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.
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ELUSIVE NEUTRINO CANDIDATES DETECTED IN BREAKTHROUGH PHYSICS EXPERIMENT
DID ASTRONOMERS SEE THE LIGHT FROM TWO BLACK HOLES COLLIDING FOR THE FIRST TIME?
TRAPPIST-1 ALIEN SYSTEM WAS NOT BOMBARDED BY SPACE ROCKS LIKE EARLY EARTH
AI DISCOVERS OVER 300 UNKNOWN EXOPLANETS IN KEPLER DATA
ROCKET LAB AIMS TO CATCH A FALLING ELECTRON BOOSTER WITH A HELICOPTER
LIGHTSAIL 2 SOLAR SAIL IS STILL SOARING ABOVE EARTH MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER LAUNCH
FROZEN UNIVERSE • IT’S TIME TO WRAP UP WARM AND EXPLORE THE BOOMERANG NEBULA – A PECULIAR PLACE WITH THE COLDEST KNOWN NATURAL TEMPERATURE
GETTING A GLIMPSE OF THE BOOMERANG NEBULA • Scientists keep coming back to find out more about this fascinatingly chilly object
SPACE ELEVATOR • Launching into space is a hazardous process. Wouldn’t it be simpler if we could take a lift?
“BEING IN SPACE IS LIKE LIVING A DREAM” • Serving as a pilot on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, the astronaut reveals the most scary thought that’s entered his head, his thoughts on spacewalking and returning to Earth during a pandemic
JUPITER’S GREAT RED SPOT IS DEEPER THAN SCIENTISTS THOUGHT • The storm system isn’t just wide… it also has incredible
SPACE EVENTS 2022 • THE FORTHCOMING YEAR IS SET TO BE AN IMPORTANT ONE FOR SPACE EXPLORATION AND ASTRONOMY
ECLIPSES IN 2022
EQUINOXES IN 2022
SOLSTICES IN 2022
METEOR SHOWERS
WHY ARE WE STILL SEARCHING FOR INTELLIGENT ALIEN LIFE? • Should we widen our search criteria when looking for extraterrestrials?
ANTI-SATELLITE MISSILE TEST DRAWS CONDEMNATION • Across the globe, nations and space companies alike are speaking out against Russia’s anti-satellite test, which forced astronauts in space to take cover
DWARF PLANET PROFILE MAKEMAKE • Makemake is partly responsible for Pluto’s controversial change in planetary status
WHAT HAPPENS TO EARTH’S DISAPPEARING CRUST? • Scientists may have finally figured out the mystery of subduction zones
ALL ABOUT THE ORION NEBULA • EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS CRADLE OF BABY STARS THAT’S VISIBLE FROM EARTH
THE ORION CONSTELLATION
NEARBY OBSERVING TARGETS • Orion is home to many interesting stargazing targets alongside the Orion Nebula
POTENTIAL EARLY UNIVERSE FOSSIL UNCOVERED • The weird stellar remnant may be from one of the first stars in the cosmos
SPITZER’S INFRARED UNIVERSE • IN JANUARY 2020, NASA’S SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE CAME TO THE END OF ITS MISSION AFTER 16 YEARS OF INCREDIBLE IMAGES – HERE’S JUST A FEW OF OUR FAVOURITES
THERE’S A BARRIER AROUND THE MILKY WAY’S CENTRE • Astronomers discover an enormous, bizarre feature separating the centre of the Milky Way from the cosmic ray sea
DOES EARTH HAVE A SECOND MOON? • THERE’S AN ASTEROID TRACKING OUR PLANET’S ORBIT AROUND THE SUN, AND ASTRONOMERS HAVE BEEN SURPRISED BY ITS COMPOSITION
PLOTTING KAMO’OALEWA’S ORBIT • How the asteroid became Earth’s moon-like buddy
THE THEORIES • Astronomers have considered a few explanations for Kamo‘oalewa’s origin
ASK Space • Our experts answer your questions
WHAT’S WRONG WITH MY TELESCOPE? • THERE ARE SOME COMMON PROBLEMS YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF FACED WITH WHEN OBSERVING. HERE’S HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM
WHAT’S IN THE SKY?
THIS MONTH’S PLANETS • The far-flung ice giants make for easy pickings as we ring in the New Year
MENELAUS CRATER • How to find the impact at the end...