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All About Space

No. 137
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

Webb’s Pillars of Creation

Dancing to a galactic death

A cosmic keyhole

NASA-ASI X-ray observator y reveals how black holes swallow and spit out stars

A 2014 meteor is Earth’s first known interstellar visitor

Hubble spies a cosmic ‘spider web’ containing clues to a dark secret

Milky Way stars photobomb a spiral galaxy in a stunning Hubble photo

SKY-WATCHER EXPLORER 130 WORTH £299

GLITCH IN THE UNIVERSE

SPACES TIME'S NUMBER

UNIVERSE'S GLITCH

WHY DOESN'T UNIVERSE MAKE SENSE?

MICROBOT EXPLORERS

“We’ve probably been detected by extraterrestrials” • Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence’s vice president Dr Florence Raulin-Cerceau reveals why if intelligent alien civilisations have located us, we should be talking back, and how we need to communicate

ULTRA-HARD DIAMONDS IN THE SKY • Scientists probing a set of space rocks have found lonsdaleite, and it's helping solve the mystery of how these rare diamonds are formed

CHARON

50 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT BLACK HOLES • Few things are as universally awe-inspiring and terrifying as black holes. These invisible behemoths are the great architects and the great destroyers of the universe

ASTRONOMERS SPOT THE MOST POWERFUL FLASH OF LIGHT EVER SEEN

10 INCREDIBLE ROCKETS • Take a look at the biggest, best and most prolific launch vehicles to have reached space, from the early days of space exploration to the modern day

A BLACK HOLE IS BURPING OUT A STAR IT DEVOURED YEARS AGO • The aftermath of the star being spaghettified is like nothing astronomers have ever seen

WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE BIG BANG? • Could there have been a time before the birth of the universe?

What creates gravitational waves, and can we feel them?

How did Saturn get its rings?

Given the universe’s acceleration, could it end in a Big Rip?

Why do we use radio to observe the universe?

Why don’t all stars eventually turn into black holes?

Why do stars have different masses?

Would it be possible to survive on a planet around a double-star system?

WHAT’S IN THE SKY? • What to look out for during this observing period

PLANETARIUM

THIS MONTH’S PLANETS

MARE HUMBOLDTIANUM

NAKED EYE AND BINOCULAR TARGETS

TACKLE THE GREAT TREASURES OF ORION

THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

ASTROSHOTS OF THE MONTH

CELESTRON ASTRO FI 102 TELESCOPE

CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE • With the holiday season just around the corner, All About Space selects presents that are sure to delight any space fan

ALL ABOUT SPACE

GORDON COOPER


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 100 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: No. 137

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: December 1, 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

Webb’s Pillars of Creation

Dancing to a galactic death

A cosmic keyhole

NASA-ASI X-ray observator y reveals how black holes swallow and spit out stars

A 2014 meteor is Earth’s first known interstellar visitor

Hubble spies a cosmic ‘spider web’ containing clues to a dark secret

Milky Way stars photobomb a spiral galaxy in a stunning Hubble photo

SKY-WATCHER EXPLORER 130 WORTH £299

GLITCH IN THE UNIVERSE

SPACES TIME'S NUMBER

UNIVERSE'S GLITCH

WHY DOESN'T UNIVERSE MAKE SENSE?

MICROBOT EXPLORERS

“We’ve probably been detected by extraterrestrials” • Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence’s vice president Dr Florence Raulin-Cerceau reveals why if intelligent alien civilisations have located us, we should be talking back, and how we need to communicate

ULTRA-HARD DIAMONDS IN THE SKY • Scientists probing a set of space rocks have found lonsdaleite, and it's helping solve the mystery of how these rare diamonds are formed

CHARON

50 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT BLACK HOLES • Few things are as universally awe-inspiring and terrifying as black holes. These invisible behemoths are the great architects and the great destroyers of the universe

ASTRONOMERS SPOT THE MOST POWERFUL FLASH OF LIGHT EVER SEEN

10 INCREDIBLE ROCKETS • Take a look at the biggest, best and most prolific launch vehicles to have reached space, from the early days of space exploration to the modern day

A BLACK HOLE IS BURPING OUT A STAR IT DEVOURED YEARS AGO • The aftermath of the star being spaghettified is like nothing astronomers have ever seen

WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE BIG BANG? • Could there have been a time before the birth of the universe?

What creates gravitational waves, and can we feel them?

How did Saturn get its rings?

Given the universe’s acceleration, could it end in a Big Rip?

Why do we use radio to observe the universe?

Why don’t all stars eventually turn into black holes?

Why do stars have different masses?

Would it be possible to survive on a planet around a double-star system?

WHAT’S IN THE SKY? • What to look out for during this observing period

PLANETARIUM

THIS MONTH’S PLANETS

MARE HUMBOLDTIANUM

NAKED EYE AND BINOCULAR TARGETS

TACKLE THE GREAT TREASURES OF ORION

THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

ASTROSHOTS OF THE MONTH

CELESTRON ASTRO FI 102 TELESCOPE

CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE • With the holiday season just around the corner, All About Space selects presents that are sure to delight any space fan

ALL ABOUT SPACE

GORDON COOPER


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