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Issue 115

Baby star’s tantrum

© ESA/Hubble & NASA These wispy jets ejected across

Evil eye

© ESA/Hubble & NASA The Hubble Space Telescope has

Touchdown!

© NASA/JPL-Caltech A camera on the descent module

Reach for the stars

© ESO The fourth Unit Telescope of the

Rare find in our cosmic backyard

© NASA Here lies potential evidence of a

A pivotal moment

© ESO Zooming in on the centre of

Cosmologists create 4,000 virtual universes to solve Big Bang mystery

C IN COOPERATION WITH SPACE.com osmologists are pressing

European Space Agency announces call for ‘parastronauts’ with disabilities

The ESA is the first agency to announce

Company plans to start building private Voyager space station with artificial gravity in 2025

The ‘space hotel’ will spin so fast that

‘Ghostly’ neutrino from star-shredding black hole reveals cosmic particle accelerator

A tidal disruption event accelerated the particle © DESY

Lumpy 13.6-kilogram meteorite that crashed in Sweden recovered in local village

A half-melted hunk of iron-rich rock found in

NASA delays launch of DART mission

IN COOPERATION WITH SPACE.com NASA has delayed the

HOLE IN THE UNIVERSE

WHAT LURKS WITHIN THE MOST MYSTERIOUS PLACE IN THE COSMOS?

ALDRIN’S CASTLE

Travelling to Mars could be dangerous and uncomfortable, but Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin has a plan to do it in style

“OUMUAMUA MAY HAVE AN ARTIFICIAL ORIGIN”

A Harvard astrophysicist shaking things up in the scientific community, Avi Loeb speaks to All About Space about his views on extraterrestrial intelligence and the search for life beyond Earth

CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECTS TO TRY AT HOME

From classifying galaxies to identifying features on the Red Planet, All About Space reveals how you can contribute to science

CAN WE STOP EARTH HEATING UP?

The SCoPEx high-altitude balloon mission will investigate a controversial way to reduce global temperatures

STELLAR CANNIBAL’S MYSTERY SOLVED

A fast-spinning neutron star is ripping its companion apart as they orbit one another

IS THE MOON GETTING  MORE WATER?

Surprising new sources of water are springing up, aiding hope of sustainable lunar living

‘FARFAROUT’ OFFICIALLY THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S MOST DISTANT OBJECT

This recently discovered trans-Neptunian object lies some 140 astronomical units from the Sun

DIARY OF A MARTIAN

All About Space heads to Hawaii to take part in a mission with HI-SEAS, an analogue Mars mission

10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT QUANTUM PHYSICS

YOUR CHEAT SHEET TO THE SPOOKY SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE

NANCY GRACE ROMAN SPACE TELESCOPE

Exoplanets, gravitational lenses and dark energy lurk in the infrared universe

WHY IS MARS CONTINUING TO WOBBLE?

Researchers confirm that the Red Planet is spinning off its axis

WHY DO ALL THE PLANETS ORBIT THE SUN IN THE SAME DIRECTION?

All eight planets of the Solar System

WHAT'S ON THE SKY?

Red light friendly In order to preserve your night vision,

This month’s planets

The Red Planet remains an easy target, while Uranus presents itself as an interesting sight

Timocharis

Go on a sightseeing tour of a little crater with a very violent past

Naked eye & binocular targets

Early spring is a great time to explore Leo (the Lion) and Cancer (the Crab)

Spring in the Great Bear

The marginally warmer season is the perfect time to swing your telescope up to point almost overhead and spot some of the treasures hiding within Ursa Major

The Northern Hemisphere

The heavens are alive with galaxies, star clusters and nebulae

Astroshots of the month

Get featured in All About Space by sending your astrophotography images to space@spaceanswers.com  

Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ

Clear, crisp views and suitable for the beginner, this reflector also hits the mark for modest budgets

In the shops

The latest books, apps, software, tech and   accessories for space and astronomy fans alike

HEROES OF SPACE

NASA’s first flight director, Kraft established Mission Control as we know it today