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
Bright centres of galaxies powered by black holes devouring space – and they're the nearly as old as the Universe itself
Massively old and distant discoveries may challenge our understanding of the young Universe
Scientists have made a surprise discovery — alien worlds that are lighter than candy floss
The newly-discovered giant worlds TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c are the size of Jupiter but have a density lower than candy floss
Who really owns the Moon?
How the law is racing to catch up with a new lunar land rush
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
This is the first ever close-up image of Earth’s ‘mini moon’. We could soon have samples back on Earth
Chinese probe takes a picture of the ‘quasi-satellite’ Kamoʻoalewa near Earth
Are we the aliens? Earth could be sending life to Venus, say scientists
Study examines whether microbes might survive the journey between Earth and Venus
One of the world's darkest paints makes everything look like a black hole – and it could save our night sky
Will a new paint job stop satellites ruining ground-based astronomy?
The case for life on Mars just got stronger. A NASA rover has found extensive organic carbon in ancient river rocks
NASA's Perseverance rover’s discovery of widespread complex carbon on Mars adds fresh clues to the hunt for past life
Have we got our Galaxy completely wrong? Scientists just worked out it's much wider than they thought
Dust-cloud ‘light echoes’ allowed astronomers to pinpoint the distances to our Galaxy’s spiral arms
This could be the Earth-orbiting habitat that replaces the International Space Station
Two astronaut missions to the International Space Station and Haven-1 could help shape the future of low-Earth-orbit exploration.
This rare meteorite is proof of a lost ancient planet that once roamed our Solar System
Ultra-rare meteorite is a fragment from a protoplanet possibly as big as Mars
A spacecraft is on its way to study Jupiter's moon for signs of life in water plumes – but they might not even be there
Does Jupiter's moon Europa really have plumes? A new study casts doubt on observations of plumes at the icy moon
A student sent a camera into space to photograph the invisible energy of the Universe. This is what he captured
Experiment involved launching film negatives more than 121,000 feet into the stratosphere
"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
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
