Our disappearing dark skies

We look at what is – and isn’t – being done to help ensure everyone can see the stars

The first women of space

How Valentina Tereshkova and Sally Ride blazed the trail for womankind

What happened before the Big Bang?

Our series continues, tackling cosmology’s most confusing concepts

BBC wildlife

try.discoverwildlife.com/springwatch2023

June highlights

Your guide to the night sky this month

The big three

The top sights to observe or image this month

The planets

Our celestial neighbourhood in June

The night sky – June

Explore the celestial sphere with our Northern Hemisphere all-sky chart

Moonwatch

June’s top lunar feature to observe

Comets and asteroids

20 Massalia, the heftiest member of an inner-belt family of asteroids, reaches opposition