Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Space engineer

Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a space engineer and a co-presenter on the BBC's The Sky at Night.

Recent articles by Maggie Aderin-Pocock

What's it like seeing the Northern Lights for the first time? Credit: Arctic Images / Getty Images

What it’s like seeing the aurora for the first time

Hubble Space Telescope's infrared view of galaxy M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy. Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Regan and B. Whitmore (STScI) and R. Chandar (University of Toledo, USA)

How astronomers use the electromagnetic spectrum to explore the Universe

A view of Saturn captured by the Cassini spacecraft on 2 January 2010 from about 2.3 million km away. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Solar System images have the power to transport us to other worlds

Then-Vatican Observatory director Father Coyne in the observatory of the Vatican, January 1992. Photo by Raphael GAILLARDE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

A brief history of the Vatican Observatory

Snow-capped peak of Mauna Kea, the tallest volcano on Earth. Credit: JTSorrell / Getty Images

How Earth’s tallest volcano compares to volcanoes in our Solar System

Why I'm convinced there's alien life in the Universe Credit: honglouwawa / Getty

Why I’m convinced there is alien life in the Universe

A remarkable view of Earth from Apollo 16, taken on 16 April 1972, reveals a world of blue and white with a hint of brown; (inset) the image before it was digitally restored. Credit: NASA / Toby Ord

Earth: the only planet known to support life

Could the Drake equation be used to calculate the likelihood that alien life exists somewhere in the Galaxy? Credit: maxwellcitizenkepler / Getty

A formula for alien life? Understanding the Drake Equation

How did the Moon form? Credit: Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library / Getty Images

How did the Moon form?

Orion constellation over a dark forest at night. Credit: Yuga Kurita / Getty Images

Will the constellations move and change over time?

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) and the OPAL team

Why are planets round?

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Why go to Mars? Because it would be the trip of a lifetime

The Sky at Night's Maggie Aderin Pocock

How I got into space and astronomy

Beagle 2 lead scientist Colin Pillinger pictured with a model of Beagle 2 at the Lander Operations Planning Centre on 27 November 2003 in Milton Keynes, UK. Credit: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

What happened to Beagle 2?