All About Space

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.

WELCOME

The Milky Way’s star-studded core

The Sun’s surface rages as solar maximum approaches

A starry ‘tail’ of 12 mingling galaxies

A cosmic ‘tug of war’ between galaxies

Three tiny new moons found around Uranus and Neptune

‘Intruder’ stars have changed Earth’s climate over aeons

A VR headset on the ISS really makes a difference for astronaut exercise

The brightest quasar ever seen is powered by a black hole that eats a Sun a day

Scientists say two Solar System dwarf planets may harbour underground oceans

‘Quantum gravity’ could help unite quantum mechanics with general relativity at last

KING of the SOLAR SYSTEM • JUPITER IS THE BIGGEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM BY FAR . HERE’S SOME ESSENTIAL FACTS ABOUT OUR COLOSSAL NEIGHBOUR

SATELLITE REPAIR DROIDS • What do you do when a satellite breaks down? Send in the robots

“The most dangerous spacewalk” • We catch up with NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski, the only person in the world to both go into space and conquer Mount Everest

SOLAR MAXIMUM MAY HELP SOLVE THE SUN’S GAMMA-RAY PUZZLE • Data gathered during the last solar maximum tells a story of high-energy gamma radiation outpouring from our star’s poles

BABY EXOPLANETS MIGHT LOOK LIKE SMARTIES CANDIES RATHER THAN SPHERES • Newly forming planets in protoplanetary discs around distant stars have been found to resemble colourful candies in a new simulation

EARTH’S SUPER TELESCOPES • Take a tour of the world’s greatest instruments, bringing the universe closer than ever before

A HIDDEN MOON MAY HOLD TOGETHER THE RINGS OF A COMET-LIKE OBJECT BETWEEN JUPITER AND NEPTUNE • The narrow rings around Chariklo, the largest known centaur, could be maintained by an unseen moonlet

THE GEMINID METEORS MAY BE TEN TIMES OLDER THAN WE THOUGHT • The comet-like asteroid Phaethon likely lobbed thousands of rocky fragments towards Earth 18,000 years ago

SATURN’S MOON TITAN MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT LIFE AFTER ALL • Titan’s ocean has a volume 12 times that of all Earth’s oceans, but it may be barren of life as we know it

WHERE IS EVERYBODY? • The search for extraterrestrial life has yet to make a breakthrough, but does that mean we really are alone?

SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE • What are SETI researchers looking for when they focus their attention on a potentially habitable planet?

SEARCHING FOR EARTH’S TWIN • NASA astrophysicist Knicole Colón discusses the space agency’s desire to find signs of life

WATER FOUND ON THE SURFACE OF AN ASTEROID FOR THE FIRST TIME • Scientists made the discovery using data gathered by NASA’s nowretired airborne observatory

ASK SPACE

AN ‘ODD COUPLE’ OF KISSING STARS CREATED BY A CANNIBALISTIC FEEDING DANCE • A new discovery reveals the origins of rapidly spinning Be stars and their tiny subdwarf companions

BECOME AN ASTRONOMER • Take your interest a level further by getting to know your telescope and the amazing variety of objects that it reveals

WHAT’S IN THE SKY?

THIS MONTH’S PLANETS

ARISTOTELES, EUDOXUS AND MONTES CAUCASUS • This month affords the opportunity to observe some of the Moon’s most prominent craters and mountain ranges

SPRING IN THE GREAT BEAR • This is the perfect time to swing your telescope up to point almost overhead to spot some of the treasures hiding within Ursa Major

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

CELESTRON ASTROMASTER 130EQ • This reflector is great for observing the planets and bright sky objects, but...