Jamie Middleton
Commissioning Editor
Jamie Middleton is a seasoned science journalist and BBC Sky at Night Magazine's Commissioning Editor.
Recent articles by Jamie Middleton
"It might look like we started a space war, but we didn’t." Astronomers fire lasers at distant cosmic cloud, all in the name of science
ESO image shows lasers shooting into the sky as astronomers target Tarantula Nebula with one of the world’s most advanced telescope systems
A body on the edge of our Solar System has an atmosphere – and scientists still aren't sure how that's possible
The object lies in the Kuiper Belt and is 500km wide. And astronomers found an atmosphere round it.
Scientists have found a new way to look for advanced alien life across the Galaxy
Model could find patterns across multiple planets that reveal life – whatever form it takes
US space firm Blue Origin just extracted oxygen from Moon dust. Here's why it could transform spaceflight
Blue Origin's Air Pioneer device can extract oxygen from Moon dust – a development with the potential to revolutionise crewed spaceflight
China launches astronauts on a year-long mission. The new Moon race just took a huge leap forward
China eyes Moon with new launch. Latest mission includes a planned year-long stay in orbit and dozens of scientific experiments
Think spaceflight is pointless? It might already have saved your life. Four ways space tech transformed healthcare on Earth
Discover the unexpected medical breakthroughs born from our quest to explore the cosmos
NASA rover captures weird 'spiderwebs' on Mars, giving scientists fresh hope of finding ancient life on the Red Planet
The water needed for sustaining life could have lasted much longer on Mars than thought
Scientists have found a completely new type of planet. And it absolutely stinks
Exoplanet L 98-59 d is a molten, sulphur-rich world with a vast global magma ocean, that likely reeks of rotten eggs
The Sun like you’ve never seen it before - astounding pictures and 4K timelapse videos of our nearest star
Miguel Claro’s solar images capture a side of the Sun that can’t be seen by human eyes alone. These seven images show the power, beauty and dynamism of our nearest star
There's an enormous, invisible sheet of strange stuff surrounding our entire Galaxy
A vast, flat dark-matter structure surrounding the Milky Way could explain the motion of nearby galaxies
Astronauts on the Space Station fed meteorites to a fungus. What happened next could revolutionise spaceflight
An experiment on the International Space Station has shown bacteria and fungi can harvest valuable elements from space rocks.
The 5 most expensive meteorites ever found on Earth
Sought after by collectors and scientists alike for their rarity, meteorites hold a key to revealing the unimaginably distant past of the Solar System
This is one of the biggest stars in the Universe. Scientists say it looks like it's about to explode
WOH G64’s extreme transition offers a rare opportunity to witness stellar transformations in real time.
Did these historic NASA spacecraft find life on Mars – and accidentally kill it?
The Viking landers may have found organic molecules, but accidentally destroyed them
We're all made of stardust – and this student just created some in her lab
Researcher makes a simulated star nursery to produce the building blocks of life
Saturn's strange moon may have formed from a huge collision – and could explain the origin of the planet's rings
The same crash built Saturn’s iconic rings, say researchers
This exploding star was spotted doing something weird. Now scientists think it might have solved a key cosmic theory
New evidence proves these magnetic monsters are the secret engines behind the Universe’s biggest explosions
Meet the closest Earth-like exoplanet to our Solar System - Proxima b
A rocky potentially habitable planet is orbiting the closest star to our Sun
We humans love smashing our spacecraft into planets. These are the times we got amazing science from complete destruction
It might seem like a complete waste, but there are very good reasons to end a space mission by sending it to impact the object it studied
These are the most common planets in the Galaxy. Scientists have finally worked out where they come from
Super-Earths and sub-Neptunes are everywhere – now we finally know how they’re made
This UK company ignited a 1,000°C furnace in space. Technique could revolutionise 5G, electric vehicles and AI
Breakthrough in low-Earth-orbit manufacturing could transform semiconductors industry
Space deforms astronauts' brains, say scientists. This could be bad news for getting humans to Mars
Spaceflight does strange things to our brains...
Half of Mars used to be underwater. Scientists find evidence of enormous Martian ocean
Evidence suggests the Red Planet was once a blue planet
Artemis III won't land on the Moon, as NASA adds an extra mission. Will China leapfrog the US to a landing?
NASA shakes up its Artemis moonlanding programme.
