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All About Space

No. 126
Magazine

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

LAUNCH PAD

James Webb Space Telescope has enough fuel for more than ten years of science

COMETS’ HEADS MAY BE GREEN, BUT NEVER THEIR TAILS

‘COSMIC MONSTER’ STAR SPITS ENERGY WITH THE FORCE OF A BILLION SUNS

WHITE HOUSE DIRECTS NASA TO EXTEND INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION OPERATIONS THROUGH 2030

ROCKET SCIENTISTS AREN’T ANY SMARTER THAN THE REST OF US, SCIENCE SAYS

IMAGINARY NUMBERS COULD BE NEEDED TO DESCRIBE REALITY

COMPLETE GUIDE TO EXOPLANETS • OUR KNOWLEDGE OF WORLDS BEYOND THE SOLAR SYSTEM HAS EXPLODED IN THE LAST THREE DECADES

FINDING AN EARTH-LIKE PLANET • Is there a planet identical to ours somewhere in the Milky Way?

MILLIONAIRE MOON TOURISM • Fancy a trip around the Moon? That’s what Space Adventures is offering to anyone able to afford the multimillion-dollar price tag

“WE WILL SEE IDEAS AND PRODUCTS WE CAN’T IMAGINE TODAY” • Axiom Space’s chief technology officer Matt Ondler on life after the International Space Station

AXIOM SPACE NEWS • NASA approves the private company’s second private mission to the International Space Station

ERUPTION SEEN ON ALIEN STAR FOR FIRST TIME • The outburst is about ten times more powerful than anything similar seen from our Sun

GOING BACK TO THE MOON • THIS YEAR, NASA WILL TAKE THE FIRST STEP IN RETURNING ASTRONAUTS TO THE LUNAR SURFACE

THE ARTEMIS 1 FLIGHT PLAN • Artemis 1 will take a highly detailed and complex loop around the Moon and then come back to Earth

STACKING THE ROCKET • Before it can launch, the parts are joined together

ORION VS APOLLO

BLACK HOLE IN MILKY WAY’S SATELLITE DEFIES EXPLANATION • Dwarf galaxy Leo I’s giant central area seems too big for such a small host

STAR PROFILE RIGEL • Orion’s brightest star is a powerful blue supergiant

WHAT IS A LIGHT YEAR? • How we measure vast distances across the universe

WHAT IS DARK MATTER MADE OF? • The phenomena may have come from quantum bags that got squished together in the early universe

THE EARTH-CENTRED VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE • WE EXPLORE WHY THE GEOCENTRIC MODEL WAS ACCEPTED FOR SO LONG

THE CENTRE OF IT ALL • Each planet was thought to reside in its own ‘heavenly sphere’

GENERAL RELATIVITY PASSES ITS TOUGHEST TEST YET • The theory, which Albert Einstein published in 1915, remains undefeated

THE BIG BANG THEORY • IT’S OUR BEST MODEL OF HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS, BUT WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

OBSERVING THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND • We can’t see the Big Bang itself, but the CMB is the next best thing

EXPANSION vs EXPLOSION • The universe didn’t start with a giant explosion – the reality is much subtler

NEW ROCKY EXOPLANET HAS A YEAR LESS THAN EIGHT HOURS LONG • The iron-rich planet orbits very close to its host and exhibits scorching temperatures

THE PLANET THAT SHOULDN’T EXIST • This two-star system with a mass six times that of our Sun emits extreme radiation, yet somehow a planet has still managed to form

IMAGING A PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN GIANT PLANET • How b Centauri b was directly observed by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope

THREE POTENTIAL EXPLANATIONS • How did it form in such challenging conditions?

NASA ORDERS MORE MEGABOOSTERS FOR MOON MISSIONS • The new contract will support Space Launch System (SLS) missions through Artemis 9

ASK Space • Our experts answer your questions

WHAT’S IN THE SKY?

THIS MONTH’S PLANETS • Observe...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 100 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: No. 126

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: January 27, 2022

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Science

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English

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

LAUNCH PAD

James Webb Space Telescope has enough fuel for more than ten years of science

COMETS’ HEADS MAY BE GREEN, BUT NEVER THEIR TAILS

‘COSMIC MONSTER’ STAR SPITS ENERGY WITH THE FORCE OF A BILLION SUNS

WHITE HOUSE DIRECTS NASA TO EXTEND INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION OPERATIONS THROUGH 2030

ROCKET SCIENTISTS AREN’T ANY SMARTER THAN THE REST OF US, SCIENCE SAYS

IMAGINARY NUMBERS COULD BE NEEDED TO DESCRIBE REALITY

COMPLETE GUIDE TO EXOPLANETS • OUR KNOWLEDGE OF WORLDS BEYOND THE SOLAR SYSTEM HAS EXPLODED IN THE LAST THREE DECADES

FINDING AN EARTH-LIKE PLANET • Is there a planet identical to ours somewhere in the Milky Way?

MILLIONAIRE MOON TOURISM • Fancy a trip around the Moon? That’s what Space Adventures is offering to anyone able to afford the multimillion-dollar price tag

“WE WILL SEE IDEAS AND PRODUCTS WE CAN’T IMAGINE TODAY” • Axiom Space’s chief technology officer Matt Ondler on life after the International Space Station

AXIOM SPACE NEWS • NASA approves the private company’s second private mission to the International Space Station

ERUPTION SEEN ON ALIEN STAR FOR FIRST TIME • The outburst is about ten times more powerful than anything similar seen from our Sun

GOING BACK TO THE MOON • THIS YEAR, NASA WILL TAKE THE FIRST STEP IN RETURNING ASTRONAUTS TO THE LUNAR SURFACE

THE ARTEMIS 1 FLIGHT PLAN • Artemis 1 will take a highly detailed and complex loop around the Moon and then come back to Earth

STACKING THE ROCKET • Before it can launch, the parts are joined together

ORION VS APOLLO

BLACK HOLE IN MILKY WAY’S SATELLITE DEFIES EXPLANATION • Dwarf galaxy Leo I’s giant central area seems too big for such a small host

STAR PROFILE RIGEL • Orion’s brightest star is a powerful blue supergiant

WHAT IS A LIGHT YEAR? • How we measure vast distances across the universe

WHAT IS DARK MATTER MADE OF? • The phenomena may have come from quantum bags that got squished together in the early universe

THE EARTH-CENTRED VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE • WE EXPLORE WHY THE GEOCENTRIC MODEL WAS ACCEPTED FOR SO LONG

THE CENTRE OF IT ALL • Each planet was thought to reside in its own ‘heavenly sphere’

GENERAL RELATIVITY PASSES ITS TOUGHEST TEST YET • The theory, which Albert Einstein published in 1915, remains undefeated

THE BIG BANG THEORY • IT’S OUR BEST MODEL OF HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS, BUT WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

OBSERVING THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND • We can’t see the Big Bang itself, but the CMB is the next best thing

EXPANSION vs EXPLOSION • The universe didn’t start with a giant explosion – the reality is much subtler

NEW ROCKY EXOPLANET HAS A YEAR LESS THAN EIGHT HOURS LONG • The iron-rich planet orbits very close to its host and exhibits scorching temperatures

THE PLANET THAT SHOULDN’T EXIST • This two-star system with a mass six times that of our Sun emits extreme radiation, yet somehow a planet has still managed to form

IMAGING A PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN GIANT PLANET • How b Centauri b was directly observed by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope

THREE POTENTIAL EXPLANATIONS • How did it form in such challenging conditions?

NASA ORDERS MORE MEGABOOSTERS FOR MOON MISSIONS • The new contract will support Space Launch System (SLS) missions through Artemis 9

ASK Space • Our experts answer your questions

WHAT’S IN THE SKY?

THIS MONTH’S PLANETS • Observe...


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