All About Space UK - Issue 145

In this issue

Manned mission to an asteroid
NASA plans to send manned expeditions to near-Earth asteroids.

The forgotten force
A seemingly weak magnetic entity could have made all the difference in our universe’s evolution.

A black hole shot out a bright X-ray jet 60,000 times hotter than the Sun.

James Webb Space Telescope breakthroughs
New discoveries about planets, galaxies and other cosmic objects..

New Tatooine-like exoplanet discovered orbiting twin suns

For decades, astronomers wondered if planets with twin Suns like Luke Skywalker’s fictional home world of Tatooine were only science fiction.

2 mins

Earth is getting hotter at a faster rate despite pledges of government action

Average global temperatures are rising at an ever-faster rate despite pledges by world leaders to tackle climate change.

2 mins

A new Pentagon-funded hypersonic test vehicle could fly in summer 2024

A new experimental hypersonic cruise vehicle could be flying as soon as next summer under an initiative from the US Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).

1 min

Scientists beam solar power to Earth from space for the first time

A space solar power prototype has demonstrated its ability to wirelessly beam power through space and direct a detectable amount of energy towards Earth for the first time.

1 min

BEYOND PLUTO

From Planet X to objects frozen in time – what truly lurks outside the Solar System’s chaotic frontier

8 mins

JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE FINDS A GARGANTUAN GEYSER ON SATURN'S MOON

Scientists are longing to go back to the moon to sample the plume material for signs of life

1 min

MANNED MISSION TO AN ASTEROID

NASA plans to send manned expeditions to near-Earth asteroids in order to discover more about their formation and structure

3 mins

CAN SPACE EXPLORATION REALLY BE ETHICAL?

More than 60 years after Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel beyond Earth’s atmosphere, human exploration and exploitation of space isn’t just a matter of technological innovation… it continues to raise many ethical issues

10+ mins

THE FORGOTTEN FORCE

A seemingly weak magnetic entity could have made all the difference in our universe’s evolution

7 mins

12 AMAZING JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE BREAKTHROUGHS

Webb is peering across the universe to discover new things about planets, galaxies and other cosmic objects

10 mins

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Discover the wonders of the Universe. 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.