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Euclid ‘dark universe’ telescope captures its first full-colour views of the cosmos

Globular cluster NGC 6397 Irregular galaxy NGC 6822

Webb gazes into a galactic garden of budding stars

© Webb Telescope This stunning spiral isn’t a

A major star factory near the Milky Way’s black hole

© Webb Telescope Behold a region of intense

Supernova wreckage in a hazy galaxy

© ESA The Hubble Space Telescope snapped a

‘Alien’ spherules dredged from the Pacific are probably just industrial pollution

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Chinese scientists build a model Mars atmosphere to aid sample -return plans

Chinese scientists have constructed a numerical model to

JUICE will use the gravity of Earth and the Moon to slingshot to Jupiter

An artist’s depiction of the JUICE spacecraft travelling

Japan’s ispace unveils a micro rover for its second Moon mission

A computergenerated image of the micro rover that

Distant ‘ teenage galaxies’ surprise astronomers with unexpected heavy elements

Young galaxies from the early universe as seen

The first black hole ever imaged by humanity is losing huge amounts of energy through ‘lightsaber’ jets

The Event Horizon Telescope captured this image of

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ULTIMATE GUIDE TO COMETS

• WHERE THEY COME FROM • HOW THEY

SCIENTISTS FIND HYDROGEN IN APOLLO MOON ROCK SAMPLES

Future astronauts could harvest water on the lunar

STELLAR VAMPIRES MAY FEED ON HIDDEN STARS IN THEIR SYSTEMS

Some massive stars may exist in systems of not just two, but three interacting stellar bodies

THE MILKY WAY’S STUNNING SPIRAL STRUCTURE APPEARS TO BE AN ANOMALY

Some galaxies meant to be spirals might have been smoothed out into clumpy ellipticals

SPACE MISSIONS OF 2024

All About Space guides you through the space missions and events set to fire your imagination over the coming year

A HIGH-ENERGY PARTICLE OPENS UP POSSIBILITIES FOR NEW PHYSICS

The mysterious new particle doesn’t have a clear point of origin

HIDDEN UNIVERSE

Much of the cosmos goes undetected by our eyes. All About Space peers beyond visible light to reveal the explosive and catastrophic behaviour of the universe

ASTEROID PHAETHON’S MYSTERIOUS TAIL MAY FINALLY HAVE AN EXPLANATION

The space rock, born at the birth of the Solar System, has long puzzled astronomers

HOW DO SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES FORM?

Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole that existed 470 million years after the Big Bang, and it’s proving to be enlightening

A NASA INSTRUMENT ON THE ISS IDENTIFIES MORE THAN 750 GREENHOUSE GAS SOURCES

The agency’s EMIT instrument, originally built to map minerals, is exceeding expectations

ASK SPACE

Artist’s concept of OSAM-1 SPACE EXPLORATION How do you

WHAT WOULD FALLING THROUGH URANUS’ ATMOSPHERE FEEL LIKE?

Wind tunnels show what a probe descending into the atmosphere of an ice giant may have to contend with

THE ASTRONOMER'S GUIDE TO STAR PARTIES

Astronomy doesn’t have to be a lonely hobby. Wherever you live, there will be a star party near you

A MANNED MISSION TO VENUS

Once believed to be off limits for human exploration, NASA is considering how Venus might be better to visit than Mars

“The blue of Earth is not only a colour, it’s also a light… it actually glows”

Astronaut Thomas Pesquet reveals the challenges of photographing Earth from space, the psychological importance of being able to see our planet out the window and how he selected the photos for his new book, The Earth in Our Hands: Photos from the International Space Station

WHAT’S IN THE SKY?

What to look out for during this observing period

PLANETARIUM

THIS MONTH’S PLANETS

Mercury offers the perfect observation opportunity in the morning sky

SCHILLER

To start off the New Year, spot one of the strangest shaped craters on the Moon

NAKED EYE AND BINOCULAR TARGETS

How to see sparkling stars and distant misty galaxies this month

OBSERVE THE UNICORN’S SPARKLING TREASURES

The winter skies are rich in deep-sky objects for you and your telescope to hunt down and enjoy. Here are just a select few

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

Get stuck into a plethora of galaxies, nebulae and star clusters

CELESTRON UPCLOSE G2 10x50 BINOCULAR

Large objective lenses and 10x magnification help this affordable piece of kit appeal to anyone wanting to start stargazing

IN THE SHOPS: APOLLO MISSION GIFT GUIDE

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BUZZ ALDRIN

The second man on the Moon, Aldrin was instrumental in the success of the Apollo missions