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PERSEVERANCE ON MARS

NASA’S LATEST MARTIAN ROVER HAS BEGUN ITS EPIC QUEST TO FIND EVIDENCE FOR PAST LIFE RESIDING IN JEZERO CRATER

Space Wars - Is Planet Earth Ready For A Cosmic Battleground?

Several countries are spending a lot more on military space, worrying peacemakers

NEW LAW PROTECTS APOLLO SITES FROM MOON MISSIONS

Future launches to the lunar surface will be required to leave these iconic locations untouched

STARSHIP MISSION CONSTRUCTION KIT

SpaceX is building Starship specifically to reach Mars, but it could transform space travel as the first mass-produced spacecraft

SIGNAL FROM PROXIMA CENTAURI

Could a recently detected signal from a nearby star system be from extraterrestrials?

DR PHILIP GOFF “WE MIGHT HAVE TO RETHINK WHAT SCIENCE IS”

In his book Galileo’s Error, philosopher Philip Goff argues consciousness is everywhere. All About Space meets with the author to find out more

A New View Of The Milky Way

A Dynamic, Complicated, Bubble-blowing Wild Child: Meet Our Galaxy All Over Again

Secrets Of Mars

How a new fleet of missions will help us to solve the red planet’s mysteries

Failed Stars & Super-Jupiters

The strange celestial objects that don’t make the cut as either planets or stars

TESTING EINSTEIN

How attempting to break the theory of general relativity has migrated beyond the limits of the Milky Way

Valeri Polyakov

This cosmonaut holds the record for the longest single stay in space

Cavalerius

Use this little-known crater to track down a historic lunar landing site

The borders of Leo, the Lion

Famous for containing many bright galaxies, Leo also hides some lesser known deep-sky delights

THE STRANGE YELLOW SKIES OF WASP-79B

Astronomers will feel blue if they don’t discover why this hot-Jupiter exoplanet has an odd-coloured sky

“THERE'S NOTHING MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE ABOUT BEING A SCIENTIST”

All About Space talks to the astrophysicist and YouTube sensation about life, the universe and everything

Celestron AstroMaster 102AZ

Designed for celestial and terrestrial viewing, this refractor is suitable for beginners on a budget

SPACE EXPLORATION - Will the International Space Station ever be replaced?

The short answer? Yes, most definitely.

Jupiter's ocean moon Europa may spout water plumes

Jupiter’s moon Europa may cough water into space from small pockets in its icy crust, a new study suggests. Europa, one of Jupiter’s four big Galilean moons, harbours a huge ocean of salty water beneath its ice shell and is widely regarded as one of the Solar System’s best bets to host alien life.

Newfound ‘Kraken merger' may have been the biggest collision in Milky Way history

The Milky Way has more than 100 billion stars, but it didn’t come by them all honestly.

Deep sky challenge - Little-known treasures of Taurus

There’s more to the Bull than the Hyades and Pleiades star clusters – just look a little deeper

Moon tour - Schiller

To start off the New Year, spot one of the strangest-shaped craters on the Moon

China's Chang'e 5 lands on the Moon, collects first lunar sample

China has landed on the Moon again, and this time the country plans to bring home some souvenirs. Chang’e 5, China’s first sample-return mission, successfully touched down on 1 December near Mons Rümker, a lunar mountain located in the Ocean of Storms, or Oceanus Procellarum. The probe deployed its solar array and antenna soon after to begin its work.

DARK MATTER - WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

It’s eluded us for decades, but bubbles could be the answer to the universe’s most mysterious substance

DR BERNARD HARRIS JR. - “WE STILL NEED TO HAVE MORE DIVERSITY IN THE ASTRONAUT CORPS”

A veteran astronaut now serving as a flag bearer for STEM education, Dr Bernard Harris Jr. speaks to All About Space about his time as a Space Shuttle astronaut, coloured representation in the current astronaut corps and whether he’d still like to go to the Moon

Celestron Cometron FirstScope 76

Designed with the beginner or casual astronomer in mind, this tabletop telescope is portable, provides good views and doesn’t take up too much space

Arecibo Observatory

Prior to its decommissioning and sudden collapse, this huge dish made many invaluable contributions to astronomy

Why Don't Mercury Or Venus Have Any Moons?

"For mercury it's pretty clear that there isn't much room for a moon in the stable region"

ALIEN WORLDS IN FARAWAY GALAXIES: EXTRAGALACTIC PLANETS

The search for alien worlds continues, with surprising consequences

Guion Bluford

He was the first African American astronaut to fly into space

MARTIAN MOONS EXPLORATION

Japan’s next sample-collection feat will be to the second and third closest natural satellites in the Solar System