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