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Star Diary

BBC Sky at Night Magazine

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

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378 episodes

  1. Supermoon and stargazing, November 2026 31:34
  2. New space mission will hunt for alien worlds 28:26
  3. See Mars and Jupiter in the morning sky this autumn 34:13
  4. The mystery of comet 3I/ATLAS 24:21
  5. The Harvest Moon and the autumn equinox 32:27
  6. Discovery beneath the surface of Mars 24:19
  7. August 2026 solar eclipse and Perseid meteor shower 33:02
  8. How do you weigh a planet that hasn’t formed yet? 18:43
  9. Mercury and Saturn return! 30:34
  10. How to build a planet-hunting spacecraft 20:15
  11. Summer stargazing 32:39
  12. How spaceflight hammers the human body 19:35
  13. May's 'blue Moon’ – what we'll really see 28:17
  14. Strange signals from the galactic centre 17:32
  15. The Evening Star is back 29:25
  16. Exploring the radio Universe 32:00
  17. Spring stargazing is here 31:03
  18. Revealing the secrets of Mercury 30:39
  19. Jupiter dominates the night sky in February 2026 28:37
  20. Listening to black holes colliding 23:20
  21. New Year, new stargazing – January 2026 29:23
  22. 3D-mapping an alien world 22:17
  23. Christmas stargazing 2025 26:34
  24. Have scientists solved Webb’s ‘impossible’ black holes? 20:59
  25. See the Moon and planets under truly dark skies 31:21
  26. Can a planet have a planet? 18:05
  27. See gas giants Jupiter and Saturn at their best 31:36
  28. Can YOU help astronomers find exploding stars? 20:44
  29. See the blood Moon rise 35:24
  30. How the Rubin Observatory will study the Universe 26:39
  31. See Venus and Jupiter’s close approach 31:46
  32. Will our Galaxy collide with its neighbour? 16:54
  33. Saturn and Venus are morning jewels 31:01
  34. The birth of the Universe 23:31
  35. Venus is a Morning Star and Mars meets the Lion's heart 31:22
  36. Earth, aliens and astronomy 24:05
  37. The Flower Moon rises in full bloom 20:33
  38. The Eta Aquarid meteor shower lights up the sky 21:00
  39. Mars passes through the Beehive 19:06
  40. Venus reaches its greatest brightness near the Moon (21 to 27 April) 22:29
  41. Strange signals from the 'Eye of God' 31:37
  42. Two sparkling diamonds glisten in the night sky (14 to 20 April) 18:37
  43. An asteroid passes through a Hamburger (Galaxy) (7 to 13 April 2025) 20:47
  44. The Moon blots out the Pleiades (31 March to 6 April 2025) 18:43
  45. Partial solar eclipse visible across the UK (24 to 30 March 2025) 22:07
  46. Searching for life on alien planets 27:33
  47. The Moon passes the heart of the Scorpion (17 to 23 March 2025) 18:53
  48. Can you see the Blood Moon? (10 to 16 March 2025) 18:36
  49. Mars meets up with the Moon (3 to 9 March 2025) 20:45
  50. Mercury returns to the evening skies (24 February to 2 March 2025) 18:43