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
LAUNCH PAD • YOUR FIRST CONTACT WITH THE UNIVERSE
CITY-SIZE NEUTRON STARS MAY ACTUALLY BE BIGGER THAN WE THOUGHT
SCIENTISTS PONDER HOW TO GET SAMPLES FROM SATURN’S WEIRD MOON TITAN
ASTRONAUTS MAY FINALLY START CLEANING THEIR SPACE UNDERWEAR, USING MICROBES
EUROPE UNVEILS PLANS TO BRING ‘GPS’ AND SKYPE TO THE MOON WITH SATELLITES
METALS FOUND IN THE ATMOSPHERES OF COMETS SURPRISE SCIENTISTS
FIREFLY AEROSPACE PICKS SPACEX ROCKET TO LAUNCH BLUE GHOST MOON LANDER IN 2023
APOLLO ANNIVERSARY BACK TO THE MOON • MANY NATIONS ARE INTERESTED IN RETURNING TO THE MOON TO EXPLORE AND MINE IT
THE MISSIONS TO LAND ON THE MOON • NASA’s Artemis and China and Russia’s ILRS program are attracting the support of many other nations
RETURNING TO THE MOON • The US, China and Russia plan to put boots back on the Moon before the end of the decade with the support of international partners
ARTEMIS: MANNED MISSION TO THE MOON
RETURN TO THE MOON BY NUMBERS
SAMPLE RETURN FROM TITAN • A new NASA Institute of Advanced Concepts study is looking at the surprising advantages of a mission to Saturn’s moon
“IT’S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE’RE NOT WRITING ABOUT” • All About Space speaks with the former NASA astronaut about his time in space and his newfound ‘cosmic perspective’
WORLDS WITHOUT SUNS • Astronomers are still on the hunt for rogue planets, but what can they tell us about the layout of our cosmos?
HOW TO FIND A ROGUE PLANET
ARE ROGUE PLANETS IDEAL FOR LIFE?
HOW ROGUE WORLDS ARE MADE • Astronomers have put forward a variety of theories to explain how planets could end up drifting through interstellar space
WANDERING WORLDS WE’VE FOUND SO FAR
WHAT IF A ROGUE PLANET ENTERED OUR SOLAR SYSTEM? • If a new Jupiter-mass world wandered through the plane of the planets, the results could be catastrophic
ON BOARD THE VOMIT COMET • You’d better have a strong stomach: in space, everyone can hear you spew
THE VOMIT COMETS
WHAT HAPPENS ON A VOMIT COMET?
WHY DO SOME PASSENGERS GET NAUSEOUS?
ALL ABOUT THE VOMIT COMET
COULD LIFE EXIST AROUND BLACK HOLES? • They warp time and space, but could they also nurture life?
HOW CAN LIFE EXIST AROUND A BLACK HOLE? • Could lifeforms survive in such an inhospitable environment?
HOW ARE BLACK HOLES MADE? • Black holes are born out of the deaths of massive stars
WHAT KILLED THE DINOSAURS? • THE OBJECT THAT CAUSED EARTH’S LAST MASS EXTINCTION MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AN ASTEROID
THE DINOSAURS’ DEMISE • The Chicxulub impactor’s collision with Earth triggered an immediate and catastrophic sequence of events
THE CHICXULUB CRATER • The collision with the Chicxulub impactor left a scar on Earth
CHICXULUB IMPACTOR • Researchers have been able to estimate some important numbers surrounding the Chicxulub impactor
A LASTING IMPACT • The effects of the Chicxulub impact were long-lasting and global
EARTH’S RECORD-BREAKING IMPACT CRATERS • While the Chicxulub impactor is likely the most important object to strike Earth from space, it is by no means the only notable example
HOW DO ASTRONAUTS CLEAN A SPACE STATION? • Astronauts have to keep the space station clean to keep microbes under control
REMEMBERING THE SPACE SHUTTLE • Exactly a decade ago, NASA’s reusable low-Earth orbital spacecraft’s time came to an end. All About Space relives the best moments
MOON PROFILE MIMAS •...