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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
16 100 WONDERS of the UNIVERSE • THE DISCOVERIES AND INCREDIBLE PHENOMENA THAT HAVE REVOLUTIONISED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE COSMOS
Hubble captures a glittering neighbour
A galactic get together
A model galaxy
Webb discovers water ice at ringed asteroid Chariklo by remarkable luck
UAE lunar r over will test the first artificial intelligence on the Moon with Canada
Optical illusion gives green comet an ‘anti -tail’ that defies physics
Europe’s mission to Jupiter’s moons prepares for April launch
100 WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE • OUR COSMOS IS FULL OF AMAZING SIGHTS, FROM EXOTIC EXOPLANETS TO STUNNING GALAXIES
DEEP-ORBIT OBSERVATORY • We can use the Sun as a giant lens, but we’d need to send a telescope far into the Solar System
BIO
“I expect it to be a habitable exomoon” • Sifting through data from NASA’s Kepler, astronomers believe that we could have picked up the first signal of an alien moon. Co-discoverer and astronomer Alex Teachey reveals if we should be getting our hopes up
WORK BEGINS ON NASA’S ASTEROID-HUNTING TELESCOPE • The infrared space telescope will search for potentially threatening near-Earth objects
THE 60-YEAR EVOLUTION OF SPACE SURVIVAL TECH • These miniature spacecraft have allowed us to operate in space for over half a century
THE FIRST GALAXIES MAY HAVE FORMED MUCH EARLIER THAN WE THOUGHT • The finding has been revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope
WEBB SCORES ITS FIRST ROCKY PLANET CONFIRMATION • Hopefully the first of many more detections to come
IN YOUR HOME • Bound by its motto – ‘for the benefit of all’ – since its formation NASA has had an obligation to foster and transfer its technological and scientific breakthroughs to the public and commercial spheres
HOW HIGH COULD WE JUMP ON OTHER WORLDS? • What is low gravity like, and how high could we leap on alien surfaces?
HOW DID SOME STARS BECOME LOST SOULS? • Scientists have been studying a ghostly light in between galaxies to discover the origin of these unusual stellar objects
EXCEPTIONALLY RARE BINARY SYSTEM WITH A THOUSAND-YEAR ORBIT • The star Gaia17bpp began brightening again after a sevenyear eclipse, indicating it exists in an unusual set-up
Why is it so important to understand gravity on a small scale?
What will the Vera C. Rubin Observatory do?
What sort of objects generate gravitational waves?
Could a true fundamental theory of the universe exist that’s too difficult for us to grasp?
What will Mars be like in the next billion years?
What are the major technical challenges involved in manned missions to the moon?
Was it the right decision to retire the Space Shuttle?
RUN A MESSIER MARATHON • This March there are galaxies, nebulae and star clusters galore – see how many you can spot in All About Space’s spring deep-sky challenge
WHAT’S IN THE SKY? • What to look out for during this observing period
MOON CALENDAR
STARGAZER
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THIS MONTH’S PLANETS • Venus takes pride of place in the evening sky
LINNÉ • Track down one of the most infamously mysterious craters on the lunar surface
NAKED EYE AND BINOCULAR TARGETS • Take a tour of Leo, Cancer and Gemini this evening, without the need of a telescope
THE LION’S GALAXIES • The evenings of early spring are full of deep-sky objects
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE • The spring constellations are teeming with galaxies for deep-sky...
