No. 155
No. 154
No. 153
No. 152
No. 151
No. 150
No. 149
No. 148
No. 147
No. 146
No. 145
No. 144
No. 143
No. 142
No. 141
No. 140
No. 139
No. 138
No. 137
No. 136
No. 135
No. 134
No. 133
No. 132
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
AUGMENTED REALITY
LAUNCH PAD • YOUR FIRST CONTACT WITH THE UNIVERSE
HOW NASA’S JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE WILL GET READY FOR ITS FIRST COSMIC OBSERVATIONS
EUROPEAN SUN PROBE FLEW THROUGH THE TAIL OF COMET LEONARD
ASTRONOMERS DETECT A POWERFUL COSMIC OBJECT UNLIKE ANYTHING THEY’VE SEEN BEFORE
BIZARRE ALIEN PLANET HAS A LAYERED ATMOSPHERE OF VAPORISED METALS
WATER ON MARS MAY HAVE FLOWED FOR A BILLION YEARS LONGER THAN THOUGHT
AN ANCIENT SOLAR STORM SMASHED EARTH AT THE WRONG PART OF THE SUN’S CYCLE, AND SCIENTISTS ARE CONCERNED
COMPLETE GUIDE TO NASA • IT’S AN ORGANISATION KNOWN THE WORLD OVER, WITH ITS AMBITIOUS GOALS INSPIRING OTHERS TO DREAM OF TRAVELLING AMONG THE STARS. HERE’S YOUR DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE HISTORY OF NASA
NASA LOCATIONS • NASA has sites all across the US, though they carry out many different types of research
STANDOUT MOMENTS IN NASA HISTORY
IMPORTANT PEOPLE AT NASA
NASA’S TOP MISSIONS • NASA has explored every known planet in our Solar System
KANKOH-MARU • This ambitious reusable spacecraft will be capable of taking 50 people to and from orbit
“WE DO OCCASIONALLY STUMBLE INTO UNKNOWN COMETS” • Comet Leonard’s discoverer explains how the unusual object was found – and what it’s told us about these dirty snowballs
A GIANT ATOMIC CLOUD CALLED ‘MAGGIE’ LIVES IN THE MILKY WAY • Astronomers have discovered a giant filament stretching across our home galaxy
FINDING AND DEFINING EXOMOONS • As our catalogue of exoplanets grows, the hunt is on for moons around distant worlds
TYPES OF EXOMOON • How we can categorise the alien moons we expect to find
Hunting for exomoons • Kepler helped us find many exoplanets that may host natural alien satellites
HOW TO FIND AN ALIEN MOON • The different methods being used to hunt for exomoons
EXOMOON CANDIDATES • There are a few examples that need further study for confirmation
WHY OUR MOON IS IMPORTANT • From protecting us from asteroids to creating tides on Earth
CHINA BUILDS AN ‘ARTIFICIAL MOON’ FOR GRAVITY EXPERIMENTS • The new experiment was inspired by a levitating frog
GALAXY PROFILE THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD • This nearby dwarf galaxy is a satellite in orbit around our own
COLD, DAMP MARS MAY HAVE HOSTED AN ANCIENT OCEAN • Northern parts of the Red Planet could have supported bodies of liquid 3 billion years ago
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SATURN • WITH ITS MOON SYSTEM, RINGS OF DUST AND ICE AND OCCASIONALLY TEMPESTUOUS ATMOSPHERE, THERE’S MORE TO THIS GAS GIANT THAN MEETS THE EYE
SATURN’S MOONS
INSIDE SATURN
MAJOR MISSIONS TO SATURN
TOP 5 DISCOVERIES
WHAT DRIVES JUPITER’S POLAR CYCLONES? • The Juno spacecraft has solved the mystery of storm dynamics on the gas giant
WHAT DISTURBED A DISTANT STAR SYSTEM? • Astronomers are a step closer to understanding how our Solar System formed, all thanks to a chance encounter
FINDING AN INTRUDER • The object that broke into the star system made a bit of a mess
THREE POTENTIAL EXPLANATIONS • Astronomers sought to explain Z CMa’s streamer, coming up with various theories for it
PHYSICS PUZZLE ALMOST CRACKED USING DRUNKARD’S WALK • The three-body problem that’s plagued science since the days of Isaac Newton is closer to being solved
ASK Space • Our experts answer your questions
PENTAGON LAUNCHES NEW UFO OFFICE • A new office in the Pentagon will...
