Saturn and Venus are morning jewels

The birth of the Universe

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

Earth, aliens and astronomy

The Flower Moon rises in full bloom

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower lights up the sky

Mars passes through the Beehive

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

Strange signals from the 'Eye of God'

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

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

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

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

Searching for life on alien planets

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

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

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

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

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

Webb uses space-bending gravity trick to discover distant stars

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

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

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

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

First zoomed-in image of a star beyond our galaxy

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

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

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

A Cosmic Christmas Tree (23 to 29 December 2024)

How did life emerge on Earth?

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

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

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

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

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

The mission to make solar eclipses

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

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

Aurora special Ep 4: Photographing the aurora

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

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

Aurora special Ep 3: The Solar Cycle

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

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

Aurora special Ep 2: The science of the aurora

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

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

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

Aurora special Ep 1: How to hunt the aurora

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

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

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

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

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

A history of flying saucers

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

New Horizons at the edge of the Solar System

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How black holes changed everything

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

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

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

The rock that fell to Earth

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

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

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

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

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

Water found around a distant star

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

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

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

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

Why do people believe in UFOs?

Star Diary 18 to 24 March 2024

Star Diary 11 to 17 March 2024

Star Diary 4 to 10 March 2024

Star Diary 26 February to 3 March 2024

Star Diary 19 to 25 February 2024

How x-rays unlock the secrets of the Universe

Star Diary 12 to 18 February 2024

Star Diary 5 to 11 February 2024

Star Diary 29 January to 4 February 2024

Star Diary 22 to 28 January 2024

How Asteroid Bennu could unlock the secrets of the Solar System

Star Diary 15 to 21 January 2024

Star Diary 8 to 14 January 2024

Star Diary 1 to 7 January 2024

Star Diary, 25 to 31 December 2023

Star Diary, 18 to 24 December 2023

Star Diary, 11 to 17 December 2023

Star Diary, 4 to 10 December 2023

Moonshot success, with astronaut Mike Massimino

Star Diary, 27 November to 3 December 2023

Star Diary, 20 to 26 November 2023

Star Diary, 13 to 19 November 2023

Star Diary, 6 to 12 November 2023

Star Diary, 30 October to 5 November 2023

Star Diary, 23 to 29 October 2023

Interview: The Search for Alien Life

Star Diary, 16 to 22 October 2023

How can we see the heat of the Big Bang?

Star Diary, 9 to 15 October 2023

Star Diary, 2 to 8 October 2023

Star Diary, 25 September to 1 October 2023

Star Diary: 18 to 24 September 2023

Exploring a magnetic Solar System

Star Diary, 11 to 17 September 2023

Star Diary, 4 to 10 September 2023

Star Dairy, 28 August to 3 September , 2023

Star Dairy, 21 to 27 August, 2023

Star Diary, 14 to 20 August

Star Diary, 7 to 13 August

Star Diary, 31 July to 6 August

Hunting down strange signals with humans and machines.

Star Diary, 24 to 30 July

Interview: Spaceflight entrepreneur Mishaal Ashemimry

Star Diary, 17 to 23 July

Star Diary, 10 to 16 July, 2023

Detecting spacetime ripples of supermassive black holes

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

Star Diary, 26 June to 2 July, 2023

Star Diary, 19 to 25 June, 2023

The search for Earth 2.0

Star Diary, 11 to 18 June, 2023

Star Diary, 5 to 11 June, 2023

Star Diary, 29 May to 4 June, 2023

Star Diary, 22 to 28 May, 2023

Interview: Space Shuttle astronaut Kathy Sullivan

Star Diary, 15 to 23 May, 2023

Star Diary, 8 to 14 May, 2023

Star Diary, 1 to 7 May, 2023

Star Diary, 24 to 30 April 2023

Interview: Comet Madness

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

Humans Of Space: Peter Visscher

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

Interview: From pop star to Star City with Lance Bass

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

Humans Of Space: Aaron Yung

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

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

Black holes and bending spacetime

Humans Of Space: Nicole Stott

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

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

Humans Of Space: Jeff Hoffman

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

Observing the 850-year-old aftermath of colliding stars

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

Humans Of Space: James L. Green

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

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

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

Interview: Is interstellar travel possible?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview: Apollo 17 student ambassador Dermot Gethings

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

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

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

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

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

Amazing cosmic facts

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

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

Piecing together the history of the Universe

Webb Telescope and the secrets of the Solar System

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

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

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

Interview: A Brief History of Black Holes

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview: How JWST observes the Universe

Interview: How JWST will observe exoplanets

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

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

Interview: Observing the Solar System in x-ray

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

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

Bluedot 2022 | Why study asteroids?

Bluedot 2022 | A new era for human spaceflight?

Bluedot 2022 | What is space weather?

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

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

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

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

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

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence

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

Space Women: Maggie Aderin-Pocock

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

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

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

What is dark energy?

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

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

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

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

Hubble, James Webb and life beyond Earth

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

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

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

Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 4 to 10 April 2022

What happens if someone dies in space?

Star Diary: What’s in the night sky, 28 March to 3 April 2022

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

Interview: The science of exploding stars

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

Astronomy events of the 21st Century

Interview: Astrobiologist Nicol Caplin

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

Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope

Interview: Astronaut Nicole Stott

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

Deflecting asteroids with NASA's DART mission

Interview: How to see the Northern Lights

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

Interview: Astronaut Nora Al Matrooshi

Remembering Rosetta

Interview: Natalie Starkey talks space volcanoes

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

Interview: UK astronaut Tim Peake

Perseverance: 200 sols on Mars

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

Interview: The largest radio telescope in the world

Telescopes that changed astronomy

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

Interview: How to make a Universe from scratch

Jupiter Special: a celebration of the gas giant

Interview: Cosmic Collisions

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

Apollo 15's 50th anniversary

Interview: solar weather expert, Mathew Owens

Interview: Emily Lakdawalla talks Mars exploration

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

20 years of NASA's WMAP mission

Interview: How to photograph a black hole

Interview: Andy Weir, author of The Martian

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

Interview: Genetic engineering for spaceflight

The Disordered Cosmos

How the Great Debate changed astronomy forever

Interview: Light pollution from satellites

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

Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space

Interview: How to photograph an exoplanet

How Uranus's rings were discovered

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

Interview: How SPHEREx will track the history of the Universe

OSIRIS-Rex and the Asteroid belt

Interview: The Emirates Mars Mission with Hessa Al Matroushi

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

2021: A new year for astronomy and spaceflight

Interview: Kellie Gerardi on the future of spaceflight

2020's spaceflight and astronomy highlights

Interview: NASA astronaut Terry Virts

A history of Palomar Observatory

What next for New Horizons?

Is there life beyond Earth?

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

Interview: NASA astronaut Jeff Williams

20 years of the International Space Station

Interview: Getting The Right Stuff right

Interview: Stuart Clark on the history of astronomy

ASTHROS: the stratospheric balloon observatory

Galaxies

Interview: Life on Venus?

Interview: Libby Jackson on the history of human spaceflight

The life and death of stars

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

The End of Everything: interview with US cosmologist Katie Mack

The edge of the Solar System

Cluster Special: marking 20 years of the European solar mission

Deflecting asteroids with DART and Hera

CHEOPS: Interview with exoplanet scientist Kate Isaak

Venus special: farewell to the evening star

WFIRST: a new era for exoplanet hunting

Hubble at 30: how the space telescope changed astronomy forever

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

Apollo 13 special: how astronauts and Mission Control averted disaster

Day Eight – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

Day Seven – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

Day Six – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

Day Five – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

Day Four – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

Day Three – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

Day Two – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

Day One – Back Garden Astronomy Week: The Moon

Trailer: Back Garden Astronomy Week special series

Europe in space: the next decade

The story of the BBC’s Horizon programme

Pluto at 90: how Clyde Tombaugh discovered a new world

The biggest stories of 2019 and top tips for stargazing beginners

The biggest space missions launching in 2020

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

Planetarium special

Apollo 12, volcanic moons and cannibal galaxies

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

Chasing comets, Indian lunar ambitions, Juno at Jupiter

Bluedot Festival 2019 special

Apollo 11: 50th anniversary special

Talking moonwalkers with Andrew Smith

Touring the Solar System

Black holes, asteroid bombs and the solar cycle

Kielder Observatory Special

Light pollution, Mars rovers and Jupiter's storms

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

New Horizons and event horizons

Lunar eclipses, 2019’s space missions and green stars

2018 in review and scientific observations of Mars

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

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

Bluedot Festival 2018 special

Meteor showers and space rocks that fall to Earth

The Sun, a danger to life on Earth?

The mission to map the Milky Way

Sifting through Mars's sediment with a planetary geologist

Bowie, Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics

Christmas Special: Tales from 2017

International Astronomy Show 2017 Special

Radio Astronomy Shorts - Episode 1: Dava Sobel

Radio Astronomy: Bluedot Festival 2017 Special

Episode 6: The 2016 retrospective

Episode 5: So long, Schiaparelli

Episode 4: Farewell Rosetta

Radio Astronomy, Episode 3: Juno at Jupiter

Episode 2: Einstein’s Vindication

Episode 1: Astronaut Driving lessons