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SPACE LAB ANTARCTICA

Antarctica may be at the bottom of the world, but as the coldest, driest and highest continent on Earth, it's ideal for observing the universe

DWARF PLANET HAS A MYSTERIOUS RING

The feature is so far from the world's surface that its material should have coalesced into a moon... but somehow, it didn't

ANDROMEDA CRASH TRIGGERED A MASS GALACTIC MIGRATION 2 BILLION YEARS AGO

The influx of stars into our neighbouring galaxy reflects a violent event in the Milky Way's past

Dr Thomas Zurbuchen "Finding life elsewhere is critical"

The man known as Dr Z stepped down as head of NASA's Science Mission Directorate on 31 December 2022, having served in the post for six years a longer continuous term than any of his predecessors

MICROBOT EXPLORERS

A new generation of all-access planetary probes will delve further than ever before

TIME IS IT AN ILLUSION?

TIME IS ONE OF THE MOST PUZZLING PHENOMENA IN THE UNIVERSE. HERE WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE LATEST IDEAS ABOUT ITS NATURE AND ORIGINS

JOHN M. GRUNSFELD

The valiant journeys of Hubble’s keeper

SUPERNOVA WRECKAGE BLASTS OUT COSMIC RAYS

Astronomers tracked cosmic rays to objects that launch particles with energy ten times greater than the Large Hadron Collider

VENUS SULPHIDE MYSTERY MAY HAVE BEEN SOLVED

Computational methods can help us understand exotic chemical processes in planetary atmospheres

Colliding black holes could clock the universe’s expansion rate

Scientists may have found a way of using the collisions of black holes to measure the rate at which the universe is expanding. The violent mergers of black holes launch ripples in space-time called gravitational waves, and a new technique measures changes in these signals that occur as they experience the universe’s expansion.

CELESTRON POWERSEEKER 127EQ

This impressive telescope’s aperture and equatorial mount make it tempting to beginner astronomers

MOON PROFILE - EUROPA

One of the Solar System’s famous ocean worlds is an exciting prospect for further exploration

Simon Morden - “If life is simply a question of the right environment, then yes, Mars had life”

Planetary scientist and award-winning sciencefiction writer Dr Simon Morden talks to All About Space about his obsession with Mars and his latest science-fact book on the Red Planet

20 UNIVERSE MYTHS ABUSTED

Think you know all about space? Here are 20 myths about the universe that need debunking

HOW TO BUILD A GALAXY

The making of these billion-star structures has been puzzling astronomers for decades. All About Space puts together the pieces for building a galaxy

10 SPACECRAFT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

The past, present and future of the world’s greatest spacecraft, from the early pioneers to the modern marvels

SPACE VOLCANOES

From Venus to Mars and the moons around far-flung planets, volcanoes have helped shape the bodies of our Solar System

MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE - WHY DO ASTRONAUTS EXPERIENCE MUSCLE LOSS?

Discover how sending worms into space is helping unlock ways for humans to spend longer beyond Earth

Robert Woodrow Wilson - “Dicke put the phone down and said… ‘Boys, we’ve been scooped!’”

When radiation left over from the heat of the Big Bang was discovered by astronomers Robert Wilson and Arno Penzias in 1964, it caused a revolution in cosmology. All About Space catches up with the Nobel prizewinning Wilson to uncover just how much

GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATORY

This far-sighted next-generation telescope array may help answer some of the universe's biggest mysteries

FOCUS ON - WEBB TELESCOPE TO GET BEST VIEW YET OF FAILED STARS AND ROGUE WORLDS

Not much is known about these tiny celestial bodies, which are hard to see

FOCUS ON GAMMA-RAY BURSTS MIGHT BE MUCH RARER THAN WE THOUGHT.

Simulations of black hole birth are unlocking the secrets of these bright-light phenomena

USER MANUAL - MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER (MRO)

From the fascination it has provided the field of astronomy with for centuries, to the secrets it has yielded since the first Mars mission in 1960, the Red Planet remains an elusive and esoteric point in the night sky.

INSTANT EXPERT - HOW MANY TYPES OF SPACE STATION ARE THERE?

The ISS is the largest and best-known space station, but it is not the first or the last in space

20 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THE UNIVERSE

From the size of hypergiant stars to the weird effects of space travel on the human body, prepare to have your mind blown by the awesome cosmos we live in

NAKED EYE AND BINOCULAR TARGETS

Summer skies are full of celestial wonders, particularly in Cygnus and Aquarius

MOON TOUR - ERATOSTHENES CRATER

Make the most of this well-defined asteroid impact

DEEP SKY CHALLENGE - DIVING DEEP INTO THE SUMMER SKY

Find the ghostly remains of dead stars, glittering ancient star clusters and a spectacular distant galaxy

DARK THE FORCE TEARING SPACE APART ENERGY

It's the most mystifying phenomenon in the universe, but we're hot on its trail

WOBBLY SPACE JETS MAY AFFECT ALIEN LIFE

Binary star protoplanets could form differently due to infalling material