Inside the sky at night

As an astronomer, I collect stars. There are several hundred billion of them in our Galaxy, the Milky Way, so it’s important to find a way to categorise them. While others might rank their stars by co

Astronomers are now regularly detecting planets thousands of light years from Earth – but have we missed one in our own Solar System?

An artist’s impression of Cha 1107-7626 accreting material ...

The comet dubbed 3I/ATLAS, a rare extrasolar intruder, continues to barrel through the Solar System, attracting interest and speculation from astronomers and space scientists worldwide. Harvard astron

Using Webb, researchers detected several complex carbon-based molecules ...

You may have bought this December issue of BBC Sky at Night Magazine because you’ve been given – or you’ve treated yourself to – a new telescope for Christmas. And you may be wondering what to do with