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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5 ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS
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Cosmologists create 4,000 virtual universes to solve Big Bang mystery
European Space Agency announces call for ‘parastronauts’ with disabilities
Company plans to start building private Voyager space station with artificial gravity in 2025
‘Ghostly’ neutrino from star-shredding black hole reveals cosmic particle accelerator
Lumpy 13.6-kilogram meteorite that crashed in Sweden recovered in local village
NASA delays launch of DART mission
HOLE IN THE UNIVERSE • WHAT LURKS WITHIN THE MOST MYSTERIOUS PLACE IN THE COSMOS?
INGREDIENTS OF THE UNIVERSE VS VOIDS
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE BOÖTES VOID? • This large, relatively empty expanse was hiding in plain sight
WHERE IS THE BOÖTES VOID?
OTHER VOIDS IN THE UNIVERSE
ALDRIN’S CASTLE • Travelling to Mars could be dangerous and uncomfortable, but Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin has a plan to do it in style
“‘OUMUAMUA MAY HAVE AN ARTIFICIAL ORIGIN” • A Harvard astrophysicist shaking things up in the scientific community, Avi Loeb speaks to All About Space about his views on extraterrestrial intelligence and the search for life beyond Earth
CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECTS TO TRY AT HOME • From classifying galaxies to identifying features on the Red Planet, All About Space reveals how you can contribute to science
CAN WE STOP EARTH HEATING UP? • The SCoPEx high-altitude balloon mission will investigate a controversial way to reduce global temperatures
SCOPEX BY THE NUMBERS
HOW THE MISSION WILL WORK • This high-flying balloon is a technology testbed
Q&A WITH THE SCOPEX TEAM
PLANET EARTH: WHY IS IT HEATING UP? • Human activity is causing a rise in global temperatures via the greenhouse effect
STELLAR CANNIBAL’S MYSTERY SOLVED • A fast-spinning neutron star is ripping its companion apart as they orbit one another
IS THE MOON GETTING MORE WATER? • Surprising new sources of water are springing up, aiding hope of sustainable lunar living
ALL ABOUT THE MOON • Recent seismic and gravity measurements from lunar orbiters have revealed the different layers of the Moon
THE MOON BY NUMBERS
HOW THE MOON IS GETTING MORE WATER • Recently two new sources of water have emerged that are making the lunar surface wetter
WHERE IS THERE WATER ON THE MOON?
‘FARFAROUT’ OFFICIALLY THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S MOST DISTANT OBJECT • This recently discovered trans-Neptunian object lies some 140 astronomical units from the Sun
DIARY OF A MARTIAN • All About Space heads to Hawaii to take part in a mission with HI-SEAS, an analogue Mars mission
10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT QUANTUM PHYSICS • YOUR CHEAT SHEET TO THE SPOOKY SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE
NANCY GRACE ROMAN SPACE TELESCOPE • Exoplanets, gravitational lenses and dark energy lurk in the infrared universe
ROMAN VS HUBBLE
ANATOMY OF NASA’S ROMAN SPACE TELESCOPE
BIG DATA
WHY IS MARS CONTINUING TO WOBBLE? • Researchers confirm that the Red Planet is spinning off its axis
CHANDLER WOBBLE BY NUMBERS
HOW MARS WOBBLES LIKE A SPINNING TOP
DETECTING MARS’ NORTH POLE WOBBLE • The InSight mission seeks to provide precise measurements of the planet’s movements
THE THEORIES • What could be keeping the Chandler wobble going on Mars?
ASK Space • Our experts answer your questions
What’s in the sky? • ESSENTIAL GUIDES AND ADVICE FOR AMATEUR...