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 ISSUE 150

An unexpected galactic trio

A jet stream on Jupiter is stronger than a Category 5 hurricane

Webb spotlights gorgeous young stars next door

Hubble captures a striking new face-on galaxy portrait

The remnants of an alien ‘protoplanet’ could be hidden deep within Earth

The Chicxulub asteroid created a two-year cloud of dust that may have killed the dinosaurs

Swirling gas helps scientists nail down the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole’s mass

China’s Shenzhou 16 astronauts may have landed with a ripped parachute

Bullying Jupiter-like planets may push ‘alien Earths’ away from life-friendly orbits

A new water system that could aid Artemis astronauts gets tested on the ISS

WIN A CELESTRON ASTRO FI 130 TELESCOPE WORTH OVER £400

CREWED MISSION TO AN ASTEROID

“It took me years to find my second!” • The world expert on meteorites and presenter of award-winning adventure TV series Meteorite Men talks of his ongoing search for space rocks

CHINA IS BUILDING THE WORLD’S LARGEST UNDERWATER TELESCOPE TO HUNT FOR ‘GHOST PARTICLES’ • China’s forthcoming telescope will search for the origins of cosmic rays in momentary flashes of light beneath the ocean’s surface

THE HOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL TELESCOPES JOINS THE FIGHT AGAINST LIGHT POLLUTION • Chile’s skies are among the darkest on our planet, attracting some of the largest observatories in the world

WHY DOES VENUS LOOK SO YOUNG? • Unlike Earth, the second planet from the Sun only has one continuous plate. Scientists have long been trying to work out why Earth’s ‘evil twin’ has a high level of volcanism

‘AIR SHOWERS’ COULD HELP REVEAL COSMIC RAYS’ MYSTERIOUS SOURCES • This phenomenon could allow us to search for exotic particles such as dark matter, offering insights into the transition of the universe into a matter-dominated era

ASK SPACE

A MUD LAKE ON MARS MIGHT BE HIDING SIGNS OF LIFE IN CHAOTIC TERRAIN

INFRARED AURORAE ON URANUS CONFIRMED FOR THE FIRST TIME • The Keck II telescope in Hawaii is the first to see the infrared glow on Uranus, caused by hydrogen molecules in the atmosphere becoming excited

YOUR GUIDE TO THE PERFECT TELESCOPE • You’ve decided to buy a new instrument, but which one should you get?

WHAT’S IN THE SKY?

Jargon buster

MOON CALENDAR

THIS MONTH’S PLANETS

THE LAST QUARTER MOON

NAKED EYE AND BINOCULAR TARGETS

THE TWINS’ SECRET TREASURES

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

CANON EOS RA • This DSLR gives astrophotographers and landscape photographers alike everything they need to capture the colours in their work

CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE

SÔICHI NOGUCHI

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