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
SPACE FORCE PLANS TO SEND A PATROL PROBE OUT PAST THE MOON
VENUS’ EXTREME SURFACE HEAT DRIVES SWIRLING WINDS IN UPPER ATMOSPHERE
NEW SKY MAP SHOWCASES MORE THAN 4 MILLION GALAXIES AND OTHER OBJECTS
NASA’S ARTEMIS 1 MOON MISSION WON’T LAUNCH UNTIL MAY
THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE WILL MAP HALF A MILLION EARLY GALAXIES
STRANGELY TILTED BLACK HOLE CHALLENGES FORMATION THEORIES
SECRETS OF BLACK HOLES • PLACES WHERE THE LAWS OF PHYSICS ARE PUSHED TO THE EXTREME
DISTANT TARGET ANALYSIS • When it comes to protecting Earth from impacts, it’s crucial to know what asteroids are made of. NASA is working on a device to find out
“BILLIONS OF THEM PASS THROUGH US EVERY SECOND” • The nuclear physicist and ESET Science Award laureate reveals what tantalising information neutrinos can tell us about the cosmos
NEW ATOMIC CLOCK LOSES JUST ONE SECOND EVERY 300 BILLION YEARS • The device could help hunt dark matter or search for gravitational waves
GREATEST SPACE MYSTERIES • THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE, ACCORDING TO ASTROPHYSICISTS, PLANETARY SCIENTISTS AND ASTRONOMERS
RYUGU SAMPLES REVEAL ASTEROID’S INNER WORKINGS • Pieces of rock from the asteroid Ryugu splashed down on Earth in 2020
PLANET PROFILE URANUS • The ice giant that’s shrouded in mystery has fascinated explorers for decades
DID MARS’ DEEP INTERIOR CAUSE A LOSS OF ITS ATMOSPHERE? • A new study gives insight into how the Red Planet’s magnetic field faded away
THE MOON-LANDING HOAX • WHY DOES THE THEORY STILL LIVE ON? ALL ABOUT SPACE DEBUNKS A HOAX THAT RAGES AMONG CONSPIRACY THEORISTS EVER SINCE NEIL ARMSTRONG AND BUZZ ALDRIN LANDED ON THE LUNAR SURFACE
HOW DID EARTH GET ITS WATER? • Moon rocks suggest that the water might have been here all along
KILLER UNIVERSE • RELATIVELY SAFE IN OUR PROTECTIVE BUBBLE, SOME FORCES COULD END LIFE ON EARTH FOREVER. IS THE COSMOS OUT TO GET US?
VERY LARGE TELESCOPE FINDS NEW SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE • Scientists spotted the supermassive black hole hiding inside thick cosmic dust
HOW MANY STARS ARE THERE IN THE UNIVERSE?
How do black holes form?
What’s in the sky?
PLANETARIUM 7 APRil 2022
THIS MONTH’S PLANETS • A planetary parade featuring Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn is something spectacular to look out for in the dawn sky
HELL
NAKED EYE & BINOCULAR TARGETS
Night-sky jewels of the Hunting Dogs and the Great Bear • Spring has arrived, and with it a wealth of deep-sky objects on which to turn your telescope
THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE • Spring lets you look out of the plane of the Milky Way, while some bright stars of winter still linger
ASTROSHOTS OF THE MONTH • Get featured in All About Space by sending your astrophotography images to space@spaceanswers.com
CANON 10x42L IS WP BINOCULAR • An outstanding choice for super-steady stargazing thanks to fabulous image stabilisation, a waterproof design and large objective lenses
IN THE SHOPS • The latest books, apps, software, tech and accessories for space and astronomy fans alike
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EDWIN EUGENE “BUZZ” ALDRIN • Serving as the Lunar Module pilot, the US astronaut was the second person on the Moon