Star Diary

BBC Sky at Night Magazine

50 episodes · en

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The astronomy podcast from the makers of BBC Sky at Night Magazine.

Episodes

Mercury and Saturn return!
31 min · Jun 25, 2026
How to build a planet-hunting spacecraft
20 min · Jun 11, 2026
Summer stargazing
33 min · May 30, 2026
How spaceflight hammers the human body
20 min · May 7, 2026
May's 'blue Moon’ – what we'll really see
28 min · Apr 29, 2026
Strange signals from the galactic centre
18 min · Apr 16, 2026
The Evening Star is back
29 min · Mar 29, 2026
Exploring the radio Universe
32 min · Mar 16, 2026
Spring stargazing is here
31 min · Mar 2, 2026
Revealing the secrets of Mercury
31 min · Feb 9, 2026
Jupiter dominates the night sky in February 2026
29 min · Jan 30, 2026
Listening to black holes colliding
23 min · Jan 12, 2026
New Year, new stargazing – January 2026
29 min · Jan 6, 2026
3D-mapping an alien world
22 min · Dec 15, 2025
Christmas stargazing 2025
27 min · Nov 28, 2025
Have scientists solved Webb’s ‘impossible’ black holes?
21 min · Nov 14, 2025
See the Moon and planets under truly dark skies
31 min · Oct 31, 2025
Can a planet have a planet?
18 min · Oct 14, 2025
See gas giants Jupiter and Saturn at their best
32 min · Sep 29, 2025
Can YOU help astronomers find exploding stars?
21 min · Sep 14, 2025
See the blood Moon rise
35 min · Aug 28, 2025
How the Rubin Observatory will study the Universe
27 min · Aug 14, 2025
See Venus and Jupiter’s close approach
32 min · Jul 30, 2025
Will our Galaxy collide with its neighbour?
17 min · Jul 10, 2025
Saturn and Venus are morning jewels
31 min · Jun 26, 2025