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Venus – the history of the deadliest planet in the Solar System
A guide to the planet Venus: its surface, its atmosphere, its volcanoes and the history of its exploration.
Apollo photos: new exhibition
NASA's Moon missions, from Mercury, Gemini and Apollo feature in a new photography exhibition at the Royal Photographic Society, Bristol
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Bake our meteor munchies
Amateur astronomer and baker Katharine Kilgour marks this month's Lyrid meteor shower by baking some rocky meteor munchies.
IAPY 2017: the shortlist
A selection of astrophotos shortlisted for the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2017 competition has been released by the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Cook our Saturn Soup with muffins and cheesy moons
Our resident astrobaker turns from sweet to savoury this time, recreating the ringed planet Saturn with soup, muffins and crumbly, cheesy moons.
Tales from the Eyepiece: Stone Knives And Bearskins
While it may be an enticing summer project for the amateur astronomer, sometimes building an observatory is a task best left to professionals, writes Jon Powell in this month's Tales From The Eyepiece.
How to bake a cake shaped like the planet Mercury
Pay tribute to the rocky planet Mercury with our spherical Mercury cake, complete with chocolate truffle core, in this easy-to-bake recipe.
North West Astronomy Festival 2014
BBC Sky at Night Magazine headed to Runcorn for a weekend of astronomy fun
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock to join The Sky at Night
Space scientist to join the presenting team on BBC Four in February
Episode 31 - Astronomy Photographer of the Year
This month Sky at Night Magazine's Will Gater travels to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich to report from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards 2011
Episode 30 - Summertime Astronomy
In this month's episode Sky at Night Magazine's Will Gater looks at some of the celestial sights that are on show during the summer months.
Vodcast Episode 28 - Chasing the Northern Lights
In this month's episode Sky at Night Magazine's news editor, Will Gater, travels into the Arctic Circle in search of one of nature's most spectacular sights...the Northern Lights.
Vodcast Episode 25 - Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2010
This month Sky at Night Magazine's Will Gater travels to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich to report from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards 2010