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

NEW AUGMENTED REALITY

LAUNCH PAD • YOUR FIRST CONTACT WITH THE UNIVERSE

PERSEVERANCE HAS TAKEN THE FIRST STEPS IN MARS SAMPLE RETURN

STRANGE RADIO SIGNAL NEAR THE CENTRE OF THE MILKY WAY HAS SCIENTISTS STUMPED

ISS ASTRONAUTS WILL SOON RESURRECT AN AI ROBOT FRIEND CALLED CIMON

OUR MILKY WAY GALAXY ISN’T VERY WELL MIXED

SUPER-PRECISE CLOCK TECH WINS PHYSICS BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE

SPACEX NAMES TWO NEW RECOVERY SHIPS AFTER NASA ASTRONAUTS

JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE NEW VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE • THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE IS FINALLY READY FOR LAUNCH – HERE’S THE LATEST ON THE LONG-AWAITED MISSION

WHAT WILL WEBB DC?

HOW FAR WEBB WILL LOOK BACK IN TIME

WHAT DELAYED THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE?

BLOOSTAR • Spanish company Zero 2 Infinity hopes to float its rockets past the thick lower atmosphere on balloons

“THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE REALITY OF UFOS” • Kean is a veteran investigative reporter who has spent over 20 years delving into the once-taboo topic of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). But is the truth really out there?

WILL AN ASTEROID HIT EARTH IN 2029? • THOUGH IT WON’T HIT OUR PLANET FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER CENTURY, APOPHIS’ SCIENTIFIC IMPACT IS TREMENDOUS

THE MAIN ASTEROID BELT

THE NEW RISK LIST LEADER

THE DOUBLE ASTEROID REDIRECTION TEST • A NASA mission seeking to deflect deadly asteroids

NEW KIND OF STELLAR EXPLOSION SPOTTED? • Astronomers have uncovered evidence of explosions triggered by dead stars ramming into live ones

BLACK HOLES HOW DO WE KNOW THEY’RE REAL? • ONCE PURELY THEORETICAL, NOW THERE’S HARD EVIDENCE THESE HIGH-GRAVITY OBJECTS EXIST

‘MOON IN A JAR’ RECREATES THE HAZY ATMOSPHERE OF SATURN’S MOON TITAN • The experiment has revealed previously unknown features of the satellite’s mineral make-up

LUCY • NASA’s Lucy mission will soon head to the Trojan asteroids in search of cosmic fossils

LUCY’S TARGETS

ROGUE BLACK HOLES COULD BE WANDERING AT THE EDGES OF THE MILKY WAY • New simulations show these behemoths might dwell far from galactic centres

THE SPEED OF LIGHT • THE SPEED OF LIGHT IS THE SPEED LIMIT OF THE UNIVERSE… OR IS IT?

E=MC2 EINSTEIN’S EQUATION EXPLAINED

MASS INCREASES WITH SPEED

FOUR THINGS THAT BREAK THE SPEED LIMIT OF THE UNIVERSE • Einstein predicted that nothing with mass could move faster than light, but there are objects disobeying the laws of physics

TRAVELLING THROUGH SPACE AND TIME • Space travel via a wormhole relies on the fact that, according to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, the three dimensions of space can. be distorted by concentrations of mass, creating curves on large scales.

HOW TO BUILD A WORMHOLE • Could we build our own warp gate through space-time?

WHAT DID OUR SUN LOOK LIKE IN ITS INFANCY? • New findings may shed light on what our star looked like in its youth

WHAT IS CAUSING JUPITER’S ENERGY CRISIS? • The gas giant is much warmer than expected, despite being so far from the Sun. But are scientists closer to discovering why?

HEATING JUPITER’S UPPER ATMOSPHERE • How aurorae are thought to be a major source of the gas giant’s heat

THREE POTENTIAL EXPLANATIONS • What’s making Jupiter hotter than expected?

ASK Space • Our expert answer your questions

HOW TO OBSERVE THE TAURIDS • Known to be challenging to catch, All About Space reveals how to make the most of spotting this meteor shower

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