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All About Space

No. 125
Magazine

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

News from around the universe

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...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 100 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: No. 125

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: December 30, 2021

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OverDrive Magazine

subjects

Science

Languages

English

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

News from around the universe

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...


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