Astronomy

Eye-catching celestial events to look out for in 2025
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Weather
Posted
1 January
Get ready for the first big meteor shower of 2025
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Newsround
Posted
31 December 2024
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2
Astronomers ready for dazzling but brief celestial show after 80-year wait
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Science & Environment
Posted
30 December 2024
Nasa makes history with closest-ever approach to Sun
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Science & Environment
Posted
27 December 2024
Spacecraft attempts closest-ever approach to Sun
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Science & Environment
Posted
24 December 2024
CrowdScience. Will the Earth ever lose its Moon? Audio, 26 minutes
Anand Jagatia is joined by a panel of experts to answer listener questions about the Moon
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
When and how to watch the Ursid meteor shower
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Weather
Posted
19 December 2024
December's Cold Moon - the last full Moon of 2024
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Weather
Posted
14 December 2024
How to see the Geminid meteor shower as it reaches its peak
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Weather
Posted
13 December 2024
'Drown in stars' during meteor shower - astronomer
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Northamptonshire
Posted
9 December 2024
Eastbourne named best location for stargazing
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Sussex
Posted
2 December 2024
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4
Dark Sky Observatory finds new home after blaze
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South Scotland
Posted
30 November 2024
New £6.8m planetarium opens to the public
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Nottinghamshire
Posted
25 November 2024
How to see Leonid meteor shower as it peaks on Sunday night
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Weather
Posted
17 November 2024
Last supermoon of 2024 captured in stunning photos across the UK
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UK
Posted
15 November 2024
November full Moon is last chance to see supermoon in 2024
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Weather
Posted
15 November 2024
In Our Time. The Antikythera Mechanism. Audio, 51 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mysterious ancient Greek astronomical computer.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
The Infinite Monkey Cage. Series 31, Starless World. Audio, 42 minutes
Brian Cox and Robin Ince illuminate the story of the stars with John Bishop.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Skies to clear for Taurid meteor shower peak on Monday
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Weather
Posted
11 November 2024
CrowdScience. Why is my house getting sunnier? Audio, 30 minutes
A mysterious shift in sunshine through one listener’s window requires investigation
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
How a Cotswold astronomer helped define US politics
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Gloucestershire
Posted
5 November 2024
Witness History. The creation of Greenwich Mean Time. Audio, 9 minutes
Experiments by John Flamsteed in the 17th Century led to the time zone being created
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Orionids meteor shower 2024: How to see it
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Weather
Posted
20 October 2024
The dash not to miss once-in-a-lifetime comet snap
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Shropshire
Posted
18 October 2024