Star Diary

Science Podcasts

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

Episodes

See Mars and Jupiter in the morning sky this autumn

The mystery of comet 3I/ATLAS

The Harvest Moon and the autumn equinox

Discovery beneath the surface of Mars

August 2026 solar eclipse and Perseid meteor shower

How do you weigh a planet that hasn’t formed yet?

Mercury and Saturn return!

How to build a planet-hunting spacecraft

Summer stargazing

How spaceflight hammers the human body

May's 'blue Moon’ – what we'll really see

Strange signals from the galactic centre

The Evening Star is back

Exploring the radio Universe

Spring stargazing is here

Revealing the secrets of Mercury

Jupiter dominates the night sky in February 2026

Listening to black holes colliding

New Year, new stargazing – January 2026

3D-mapping an alien world