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Webb’s first birthday photo

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A bright galaxy with a violent past

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A red giant in its jug-shaped death throes

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Artificial intelligence is helping scientists reveal star ages

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Asteroid collisions may be responsible for mysteriously magnetic meteorites on Earth

Rubble-pile asteroids form when asteroids collide and their

Weird cosmic object identified as the remains of a dead star

A strange cosmic object that has puzzled astronomers

STRANGE NEW WORLDS

THE EXOTIC EXOPLANETS THAT DEFY THE LAWS OF PHYSICS

SPACE FACTORIES

The prime challenge of living in space – besides the inherent danger – is figuring out how to bring enough with you to survive. Equipment, oxygen, food and water all need to be hauled there, but could there be an alternative solution?

“Going outside the spacecraft is very special”

Apollo 9’s Rusty Schweickart

A ‘METEORITE’ THAT STRUCK A FRENCH WOMAN WAS JUST A REGULAR EARTH ROCK

Astronomers don’t think the rock came from space

SCI-FI NIGHT SKY

Look out into the universe and you’ll recognise some of its members have played a part in the works of science fiction

‘HIDDEN’ PHOTONS COULD SHED LIGHT ON MYSTERIOUS DARK MATTER

A new experimental technique places constraints on a potential candidate for dark matter called ‘dark photons’

THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE SPIES WATER NEAR THE CENTRE OF A PLANET-FORMING DISC

Some rocky worlds may have lots of water from birth

NEXT GIANT LEAP

We’ve gone from biplanes to Falcon 9 in a century. What will the next 100 years bring?

OUR INFANT SOLAR SYSTEM MAY HAVE SURVIVED A NEARBY SUPERNOVA

Radioactive isotopes in meteorites suggest a stellar explosion erupted near the planets as they were forming

THE TWO-FACED STAR

With one side helium and the other hydrogen, the white dwarf Janus is baffling astronomers

STARS WITH POWERFUL MAGNETIC FIELDS COULD NARROW THE SEARCH FOR ALIEN LIFE

Small stars with unexpectedly strong magnetic forces could be blasting their planets with radiation

Why are most rockets white?

An Ariane 5 lifting off from French Guiana

How do gravitational waves work?

Gravity isn’t just a force that keeps things

AN ANCIENT STAR THAT CRASHED A HOT, YOUNG STAR PARTY COULD SOLVE A SOLAR SYSTEM MYSTERY

Astronomers saw the old cosmic interloper in a region of star formation over 2,000 light years away

DAYTIME ASTRONOMY

Forget staying up late, All About Space shows you how to get stuck into observing without waiting until the small hours

SUBARU TELESCOPE

The Pleiades and Jupiter glistening above the telescope

PLANET FORMATION: IS IT TURBULENT OR TRANQUIL?

How gaseous and rocky bodies form around young stars

WHAT’S IN THE SKY?

What to look out for during this observing period

PLANETARIUM

THIS MONTH’S PLANETS

Venus dominates the morning sky for early risers alongside Mercury

THEOPHILUS

How to find one of the most striking but overlooked craters on the lunar surface

NAKED EYE AND BINOCULAR TARGETS

Find galaxies, beautiful star clusters and a demonic star on crisp autumn nights

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

Now into autumn, the darkened skies bring some astronomical favourites

VAONIS VESPERA OBSERVATION STATION

Smart and fully automated, the Vaonis Vespera Observation Station is a telescope and camera rolled into one

IN THE SHOPS: RED-LIGHT HEADLAMPS

Here’s our round-up of the best headlamps to keep your hands free and give you visibility in the dark

CARL SAGAN

From giant stars to the smallest mote of dust, Sagan helped popularise space like never before

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