, 2018·30m
  356. 356

    Bowie, Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics

    Mar 29, 2018·21m
  357. 357

    Christmas Special: Tales from 2017

    Dec 20, 2017·1h 18m
  358. 358

    International Astronomy Show 2017 Special

    Oct 19, 2017·42m
  359. 359

    Radio Astronomy Shorts - Episode 1: Dava Sobel

    Aug 21, 2017·17m
  360. 360

    Radio Astronomy: Bluedot Festival 2017 Special

    Jul 21, 2017·1h 11m
  361. 361

    Episode 6: The 2016 retrospective

    Dec 23, 2016·34m
  362. 362

    Episode 5: So long, Schiaparelli

    Nov 8, 2016·48m
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    Episode 4: Farewell Rosetta

    Sep 26, 2016·52m
  364. 364

    Radio Astronomy, Episode 3: Juno at Jupiter

    Aug 9, 2016·40m
  365. 365

    Episode 2: Einstein’s Vindication

    Jul 8, 2016·42m
  366. 366

    Episode 1: Astronaut Driving lessons

    Jun 10, 2016·45m