Mars meets up with the Moon (3 to 9 March 2025)
Mars passes right next to the Moon, while Mercury reaches its highest point in the sky. Make sure to catch them both by listening to the latest episode of Star Diary, the podcast from the makers of S…
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Sun 02 Mar 2025
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, the podcast from the makers o…
00:18:43 |
Sun 23 Feb 2025
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, the podcast from the makers of Sky at Night Magazine.
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Sun 16 Feb 2025
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 gravitat…
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Fri 14 Feb 2025
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 hig…
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Sun 09 Feb 2025
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 lat…
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Sun 02 Feb 2025
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 episod…
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Sun 26 Jan 2025
Jupiter’s shadow transit runs late (20 to 26 January 2025)
Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter, will pass across the planet’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 yoursel…
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Sun 19 Jan 2025
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 gala…
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Mon 13 Jan 2025
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 – when it lies directly opposite the Sun from Earth. Find out how you can see the spectacle as well as all t…
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Sun 12 Jan 2025
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.
To find out how you can see the event, as well as th…
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Sun 05 Jan 2025
Quadrantid meteor shower is gifted a moonless night (30 December to 5 January)
The Moon is hiding out the way, making it a great night to check out the meteor shower. To find out how to see the shower as well as all the other stargazing highlights of the week, be sure to listen…
00:22:58 |
Sun 29 Dec 2024
A Cosmic Christmas Tree (23 to 29 December 2024)
The Christmas Tree Cluster is a beautifully festive cosmic decoration, the perfect thing to look at during this festive time. Find out how you can see it for yourself as well as other stargazing high…
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Sun 22 Dec 2024
How did life emerge on Earth?
Spacerocks expert Rayssa Martins discusses her study into meteorites and how they delivered the building blocks of life to our planet.
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00:15:54 |
Mon 16 Dec 2024
Mars disappears behind the Moon (16 to 22 December 2022)
The Moon passes in front of Mars in the daylight sky. Find out how you might be able to catch the disappearance as well as other stargazing highlights in the latest episode of Star Diary, from the ma…
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Sun 15 Dec 2024
Geminids meteor shower reaches its peak (9 to 15 December 2024)
The Geminids is one of the most prolific meteor showers, but this year the Moon could get in the way. Find out how to make the most of the shower despite the Moon, as well as all the latest stargazin…
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Sun 08 Dec 2024
Jupiter makes its closest approach to Earth (2 to 8 December 2024)
Both Jupiter and Venus are due to shine brightly in the sky this week.
Find out how to see them along with many more stargazing highlights in this week’s Star Diary podcast,
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Sun 01 Dec 2024
Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Mars all shine brightly (25 November to 1 December 2024)
A quartet of planets will be bright and on display throughout the night this week.
Find out how to see them along with many more stargazing highlights in this week’s Star Diary podcast, from the mak…
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Sun 24 Nov 2024
Leonid meteor shower reaches its peak (18 to 24 November 2024)
The Leonid meteor shower reaches the peak of activity this week. It might not be the best year for the shower, but fortunately we’re on hand with many more stargazing highlights in this week’s Star D…
00:18:57 |
Sun 17 Nov 2024
The mission to make solar eclipses
Studying the outermost layer of the Sun is tricky business. Our host star is so bright, it can be difficult to see what’s going on at the surface. This episode, solar scientist Huw Morgan tells us ab…
00:22:23 |
Fri 15 Nov 2024
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