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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.
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An interstellar cloud may have caused an ice age on Earth
Could nearby stars have habitable exoplanets? Chandra hopes to find out
Mars meteorites reveal clues about what lies within the Red Planet
NASA funds development for the life-hunting Habitable Worlds Observatory
12 billion years of black hole history are revealed through X-rays and simulations
To calibrate telescopes on Earth, NASA is launching an ‘artificial star’ into orbit
CELESTRON ASTROMASTER 102AZ WORTH £250 • We’ve got a beginner’s telescope to give away this month
20 GREATEST WOMEN IN SPACE • The groundbreaking heroes who have changed our understanding of the universe
MARTIAN AIRSHIPS • A new NASA study has the aim of exploring the Red Planet with the help of empty balloons
“The greatest thing someone can do is go into space” • The veteran of two Space Shuttle missions talks fixing the Hubble Space Telescope and appearing on The Big Bang Theory
NASA WANTS NEW IDEAS FOR ITS TROUBLED MARS SAMPLE-RETURN MISSION • NASA has selected ten studies aimed at finding more affordable and quicker means of retrieving samples collected from the Martian surface and returning them to Earth
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WHY IS NEPTUNE’S MAGNETIC FIELD SO WEIRD? • An exotic molecule that can’t be formed on Earth may lurk within Neptune
MERCURY IS SHRINKING • The smallest planet in our Solar System is getting even smaller
INSIDE A SHRINKING WORLD • Mercury’s interior is dominated by a huge iron core that accounts for approximately 80 per cent of the planet’s diameter and around 55 per cent of its volume
HOW MERCURY IS GETTING SMALLER • Changes to its internal temperature and loss of heat into space have caused the little planet to develop widespread surface faults
OTHER SHRINKING WORLDS • Mercury isn’t the only large world in the Solar System that’s shrunk throughout its history
POSTCARDS FROM MERCURY • The pint-sized planet is home to some spectacular surface features, including many that point to its history of shrinking
FUTURE OF MERCURY • If it’s still cooling and shrinking today, what does the future hold for the tiny planet?
DISCOVER THE WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE • New from the makers of All About Space, this special edition reveals the science that governs our incredible universe and delves into the fascinating theories behind curious cosmic mysteries.
SCIENTISTS FIND THE SLOWEST SPINNING ‘RADIO NEUTRON STAR’ THAT BREAKS ALL THE DEAD STAR RULES • ASKAP J1935+2148 will have other dead stars turning in their graves
GUIDE TO THE COMPLEX UNIVERSE • From working with the world’s most prestigious television shows to writing best-selling books, Kaku now untangles the more complex ideas of physics and future space travel, just for you
NASA’S EXOPLANET HUNTER FINDS A ‘WEIRD’ WORLD SURVIVING A STAR’S RELENTLESS BOMBARDMENT • The planet has been nicknamed Phoenix due to its nature
DID THE SUN’S TWIN WIPE OUT THE DINOSAURS? • Some 66 million years ago, an asteroid wiped prehistoric life from our planet. All About Space uncovers if another star tied to ours could have kick-started a mass extinction
THE MAKING OF STARS • How these giant balls of gas and fusion come into being
NEMESIS • Where this controversial star would be located if it really does exist
ASTRONOMERS GET CLOSER TO SOLVING THE LINGERING MYSTERY OF FAST RADIO BURSTS • What’s more mysterious...
