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Félicette: THE INSIDE STORY OF A SPACE CAT

What happened when a feline was blasted off into space?

JUPITER'S OCEAN MOON EUROPA MAY HAVE DEEP-SEA VOLCANOES

Jupiter moon may be an even more promising abode for life than scientists thought

WEIRD NEARBY GAMMA-RAY BURST DEFIES EXPECTATIONS

This isn’t how they’re supposed to behave

Deep sky challenge: Stars, clusters and nebulae of summer

Glittering stellar groupings, a star’s corpse and a beautiful double star can be seen through any size of telescope

MORE ACCURATE CLOCKS MAY ADD MORE DISORDER TO THE UNIVERSE

All clocks create entropy, but accuracy might come at a higher cost

3 Free Digital Books For Every Reader!

3 free digital books for every reader!

ORBITAL SERVICE STATION

If rockets could be refuelled in space, it could open up interplanetary travel

DR MEREDITH RAWLS: SATELLITES VS ASTRONOMY

Rawls speaks to All About Space about the impact of low-Earth orbit satellites on ground-based astronomy and how our experience of the night sky is going to change

SAMPLE RETURN FROM TITAN

A new NASA Institute of Advanced Concepts study is looking at the surprising advantages of a mission to Saturn’s moon

“IT'S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE'RE NOT WRITING ABOUT”

All About Space speaks with the former NASA astronaut about his time in space and his newfound ‘cosmic perspective’

LAUNCH PAD

YOUR FIRST CONTACT WITH THE UNIVERSE

WORLDS WITHOUT SUNS

Astronomers are still on the hunt for rogue planets, but what can they tell us about the layout of our cosmos?

ON BOARD THE VOMIT COMET

You’d better have a strong stomach: in space, everyone can hear you spew

APOLLO ANNIVERSARY BACK TO THE MOON

MANY NATIONS ARE INTERESTED IN RETURNING TO THE MOON TO EXPLORE AND MINE IT

Could Life Exist Around Black Holes?

They warp time and space, but could they also nurture life?

Marriage of misery

FERN RIDDELL recommends a vivid biography of a women’s rights campaigner who shook off the shackles of married life

Redrawing the battleground

MICHAEL WOOD gives his verdict on an ambitious book that attempts to finally provide a definitive location for one of the most famous battles in Anglo-Saxon history

Class dismissed

News that some UK universities are to cut their history degrees in favour of more “vocational” courses sparked a strong online reaction. ANNA WHITELOCK charted Twitter’s response

Mary Wortley Montagu The scourge of smallpox

That humanity won its battle with smallpox is in no small part down to the resilience of a woman who pioneered inoculation in 18th-century Britain, in the teeth of tremendous resistance. JO WILLETT reveals how Mary Wortley Montagu changed the course of medical history

Best and brightest?

PETER MANDLER considers a sweeping analysis of meritocracy’s role in shaping the western world and debates the effectiveness of attempts to usher in equality

Scheming and slaughter

NIGEL JONES appraises an extensive survey of assassinations throughout history, from the blood-soaked stabbings of ancient Rome to the drone strikes of modern warfare

Traditions constitute the invisible, under-the-surface flow of history

LIVING HISTORY IN THE AMERICAS

ROME GLORIED IN CLEOPATRA'S TALE OF DECADENCE, LUST AND DEATH

Joyce Tyldesley on an Egyptian queen’s ill-fated entanglements with three Roman generals

Flying the royal nest

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s departure from the royal family is the latest in a string of shock exits from the monarchy dating back centuries. TRACY BORMAN looks to the past to consider how one can leave “the Firm” successfully – and the difficulties of life as a royal exile

FORGOTTEN PLANS TO REACH THE MOON

Before Apollo, many ingenious lunar landing schemes were proposed that could have changed history

RISE OF VERA RUBIN'S SUPER OBSERVATORY

Astronomy’s new era will be defined by a wider and deeper view of the universe

JEREMIAS PFAFF: THE BOUNDARIES OF QUANTUM PHYSICS

Jeremias Pfaff speaks to All About Space about what it takes to measure gravity on such a minute scale. The next step? To go even smaller

HUNT FOR THE UNIVERSE'S MISSING STARS

An international team of astronomers is on the hunt for objects that should be impossible

FOUND! SAFEST PLACE TO LIVE IN THE MILKY WAY

Astronomers have searched our galaxy to identify the safest places to live. As it turns out, we’re in a pretty good spot