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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

HOW TO SPOT A FAKE SPACE PHOTO

Reveal if that sensational image is real or a fraud with All About Space’s top tips

CELESTRON CPC 800 GPS (XLT)

With its StarBright XLT technology, this catadioptric instrument is worth every penny: an excellent investment for serious sky-watchers

Deep sky challenge: A Gaggle of glittering globular clusters

Messier 13 isn’t the only stellar gathering to see in the early summer sky

THE TRUTH ABOUT ROSEWELL FILES

Did a flying saucer really crash land in America in 1947, only to be hushed up by the government?

DR QUEENIE HOI SHAN CHAN - SEEKING THE ORIGINS OF LIFE

A planetary scientist with a very steady hand, Queenie Chan speaks to All About Space about her work on tiny specks of asteroid samples collected by the Hayabusa mission

SIGNALS FROM SATURN

An unusual signal from the ringed planet’s moon Rhea now has a possible explanation

PERSEVERANCE ON MARS

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

Tulsa Race Massacre

A century ago, America’s simmering racial tensions boiled over on the streets of one Oklahoma city, leaving dozens dead and hundreds more injured. Scott Ellsworth explores what remains the worst single incident of racial violence in US history – the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Triumph and tragedy

GILES MILTON applauds a masterful new account of the Special Operations Executive and the female agents who put their lives on the line to sabotage the Nazi war machine

Empire of chains

CLARE ANDERSON embarks on a lively journey through a series of convict tales that shed new light on centuries of penal transportation across the British empire

Rome's Reluctant Killer

Marcus Aurelius may not have sought war, but when it came he was more than ready. Shushma Malik reveals how a man of peace became one of Rome’s greatest warrior-emperors

Walking A Dangerous Road

The recent death of Sarah Everard sparked outrage, with protests breaking out across the United Kingdom. NELL DARBY argues that women’s safety in public spaces has never been assured, with the threat of violence stalking the streets from the Victorian era to the present day

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

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

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

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