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Shadow of Jupiter’s moon

25 February 2022

Hubble celebrates 32nd anniversary

19 April 2022

As cool as ice

18 March 2022

Meteorites could have brought DNA to Earth

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Two giant marsquakes rock Mars’ far side

A colour image of Valles Marineris – the

Large Hadron Collider hits world-record proton acceleration

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk will acquire

Overlooked gravitational-wave signals point to ‘exotic’ black holes

In a new analysis of gravitational-wave data, scientists

ARE WE IN A CHAOTIC UNIVERSE?

Do we finally have a handle on chaos theory and how it influences the world around us?

FLEET LANDERS

The revolutionary landing technology that could slash the cost of landing probes on rocky planets

“Everybody in the space world was watching”

The only Dutch astronaut to fly into space twice, Kuipers also berthed a private spacecraft with the ISS for the first time

DYING RED GIANT SEEN BLOWING SMOKE RINGS

Two telescopes charted the structure of a star about to die in unprecedented detail

COMETS FADE NEAR SATURN’S ORBIT

It’s not just about the Sun’s heat

OUR SATELLITE’S STARS SHED LIGHT ON GALAXY FORMATION

Mapping of the Large Magellanic Cloud reveals starry secrets

SOLVING THE SUN’S BURNING MYSTERY

Scientists have spent decades trying to figure out why the Sun’s atmosphere heats to extreme temperatures

ASTEROID IMPACT UNLIKELY UNTIL 2880

Earthlings can breathe a little easier for the next 800 years

ASK SPACE

© NASA/ESA “Even if we manage to find

TITAN

Saturn’s biggest moon is a harsh, uninhabitable world, yet has uncanny similarities to our home planet

HUBBLE SPOTS ITS MOST DISTANT STAR YET

Meet Earendel, a star whose light took 12.8 billion years to reach Earth

HOW FAR HAVE OUR MESSAGES TO SPACE TRAVELLED?

As well as listening for signs of alien civilisations, we’ve tried sending a few direct messages to likely stars, but how far have they gotten?

CONQUERING SPACE JUNK

Should we be worried about the debris we’re leaving in orbit?

MONEY-SAVING TIPS FOR BUYING A TELESCOPE

Get the best price for your new instrument by shopping smart with these handy tips

WHEN IS THE BEST TIME OF YEAR TO BUY A TELESCOPE?

Telescopes aren’t fashion items, so there’s no periodic

WHAT’S IN THE SKY?

What to look at during this observing period

PLANETARIUM

THIS MONTH’S PLANETS

Venus takes pride of place in the morning sky alongside the rest of the Solar System’s worlds

RUPES RECTA: THE STRAIGHT WALL

How to find the most dramatic cliff on the face of the Moon

HIDDEN WONDERS OF HERCULES

There’s more to this constellation than Messier 13, the most beautiful globular cluster in the northern sky

THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

Now well into spring, the heavens are alive with galaxies, star clusters and nebulae

ASTROSHOTS OF THE MONTH

Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237) WARREN KELLER Location: West

ZWO ASI183MC PRO

This CMOS camera offers high-end features in an affordable package, but how does it perform under the night sky?

IN THE SHOPS

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

ENRICO FERMI

The physics pioneer best known in the space world for his famous Fermi paradox