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All About Space

No. 132
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

Hubble’s heavenly view

Martian dunes in 3D

Billion-yearold galaxies

Asteroid Ryugu contains material older than the planets

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft takes a big step towards its 2024 launch

New simulation charts how the universe developed within seconds of the Big Bang

Second repeating fast radio burst discovered

LAUNCH FOR THE MOON • NASA’s biggest mission in over 50 years will put boots back on the Moon and bring us one step closer to Mars

EARTH TO THE MOON • Jump on board the Orion as we follow the route planned for the Artemis astronauts

TECH CHECK • From the astronauts’ suits to a Moon-orbiting station, how will the latest technology assist the Moon missions?

STEVEN SWANSON • The three-time NASA astronaut tells us about life in space and the significance of Artemis

PROJECT ICARUS • Masterminded in 2009, this mission aims to make the dream of interstellar exploration a reality

“We’ve never landed something like this on Mars” • All About Space catches up with Chris Carberry, cofounder of Explore Mars Inc, about plans to land humans on Mars’ moon Phobos

MARS ROVER PICKS ITS OWN ROCK SAMPLES • Perseverance is analysing each sample’s elemental composition in the ongoing search for ancient life

MERCURY • This minute world is arguably the least explored of the four terrestrial planets

NEWS FROM MERCURY

FACTS ABOUT MERCURY

EXPLORING THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THE SWIFT PLANET

WOBBLY SPACE JETS MAY AFFECT ALIEN LIFE • Binary star protoplanets could form differently due to infalling material

HOW ARE GALAXIES MADE? • What enables these behemoth structures to come into existence

COMETS, ASTEROIDS & METEOR SHOWERS • Racing through space and crashing into Earth’s atmosphere, All About Space discovers the space rocks that litter our Solar System

HOSTILE ALIEN CIVILISATIONS COULD LURK IN THE MILKY WAY • The probability of us being invaded was calculated based on recent human history and technological capabilities

DARK ENERGY THE FORCE TEARING SPACE APART • It’s the most mystifying phenomenon in the universe, but we’re hot on its trail

STRATOLAUNCH REVEALS ITS FIRST HYPERSONIC DESIGN FOR HIGH-ALTITUDE FLIGHTS

WHY IS THERE A DWARF PLANET IN THE ASTEROID BELT? • Ceres is rich in ammonia, but it should have evaporated in the early days of the Solar System’s formation. Does that mean this tiny world is an intruder?

NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN PARTICLE FOUND SITTING ON A TABLETOP • The newly discovered particle is a magnetic cousin of the Higgs boson

Why do all the planets orbit the Sun in the same direction?

SUMMER DEEP-SKY DELIGHTS • The lighter, warmer months are the perfect time for tracking down some of the most fascinating objects

WHAT’S IN THE SKY?

PLANETARIUM

THIS MONTH’S PLANETS • Mars is excellent viewing this month, while the majority of the outer planets take the morning watch

POSIDONIUS CRATER • This impact makes for prime viewing this month

NAKED EYE AND BINOCULAR TARGETS

GEMS OF THE SWAN AND THE HARP • The summer skies are full of deep-sky objects to point your telescope at

THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE • Summer skies are alive with star clusters and a smattering of galaxies

ASTROSHOTS OF THE MONTH

SKY TONIGHT

IN THE SHOPS: BOOKS


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 100 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: No. 132

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: July 14, 2022

Formats

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

Hubble’s heavenly view

Martian dunes in 3D

Billion-yearold galaxies

Asteroid Ryugu contains material older than the planets

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft takes a big step towards its 2024 launch

New simulation charts how the universe developed within seconds of the Big Bang

Second repeating fast radio burst discovered

LAUNCH FOR THE MOON • NASA’s biggest mission in over 50 years will put boots back on the Moon and bring us one step closer to Mars

EARTH TO THE MOON • Jump on board the Orion as we follow the route planned for the Artemis astronauts

TECH CHECK • From the astronauts’ suits to a Moon-orbiting station, how will the latest technology assist the Moon missions?

STEVEN SWANSON • The three-time NASA astronaut tells us about life in space and the significance of Artemis

PROJECT ICARUS • Masterminded in 2009, this mission aims to make the dream of interstellar exploration a reality

“We’ve never landed something like this on Mars” • All About Space catches up with Chris Carberry, cofounder of Explore Mars Inc, about plans to land humans on Mars’ moon Phobos

MARS ROVER PICKS ITS OWN ROCK SAMPLES • Perseverance is analysing each sample’s elemental composition in the ongoing search for ancient life

MERCURY • This minute world is arguably the least explored of the four terrestrial planets

NEWS FROM MERCURY

FACTS ABOUT MERCURY

EXPLORING THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THE SWIFT PLANET

WOBBLY SPACE JETS MAY AFFECT ALIEN LIFE • Binary star protoplanets could form differently due to infalling material

HOW ARE GALAXIES MADE? • What enables these behemoth structures to come into existence

COMETS, ASTEROIDS & METEOR SHOWERS • Racing through space and crashing into Earth’s atmosphere, All About Space discovers the space rocks that litter our Solar System

HOSTILE ALIEN CIVILISATIONS COULD LURK IN THE MILKY WAY • The probability of us being invaded was calculated based on recent human history and technological capabilities

DARK ENERGY THE FORCE TEARING SPACE APART • It’s the most mystifying phenomenon in the universe, but we’re hot on its trail

STRATOLAUNCH REVEALS ITS FIRST HYPERSONIC DESIGN FOR HIGH-ALTITUDE FLIGHTS

WHY IS THERE A DWARF PLANET IN THE ASTEROID BELT? • Ceres is rich in ammonia, but it should have evaporated in the early days of the Solar System’s formation. Does that mean this tiny world is an intruder?

NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN PARTICLE FOUND SITTING ON A TABLETOP • The newly discovered particle is a magnetic cousin of the Higgs boson

Why do all the planets orbit the Sun in the same direction?

SUMMER DEEP-SKY DELIGHTS • The lighter, warmer months are the perfect time for tracking down some of the most fascinating objects

WHAT’S IN THE SKY?

PLANETARIUM

THIS MONTH’S PLANETS • Mars is excellent viewing this month, while the majority of the outer planets take the morning watch

POSIDONIUS CRATER • This impact makes for prime viewing this month

NAKED EYE AND BINOCULAR TARGETS

GEMS OF THE SWAN AND THE HARP • The summer skies are full of deep-sky objects to point your telescope at

THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE • Summer skies are alive with star clusters and a smattering of galaxies

ASTROSHOTS OF THE MONTH

SKY TONIGHT

IN THE SHOPS: BOOKS


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