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ISSUE 134

Clash of the galaxies

© NOIRLab Astronomers at the Gemini North telescope

Perseverance photographs its landing debris

© NASA/JPL-Caltech On Mars, there’s a unique kind

Hubble’s seeing stars

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Colliding black holes could clock the universe’s expansion rate

Scientists may have found a way of using

Radioactive heat in Ceres drove the dwarf planet’s fractured geology

Artist’s impression of Ceres © Getty; Radioactive matter

Mars explorers could harvest oxygen from the atmosphere using plasma

Oxygen is vital for life support, producing fuels

Underwater snow on Earth could offer insight into Europa’s icy crust

Studying unusual processes of how ice accumulates below

20 UNIVERSE MYTHS BUSTED

Think you know all about space? Here are 20 myths about the universe that need debunking

SPACE FUEL DEPOTS

Are launch costs holding up your mission plans? A group of researchers from MIT may have the answer in the form of a service station in space

“If life is simply a question of the right environment, then yes, Mars had life”

Planetary scientist and award-winning sciencefiction writer Dr Simon Morden talks to All About Space about his obsession with Mars and his latest science-fact book on the Red Planet

HOW TO BUILD A GALAXY

The making of these billion-star structures has been puzzling astronomers for decades. All About Space puts together the pieces for building a galaxy

ALL ABOUT SPACE

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VENUS SULPHIDE MYSTERY MAY HAVE BEEN SOLVED

Computational methods can help us understand exotic chemical processes in planetary atmospheres

10 SPACECRAFT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

The past, present and future of the world’s greatest spacecraft, from the early pioneers to the modern marvels

SUPERNOVA WRECKAGE BLASTS OUT COSMIC RAYS

Astronomers tracked cosmic rays to objects that launch particles with energy ten times greater than the Large Hadron Collider

THE ‘BOUNCING’ UNIVERSE THEORY STILL CAN’T EXPLAIN WHAT CAME FIRST

Research shows that a new model of a cosmos with endless periods of expansion and collapse still needs a beginning

WHY DO ASTRONAUTS EXPERIENCE MUSCLE LOSS?

Discover how sending worms into space is helping unlock ways for humans to spend longer beyond Earth

ASK SPACE

At the core, gas giants and ice giants are

EUROPA

One of the Solar System’s famous ocean worlds is an exciting prospect for further exploration

WHERE ARE THE BIGGEST CRATERS?

Earth’s largest craters are big, but other worlds in our Solar System have suffered even bigger impacts from space

SPACE VOLCANOES

From Venus to Mars and the moons around far-flung planets, volcanoes have helped shape the bodies of our Solar System

SCIENCE+NATURE

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WHAT’S IN THE SKY?

What to look out for during this observing period

STARGAZER

PLANETARIUM 23 SEPTEMBER 2022 MOON CALENDAR ILLUMINATION PERCENTAGE

THIS MONTH’S PLANETS

Mars continues to dazzle, making it an easy target for evening observers

LUNAR RAYS

This month’s full Moon affords you the opportunity to spot a unique feature

NAKED EYE AND BINOCULAR TARGETS

On crisp autumn nights find galaxies, beautiful star clusters and a demonic star

TREASURES OF THE AUTUMN MILKY WAY

DEEP SKY CHALLENGE

THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

The longer nights are upon us, so enjoy both Solar System and deep-sky objects

STARGAZER

The spiral arm of the Milky Way ASTROSHOTS

CELESTRON POWERSEEKER 127EQ

This impressive telescope’s aperture and equatorial mount make it tempting to beginner astronomers

IN THE SHOPS: DSLR CAMERAS

Here’s our round-up of the best digital cameras on the market right now

JOHN M. GRUNSFELD

The valiant journeys of Hubble’s keeper

ALL ABOUT SPACE

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CELESTRON

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MAGAZINES DIRECT

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ALL ABOUT SPACE

THE RED PLANET

HOW IT WORKS

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Autumn Saving

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