All About Space

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

Red view of the Soul Nebula

Webb uncovers an icier side to space

Gargantuan survey of the Milky Way

New aurorae detected on Jupiter’s four largest moons

Physicists mimic the gravity inside the Sun using sound waves

NASA names a Moon mountain after Black mathematician and ‘hidden figure’

Ingenuity aces its 43rd Mars flight – its longest in ten months

TIME IS IT AN IILUSION? • TIME IS ONE OF THE MOST PUZZLING PHENOMENA IN THE UNIVERSE. HERE WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE LATEST IDEAS ABOUT ITS NATURE AND ORIGINS

MICROBOT EXPLORERS

“Finding life elsewhere is critical” • The man known as Dr Z stepped down as head of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate on 31 December 2022, having served in the post for six years – a longer continuous term than any of his predecessors

ANDROMEDA CRASH TRIGGERED A MASS GALACTIC MIGRATION 2 BILLION YEARS AGO

18 SPACE APPS YOU’VE GOT TO DOWNLOAD • From planetariums to telescope control, be prepared for all things space and astronomy at the touch of a button Written by Nick Howes

DWARF PLANET HAS A MYSTERIOUS RING • The feature is so far from the world’s surface that its material should have coalesced into a moon… but somehow, it didn’t

SPACE LAB ANTARCTICA

WHERE DO COSMIC RAYS COME FROM?

SPACE LAB AT THE SOUTH POLE

HOW THE PLANETS WOULD LOOK...

EXTREMESTARS

Falling down a BLACK HOLE and ten other space experiences

PUFFY HELIUM PLANETS COULD EXPLAIN AN EXOPLANET SIZE MYSTERY • The fate of Neptune-like worlds that migrate close to their stars is to be whittled away by stellar radiation

WHY IS MARS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE?

PUSHING UP THE PLANET

‘PNEUMOPLANET’ INFLATABLE MOON HABITAT COULD HOUSE 32 ASTRONAUTS • Humanity is going back to the Moon to stay, and we might have a way to live there long term

How did we find an ocean on Enceladus?

Is there life on other planets in the Solar System?

Whose idea was it to make GPS?

What are neutrinos?

Why is string theory so important?

How hard is it to find a comet?

Where on Earth can I go meteorite hunting?

MERCURY • Some seasoned astronomers have never seen this small planet. Here’s how you can...

WHAT’S IN THE SKY? • What to look out for during this observing period

PLANETARIUM

THIS MONTH’S PLANETS • Easter brings a feast of planets in the evening sky

MAIRAN • Overshadowed by its more famous neighbour Plato, Mairan is well worth a look on a clear night

NAKED EYE AND BINOCULAR TARGETS • Lone stars and globular clusters are among the treats on view in spring

THE ‘REALM OF THE GALAXIES’ • Evenings reveal a gaggle of must-see structures when we look out into deep space in the direction of one of the most well-known constellations

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE • Some bright stars of winter still linger after sunset

SONY A6600 • Does Sony’s latest APS-C camera live up to the high standard set by its predecessor?

IN THE SHOPS • The best telescopes for viewing Solar System planets

NEIL ARMSTRONG • Armstrong’s legacy as the first human on the Moon will forever be remembered

ALL ABOUT SPACE