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Perseverance celebrates 1,000 Mars days on the Red Planet

© NASA NASA’s Perseverance rover just rolled past

The James Webb Space Telescope spies a record-breaking ‘failed star’ that shouldn’t exist

© ESA The James Webb Space Telescope has

The Milky Way lights up the Valley of the Moon in a magical new night sky photo

© ESO The stars of the Milky Way

A newborn star in its cosmic crib

© ESA Using the James Webb Space Telescope,

US Congress says that some UFO records must be released

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Startup True Anomaly snags $100 million for space security work

True Anomaly just scored a big chunk of

Potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu stumps scientists with its odd make-up

Tasked with finding clues about the origins of

A physics paper claims that humans could use black holes as batteries

The gravitational pull from black holes is so

Saturn’s moon Enceladus harbours a key ingredient for life

A new investigation of data collected by NASA’s

How the songs of stars can help perfect Gaia’s sweeping map of our galaxy

An illustration shows sound waves rippling through a

WIN A MEADE POLARIS 130MD TELESCOPE WORTH £250!

Kick-start your stargazing hobby with this month’s competition

SECRETS OF SATURN

SATURN IS OUR SOLAR SYSTE M’S RINGED WONDER. HERE’S WHAT EVERY ASTRONOMY ENTHUSIAST SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT

NEW WORLDS MISSION

By putting a huge umbrella into space, we could come closer to finding extraterrestrial life

“I’m the world’s most distracted astronomer”

Citizen science is the backbone of astronomical discovery. Professor Chris Lintott speaks to All About Space about his popular project, the Zooniverse, and how it’s continuing the tradition with great success

‘DARK FORCE’ THEORY COULD SOLVE TWO OPEN COSMIC MYSTERIES

Dark matter may be more complex and vibrant than we expected

A DARPA MOON STUDY SELECTS 14 COMPANIES TO DEVELOP A LUNAR ECONOMY

The seven-month-long study will include input from 14 companies concerning humanity’s future on the Moon’s suface

MOMENTS FROM DISASTER

BEHIND SPACE’S MOST TRAGIC PHOTOS

SCIENTISTS DOUBT THE PROPOSED DETECTION OF THE FIRST EXOMOONS

While the exoplanet catalogue burgeons to over 5,000 known worlds, exomoon discovery is another story

BETELGEUSE

THE STELLAR GIANT THAT SHOULD HAVE EXPLODED

HALLEY’S COMET HAS BEGUN ITS 38-YEAR JOURNEY BACK TOWARDS EARTH

The world’s most famous comet is on its way back through the Solar System

WHY ARE THERE FREE-FLOATING GAS GIANTS?

MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE

COLLIDING SPACE JUNK MAKES ‘NOISE’ THAT COULD BE HEARD FROM EARTH

It could help researchers keep tabs on the growing cloud of orbital debris

Where is the centre of the Solar System?

The Sun is not the true centre of

ASTROPHYSICS

Can a black hole disappear?

SPACE FORCE PLANS A GLOBAL RADAR TO ‘IDENTIFY EMERGING THREATS’ IN DISTANT EARTH ORBIT

The announcement adds to Space Force’s increased focus on space domain awareness

ASTRONOMY WITHOUT A TELESCOPE

You don’t always need optical aid to see beautiful things in the night sky… just wrap up warm, go outside and look up

STRANGE UNDERGROUND POLYGONS ON MARS HINT AT THE PLANET’S WET PAST

The newfound honeycomb fractures are evidence that Mars was once tilted more extremely than it is today

WHAT’S IN THE SKY?

What to look out for during this observing period

Jargon buster

Conjunction An alignment of objects at the same

Planetarium

THIS MONTH’S PLANETS

Saturn makes a breathtaking appearance for those observing in the evening

LUNAR LAKES

Small but perfectly formed, Lacus Spei and Lacus Temporis are worth a look at full Moon

NAKED EYE AND BINOCULAR TARGETS

February’s night sky is rich in pretty star clusters and bright, colourful stars

THE EXOTIC NIGHT SKY OBJECTS OF GEMINI

Dig deep in the constellation of the Twins and you’ll find some of winter’s best kept secrets

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

Make the most of the February skies with these night-sky gems

NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION FIRSTSCOPE

This spin on the Celestron FirstScope 76 offers great portability and provides fair night-sky views

IN THE SHOPS: LEGO SETS

Pick your next set from this excellent space-themed selection

SALLY RIDE

NASA’s first female astronaut was also the youngest American to make the flight