BBC The Sky at Night

You've heard of a supernova, but what about a kilonova?💥Gold, silver, platinum & uranium likely had their origins in these explosive neutron star mergers. Learn about the group dedicated to finding them in the latest episode of #BBCTheSkyatNight. Catch up on @BBCiPlayer now

Why do the street lamps shine straight down in La Palma?🔦 It's just one of the factors that makes the area among the best in the world for astronomy. Tune in to tonight's episode of #BBCTheSkyatNight on BBC 4 & @BBCiPlayer to see what @Space_Mog captures with her smart telescope

Why do we build telescopes on top of mountains? ⛰️ It's not to get closer to the stars. Guest presenter Maggie Lieu @Space_Mog explains more from nearly 8000 feet up in La Palma on #BBCTheSkyatNight. Tune in at 10pm on Monday 9th November on BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer

Anywhere on the sky in 20 seconds 🔭⚡ That's how fast this Large-Sized Telescope can move. Part of @ctao_universe in La Palma, these telescopes rely on speed to capture fleeting gamma ray bursts. Find out more on #BBCTheSkyatNight, Monday 9th November on BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer

Mapping the universe is a colossal challenge! Did you know skills like visualisation & big-picture thinking are commonly reported by dyslexics? Meet people using these traits to explore the stars on this month's Sky at Night. 🌌 Tonight at 11:30pm on BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer

Shhhh... don't tell anyone, but the #BBCTheSkyatNight team have infiltrated @GCHQ! 🕵🏿‍♀️ Watch Maggie's interview with a real-life spy, now on @BBCiPlayer.

Is there life on #Enceladus? Saturn's icy moon 🪐 has a sub-surface ocean & plumes of water jetting into space! Out-of-the-box thinking often associated with #dyslexia is helping answer this question. Watch #BBCTheSkyatNight, tonight at 10pm on BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer

Maggie Aderin is a space scientist. She’s also dyslexic. And she’s not alone… 🚀Join her as she meets fellow astronomers to discover how dyslexia shapes the way they think, work, and explore the universe, on Monday 12th October on BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer

What’s the coldest place in the cosmos? The answer – during this experiment, when atoms are cooled to almost absolute zero🌨️! Catch the latest episode of #BBCTheSkyatNight @BBCiPlayer, to find out how this chilly tech unlocks the secrets of the quantum universe #Engineering

Neutrinos - the closest thing to nothing you can imagine. Tune in to #BBCTheSkyatNight tonight at 10pm on BBC4 and @BBCiPlayer to meet the team in France detecting these 'ghost’ particles with a gigantic underwater 🌊 telescope – a cubic km in size! @km3net #Engineering

Who knew this @NASA telescope started out as a spying tool for the CIA?! The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope could now bring us closer to finding life on other planets 🛸. Catch the next episode of #BBCTheSkyAtNight, Mon 14th Sept 10pm on BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer #Telescope #Engineering

What's even weirder than a black hole? There are so many fantastic theories about these galactic monsters & white holes are just one of them. Learn more about the strange world of #BlackHoles with @ProfBrianCox on #BBCTheSkyAtNight, available now on @BBCiPlayer 🕳️🌌 #Cosmology

Remember your rebellious phase? Well, the #Cosmos had one too! Watch this month's episode of #BBCTheSkyAtNight to discover how new #Astronomical objects are upending ideas of how #Stars, #Galaxies and #BlackHoles form. Tonight, 11:30pm, BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer #Cosmology #Astrophysics

An eclipse and a meteor shower in the same month?! 💫 If you're new to stargazing, now is the time to start 🌌 Guest presenter Dr Becky Smethurst is here with her easy guide on this month's #BBCTheSkyAtNight 🪐. Tonight, 10pm, BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer #Saturn #Perseids #Eclipse

Why does @ProfBrianCox like black holes so much? Learn about the weird and wonderful world of #BlackHoles with @ProfBrianCox on #BBCTheSkyAtNight, Mon 10th Aug 10pm on BBC4 + @BBCiPlayer 🕳️🌌

What is it that fascinates us about ⚫️ #BlackHoles? Join @ProfBrianCox on this month's episode of #BBCTheSkyAtNight to find out why he's spent a lifetime thinking, talking, and writing about them. 10/08, 10pm on BBC4 & @BBCiPlayer #SpaceScience #Cosmology #Astrophysics

How can table salt help us find #Alien 👽 life on the icy #moons of #Jupiter and #Saturn 🪐? Tune in to #BBCSkyatNight, tonight at 10pm on #BBC4 and iPlayer to find out all about it. #SpaceScience #Extraterrestrials #SolarSystem

Sometimes it's the simple things... Join us on the next episode of #BBCSkyatNight to learn how testing a century old hypothesis has brought us closer to finding #Aliens 👽 in our #SolarSystem. #Tonight at 10pm, on #BBC4 & @iPlayer. #SpaceScience #Extraterrestrials

#Aliens 👽 on #Mars! Well, maybe. A long time ago. Tune into #BBCSkyatNight to discover how the search for life on the Red #Planet might come down to rocks, right here in our backyard. 10pm, 13/07, #BBC4 & @iPlayer. #SpaceScience #Extraterrestrials

A large enough #SolarStorm could cost lives and trillions of dollars. The @BBCSkyatnight meet the team watching our backs with their eyes on the #skies. Now on @BBCiPlayer ☀️#SpaceScience #SpaceWeather @MetOffice @ESA @NASA @RoyalAstroSoc @imperialcollege @metoffice @SophiaHerod