Jane Williamson

Science journalist

Jane Williamson is BBC Sky at Night Magazine's Production Editor.

Recent articles by Jane Williamson

An artist's illustration of exoplanet WASP-12b. Credit: NASA/ESA/G. Bacon

10 of the weirdest exoplanets in the Universe

Artist's impression of the NEAR spacecraft orbiting asteroid Eros. Credit: NASA

A guide to asteroid 433 Eros

Astronauts Kathryn Sullivan and Sally Ride during the STS-41-G mission, October 1984. Credit: Space Frontiers / Stringer

Women astronauts who changed spaceflight forever

A full Moon that looks blue. Credit: PhotoAlto/Frederic Cirou/GettyImages

Astronomy explained What's a blue Moon?

The Parker Solar Probe is one of many spacecraft studying the Sun. Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins APL, Steve Gribben

Solar missions: How scientists study the Sun

Magnetic field lines on the Whirlpool Galaxy, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope and SOFIA Observatory. Credit: NASA/the SOFIA science team/A. Borlaff/NASA/ESA/S. Beckwith (STScI) and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Eye On The Sky Whirlpool Galaxy's magnetic field lines mapped

NGC 2799 (left) and NGC 2798 (right) in a galactic merger. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA/ SDSS/J. Dalcanton, CC BY 4.0; Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla)

Eye On The Sky Strange galactic merger captured by Hubble Space Telescope

A stream of charged particles emanating from red giant star R Aquilae. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Decin et al.

Eye On The Sky Stellar winds from red giant star produce cosmic floral pattern

G286.21+0.17. Image credit ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Y. Cheng et al.; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello; NASA/ESA Hubble

Eye On The Sky The chaos of starbirth captured 8,000 lightyears away

Galaxy NGC 2775, by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA/J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team; Acknowledgment: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla)

Eye On The Sky A sleepy galaxy with an empty heart

An Albanian postage stamp showing Laika the space dog. Credit: Blank Archives/Getty Images

Space History Animals in space

The Butterfly Nebula, captured by the HubbIe Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Kastner (RIT)

Eye On The Sky The Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302

Abell 2384, by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/V.Parekh, et al. & ESA/XMM-Newton; Radio: NCRA/TIFR/GMRT; Optical: DSS

Eye On The Sky Abell 2384: a bridge between galaxy clusters

An image of Jupiter captured using 'lucky' imaging. Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA MH Wong (UC Berkeley) and team

Eye On The Sky Infrared peers beneath Jupiter's clouds in 'lucky' image

The International Space Station appears in the night sky above Banff National Park, Canada. Also visible in the image is the auroral phenomenon known as STEVE. Credit: Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images/Getty Images

How to see the International Space Station in the night sky