Every issue All About Space delivers fascinating articles and features on all aspects of space and space travel with mind-blowing photography and full-colour illustrations that bring the amazing universe around us to life.
WELCOME
Webb’s first deep field
Carina Nebula
Stephan’s Quintet
Southern Ring Nebula
Chinese project will bounce signals off asteroids to see how dangerous they are to Earth
Higgs boson behaves just as expected, ‘comprehensive studies’ confirm
Mysterious fast radio bursts could reveal hidden matter around galaxies
Mars spacecraft may have to dig deeper than thought to find traces of life
ALIEN STORMS • INCREDIBLE WEATHER ON OTHER WORLDS IS OUR SUN BECOMING MORE DEADLY? WHAT CAUSES THEM
DUST STORMS THAT COVER THE PLANET
HURRICANES BIGGER THAN EARTH
THE VIOLENT POLAR VORTEX
DEADLY METHANE RAIN
WINDS AT TWICE THE SPEED OF SOUND
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GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATORY • This far-sighted next-generation telescope array may help answer some of the universe’s biggest mysteries
“Dicke put the phone down and said… ‘Boys, we’ve been scooped!’” • When radiation left over from the heat of the Big Bang was discovered by astronomers Robert Wilson and Arno Penzias in 1964, it caused a revolution in cosmology. All About Space catches up with the Nobel prizewinning Wilson to uncover just how much
NASA’S DART MISSION MIGHT COMPLETELY DEFORM SMALL MOONLET • A new study finds that the spacecraft’s impact could be stronger than expected
20 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THE UNIVERSE • From the size of hypergiant stars to the weird effects of space travel on the human body, prepare to have your mind blown by the awesome cosmos we live in
HOW MANY TYPES OF SPACE STATION ARE THERE? • The ISS is the largest and best-known space station, but it is not the first or the last in space
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER (MRO)
MAP THE MARTIAN SURFACE
GAMMA-RAY BURSTS MIGHT BE MUCH RARER THAN WE THOUGHT • Simulations of black hole birth are unlocking the secrets of these bright-light phenomena
THE SEARCH FOR WORMHOLES • All About Space joins the teams of scientists searching for wormholes in an attempt to uncover the facts behind the science fiction
WEBB TELESCOPE TO GET BEST VIEW YET OF FAILED STARS AND ROGUE WORLDS • Not much is known about these tiny celestial bodies, which are hard to see
DID SCIENTISTS IN CHINA REALLY RECEIVE SIGNALS FROM ALIENS? • Chinese researchers reported three suspicious signals, potentially from an extraterrestrial civilisation… then the report was pulled
How will Earth end?
BACKYARD ASTRONOMY ON A BUDGET
WHAT’S IN THE SKY?
PLANETARIUM
THIS MONTH’S PLANETS • Mars prepares for opposition in the summer sky, while the gas planets will also be an easy catch in the evening
ERATOSTHENES CRATER
NAKED EYE AND BINOCULAR TARGETS
DIVING DEEP INTO THE SUMMER SKY • Find the ghostly remains of dead stars, glittering ancient star clusters and a spectacular distant galaxy
THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE • Galaxies and globular clusters are easy pickings with binoculars and telescopes
ASTROSHOTS OF THE MONTH
MOVE SHOOT MOVE STAR TRACKER • A perfect place to start for aspiring astrophotographers, but how does it hold up in real life?
IN THE SHOPS: LEGO SETS • Pick your next set from this excellent space-themed selection
GALILEO GALILEI • The father of modern astronomy provided the basis for our understanding of the Solar System
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